Notice2025-22906
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
December 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 58283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22906]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6629; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041362; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, 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, Sacramento
has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Mark R. Wheeler, California State
University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd909c8f96d38a95989891988fbd9e8e888ed3989988"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="204d41524b0e574845454c455260435355530e454455">[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, Sacramento, 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
Associated funerary objects have been identified that originate
from CA-SJO-56 in northwestern San Joaquin County, CA. The nine
associated funerary objects consist of at least nine objects that
include modified shell and modified stone, some of which are noted as
having been removed from burials. At least six of these objects are
currently missing, and California State University, Sacramento
continues to look for them. The associated funerary objects were
donated to California State University, Sacramento in the 1950s by the
University of California, Berkeley and have since been stored under
accession number 1974-24. California State University, Sacramento is
unaware of any treatment of the associated funerary object with
pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a
potential hazard to the objects or to persons handling the objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The nine objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band
of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 15, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the California State
University, Sacramento must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The California State University, Sacramento 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: November 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22906 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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