Notice2025-20118

Notice of Inventory Completion: San José State University, San José, CA

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Published
November 18, 2025

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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service

Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Jos[eacute] State University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 51773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20118]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N6598; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041311; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Jos[eacute] State University, 
San Jos[eacute], 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), San Jos[eacute] State University has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after December 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
in this notice to Alisha Ragland, San Jos[eacute] State University, One 
Washington Square, San Jos[eacute], CA 95192, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0c1ccc9d3c8c18ed2c1c7ccc1cec4e0d3cad3d58ec5c4d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1909d98829990df8390969d909f95b1829b8284df949584">[email&#160;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 San 
Jos[eacute] State University, 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.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing one individual have been identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present. One document associated with 
the human remains lists their origination from Maui, Hawaii, from the 
late Pleistocene.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    San Jos[eacute] State University has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Hui Iwi Kuamo'o.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
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 this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after December 18, 2025. If competing 
requests for repatriation are received, San Jos[eacute] State 
University 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. San Jos[eacute] 
State University 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: September 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-20118 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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