Notice2025-15973
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Published
August 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40857-40858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15973]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6442; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040852; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, San
Diego, 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), San Diego State University (SDSU) has
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Jaime Lennox, San Diego State
University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#72181e171c1c1d0a32011601075c171607"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e48e88818a8a8b9ca497809791ca818091">[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 SDSU,
and
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additional information on the determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
No human remains are present. The 12 lots of associated funerary
objects representing approximately 8,000+ associated funerary objects
are one lot of ochre, one lot of unworked shell, one lot of ground
stone, one lot of chipped stone, one lot of worked shell, one lot of
non-human faunal remains, one lot of vegetal samples, one lot of
charcoal samples, one lot of unworked stone, one lot of fire affected
rock, one lot of ceramics, and one lot of post-contact items. The
associated funerary objects were collected from site CA-SDI-5216 (SDM-
W-1456; South Pointe Farms; Woodward Site) located in San Diego County,
California between 1977 and 1978 by cultural resource management firm
Scientific Resource Surveys, Inc. SDSU received the collection shortly
thereafter and assigned the collection accession number SDSU-0015 (CMP-
SDSU-0015). Previous repatriation of human remains from the collection
(representing at minimum one individual) occurred in 2010 to the Tribes
listed in the Determinations section below; the human remains were
published in the Federal Register on July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42757). It is
unknown whether any potentially hazardous substances were used to treat
the associated funerary objects or the repatriated human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
SDSU has determined that:
<bullet> The 12 lots of objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Capitan Grande
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of the
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation,
California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission
Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California); Ewiiaapaayp Band of
Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California;
Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit
Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La Posta
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation,
California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita
Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and the Sycuan Band of the
Kumeyaay Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 22, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, SDSU must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a
single request and not competing requests. SDSU is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15973 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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