Notice2025-20107
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 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 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51776-51777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20107]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6589; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041298; 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 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 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#90faffe3f1fde0e3fffed0f3e3e5f4f8bef5f4e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86ece9f5e7ebf6f5e9e8c6e5f5f3e2eea8e3e2f3">[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 10 boxes of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 10 boxes of unassociated funerary objects include
burned groundstone, obsidian projectile point, burned bowls and faunal
material. CA-KER-22 and Black Mountain are an archaeological site
recorded in 1948 by F.A. Riddell. There are no human remains in this
collection and no known presence of hazardous materials.
Determinations
CSUDH has determined that:
<bullet> The 10 boxes of 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
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an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Tejon Indian Tribe.
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. 2025-20107 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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