Notice2025-15404
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
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Published
August 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 39216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15404]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6414; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040808; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after September 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Cheryl Tripathi, California Academy of
Sciences Anthropology Department, Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse
Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#660512140f1607120e0f2605070a07050702030b1f48091401"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="660512140f1607120e0f2605070a07050702030b1f48091401">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
California Academy of Sciences and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of seven cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The seven objects of cultural patrimony are all baskets.
According to accession records, these baskets originated from Riverside
and San Diego Counties in Southern California or were woven in the
style of baskets from Indigenous communities of those counties. Four of
these baskets were acquired as gifts to the CAS Anthropology Department
from the personal collections of local donors. One basket was purchased
by the CAS Anthropology Department from the School of American Research
in Santa Fe in 1987; another was purchased by the CAS Anthropology
Department from the annual California Indian Basketweavers Association
in Thousand Oaks, CA, in 1998. As far as is known, there have been no
hazardous substances used to treat any of these objects.
Determinations
The California Academy of Sciences has determined that:
<bullet> The seven objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision).
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Cahuilla Band of Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after September 15, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California Academy of Sciences must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The California Academy of
Sciences is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and
to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: July 31, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15404 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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