Notice2025-17369
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, and East Bay Municipal Utility District, Valley Springs, CA
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Published
September 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Stanislaus and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) intend 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 173 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43625-43626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17369]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6485; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040993; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University,
Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, and East Bay Municipal Utility District,
Valley Springs, 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 State University, Stanislaus
and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) intend 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 October 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Jake Malsbury, NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA
Repatriation Coordinator, Office of the President, California State
University, Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94fef9f5f8e7f6e1e6edd4f7e7e1e7e0f5fabaf1f0e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d77707c716e7f686f645d7e6e686e697c7333787968">[email protected]</span></a>, and Charles Beckman, Manager of Watershed and
Recreation, East Bay Municipal Utility District, 15083 Camanche Parkway
South, Valley Springs, CA 95252, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dfef5fceff1f8eeb3fff8fef6f0fcf3ddf8fff0e8f9b3fef2f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfdcd7decdd3dacc91dddadcd4d2ded1ffdaddd2cadb91dcd0d2">[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 State University, Stanislaus and EBMUD, 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 204 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The objects of cultural patrimony were removed from a site in Calaveras
County, CA. The archaeologist, Lewis K. Napton from the Institute of
Archaeological Research at the California State University, Stanislaus,
removed the items in 1993 from the site CA-CAL-228 (also known as
Valley View Site). At the time of removal, the land was owned by the
East Bay Municipal Utility District. The objects of cultural patrimony
include lithic flakes, shatters, a scraper, quartz minerals, and soil
samples.
Determinations
The California State University, Stanislaus and EBMUD have
determined that:
<bullet> The 204 objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any
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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 items described
in this notice and the California Valley Miwok Tribe, California and
the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California.
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 October 10, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California State University, Stanislaus
and EBMUD 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
State University, Stanislaus and EBMUD 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 21, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17369 Filed 9-9-25; 8:45 am]
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