Notice2025-20100
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
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Published
November 18, 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 intends 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 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51778-51779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20100]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6582; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041291; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 California State University, Stanislaus
intends 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 December 18, 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#412b2c202d3223343338012232343235202f6f242534"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6dcdbd7dac5d4c3c4cff6d5c5c3c5c2d7d898d3d2c3">[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 additional information on
the determinations in this notice, including
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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 19 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 19 objects of cultural patrimony include flaked stone and ground
stone objects, historic objects, and mineral fragments. The cultural
items were removed from sites CA-AMA-348/H, AMA-352, and AMA-353 in
Amador County, CA. The items were removed in 1991 by Lewis K. Napton
with the California State University, Stanislaus, Institute for
Archaeological Research as part of cultural resource investigations for
Community Concepts of Mariposa, California for their Q-Ranch
Development Project.
Determinations
The California State University, Stanislaus has determined that:
<bullet> The 19 objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have 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 items described
in this notice and the California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California; United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart
Community, & Washoe Ranches); and the Wilton 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 18, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California State University, Stanislaus
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 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 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-20100 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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