Notice2025-20106
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, 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, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) 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 51783-51784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20106]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6588; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041297; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University,
Dominguez Hills, Carson, 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, Dominguez
Hills (CSUDH) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet
the definition of objects of cultural
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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 Johnny Sampson, California State
University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 East Victoria Street, SBS G-323,
Carson, CA 90704, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48e8b97858994978b8aa4879791808cca818091"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcd6d3cfddd1cccfd3d2fcdfcfc9d8d492d9d8c9">[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
CSUDH, 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 three boxes of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The three boxes are lithics and projectile points from
archaeological excavations in and around Bristol Dry Lake, Broken Egg
Mesa, Mojave Sink, Rocky Buttes, Palmdale, and Barstow, CA. There are
no human remains and no know presence of hazardous substances.
Determinations
CSUDH has determined that:
<bullet> The three boxes of 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 Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (previously
listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 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, CSUDH 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. CSUDH 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. 2025-20106 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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