Notice2025-16124
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and California State University, Stanislaus intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41121-41122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16124]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6469; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040888; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and California State
University, Stanislaus, Turlock, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) and California State University, Stanislaus
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition
of an object of
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cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to Tamara Billie, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox
44, Albuquerque, NM 87104, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6115000c0013004f03080d0d0804210308004f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="097d6864687b68276b606565606c496b6068276e667f">[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
BIA, 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a pottery sherd that was
removed from the Rincon Indian Reservation in San Diego County,
California, by Lewis K. Napton with the Institute for Archeological
Research, California State College, Stanislaus (Stanislaus State). The
archeological survey was conducted in search of evidence of cultural
resources in preparation for housing construction on the Reservation as
requested by the All Mission Indian Housing Authority (AMIHA), Valley
Center, California. The pottery sherd has since been housed at
Stanislaus State and was never officially accessioned by the
university. Stanislaus State continues to search for any additional
items that were removed from the Rincon Indian Reservation to support
their repatriation to the Tribe.
Determinations
The BIA, in consultation, has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice has 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), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural item described
in this notice and the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon
Reservation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
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 item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after September 22, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the BIA must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural item are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The BIA 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: August 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-16124 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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