Notice2025-19968
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, San Francisco, CA, and University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
November 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District and the University of California, Riverside intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19968]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6574; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041251; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
San Francisco District, San Francisco, CA, and University of California
Riverside, Riverside, 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. Army Corps of Engineers, San
Francisco District and the University of California, Riverside intends
to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects 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 December 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Dr. Stephanie Bergman Sahinoglu,
Cultural Resources Lead, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco
District, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d1e19081d050c0304084300430f081f0a000c032d181e0c0e08430c1f001443000401"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6b5b2a3b6aea7a8afa3e8abe8a4a3b4a1aba7a886b3b5a7a5a3e8a7b4abbfe8abafaa">[email protected]</span></a> and Ms. Megan Murphy,
University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside,
CA 92517-5900, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d5dddfd9d696d5cdcac8d0c1f8cddbca96dddccd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375a52505659195a4245475f4e7742544519525342">[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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District and the University
of California, Riverside 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 33 cultural items from CA-SON-547, CA-SON-556, CA-SON-
568, CA-SON-571, CA-SON-593, CA-SON-597, CA-SON-608, and Preston Lake
have been requested for repatriation. The 33 unassociated funerary
objects are soil and charcoal samples. All of these samples were likely
removed as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Warm
Springs Dam project, but whether all were removed from USACE-controlled
property is unclear. Ultimately, because the matter of control is
unclear, this notice is being submitted cooperatively by the USACE San
Francisco District and University of California, Riverside.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District and the
University of California, Riverside has determined that:
<bullet> The 33 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California; and
the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria,
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 December 17, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San
Francisco District and the University of California, Riverside 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 U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, San Francisco District and the University of California,
Riverside 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: September 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-19968 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
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