Notice2025-17495
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Published
September 11, 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 amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2000. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44095-44096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17495]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6487; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040996; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: San Diego State
University, San Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) has
amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal
Register on December 18, 2000. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains may occur on or after October
14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
to Jaime Lennox, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San
Diego, CA 92182, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2842444d46464750685b4c5b5d064d4c5d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e24222b202021360e3d2a3d3b602b2a3b">[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 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.
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Amendment
This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register
(65 FR 79121), December 18, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains in
the original notice of inventory completion has not occurred.
Determinations
SDSU has determined that:
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in the original 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 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 human remains in the
original 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 human remains described in the original notice
to a requestor may occur on or after October 14, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, SDSU must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains 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 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17495 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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