Notice2025-23007
Notice of Inventory Completion: San José State University, San José, CA
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Published
December 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58585-58586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23007]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6662; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041399; 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 no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after January 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Alisha Marie Ragland, San Jos[eacute] State
University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#690805001a0108471b080e0508070d291a031a1c470c0d1c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcbdb0b5afb4bdf2aebdbbb0bdb2b89cafb6afa9f2b9b8a9">[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 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, 13 individuals have been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects included in this
collection. The individuals associated with this collected were part of
a former osteological teaching collection for which no acquisition
history or associated provenience documentation exists. No known
potentially hazardous substances have been used to treat any of the
human remains or associated funerary objects.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to Big Sandy Rancheria of Western
Mono Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California; Elem
Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria,
California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Kashia
Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; Koi
Nation of Northern California; Lytton Rancheria of California;
Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; 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; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Invitations were also sent to the following non-federally
recognized Indian groups: the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Amah Mutsun
Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista; Costanoan Rumsen Carmel
Tribe; Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan; Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of
the SF Bay Area; Northern Valley Yokut/Ohlone Tribe; Tamien Nation; The
Ohlone Indian Tribe; and the Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band.
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Indian
Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan; Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the SF Bay
Area; and the Tamien Nation responded to requests and participated in
ongoing consultations with San Jos[eacute] State University for this
collection.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical, and
Native American traditional knowledge.
The information, including the results of consultation, identified:
1. No known groups connected to the human remains.
2. No known Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization is
connected to the human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
San Jos[eacute] State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least 13 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains described in this notice has
been clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 16, 2026. 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23007 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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