Notice2025-22914
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis, Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC Davis) 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 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58284-58285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22914]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6640; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041371; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis,
Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) 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 January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Megon Noble, University of California,
Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c4142434e40496c594f484d5a455f02494859"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc9192939e9099bc899f989d8a958fd2999889">[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 UC
Davis, 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 two lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one box
of botanical material including soil, seeds, and charcoal flotation
samples in various stages of sorting by size, type of material, and
species and one lot of unidentified missing material. The material is
from CA-SAC-497 (P-34-000556; JSA Parker 1), Snodgrass Slough in
Sacramento County, California. It was excavated in the 1990s by Barry
Scott of Jones & Stokes (now ICF Jones & Stokes). Archaeobotanist Eric
Wohlgemuth deposited the botanical material at the UC Davis Department
of Anthropology Museum in approximately 2012. The University is unaware
of any treatment of the objects of cultural patrimony with pesticides,
preservatives, or other substances that represent a potential hazard to
the objects or to persons handling the objects.
Determinations
UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The two lots 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 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 January 15, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, UC Davis must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to
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repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. UC Davis 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: November 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22914 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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