Notice2025-23009
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 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), the California State University, Los Angeles 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 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2025-23009]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6664; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041401; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, 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, Los Angeles
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 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Gregorio Pacheco, California State
University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA
90032, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54332435373c31656114373538272035203138357a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bed9cedfddd6db8f8bfedddfd2cdcadfcadbd2df90dbdacb">[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, Los Angeles, 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 753 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
All 753 cultural items have been identified and requested as objects of
cultural patrimony by the Tribe.
A total of 371 items identified as objects of cultural patrimony by
the Tribe includes groundstone tools, hammerstones, flaked stone tools,
pottery fragments, fire affected rock fragment, unmodified faunal bone
fragment, soil samples and lithic debitage. The items are associated
with sites CA-LAN-166 and CA-LAN-518. The surface collection and test
excavations that resulted in collection of these items occurred in the
spring of 1973 under the direction of Hal Eberhardt assisted by Warren
Wasson. Eberhardt was a professor at Cal State LA and brought the
collection to campus. Analysis was completed and an article describing
the artifacts was published in 1978 in the Pacific Coast Archaeological
Society Quarterly (Volume 14, Issue 2). No known hazardous substances
were utilized to treat the items.
A total of 37 items identified as objects of cultural patrimony by
the Tribe includes groundstone tools, flaked stone tools and lithic
debitage. The items are associated with site CA-LAN-173. These items
appear to be from a surface collection conducted by Hal Eberhardt when
he was faculty at Cal State LA in the early 1970s. No known hazardous
substances were utilized to treat these items.
A total of 10 items identified as objects of cultural patrimony by
the Tribe includes groundstone tools, flaked stone tools and rock
fragments. The items are associated with sites CA-LAN-75 and CA-LAN-
338. It is unclear exactly how these items came to campus. Not sure. An
archaeological site record was filled out by Hal Eberhardt in 1951 when
he was faculty at Cal State LA, so it is assumed that Eberhardt brought
these 10 items to Cal State LA sometime during the 1950s-1970s. No
documentation has been found on how these items were collected. The
small size and type of collection (10 items) suggest they were surface
collected and not from excavations. No known hazardous substances were
utilized to treat the items.
A total of 335 items identified as objects of cultural patrimony by
the Tribe includes groundstone tools, hammerstones, cores, flaked stone
tools, unmodified faunal bone, wood (\14\C sample), and lithic
debitage. The items are associated with site CA-LAN-399. Excavations
were conducted by Hal Eberhardt between April 1966 and June 1967 on the
Glendora property of Mr. and Mrs. Sassone. A report for this excavation
authored by Hal Eberhardt and Warren Wasson and titled The Sassone Site
(Lan-339): A Milling Stone Horizon Station in the San Gabriel Valley,
California Report indicates that that items were retained by the
landowners with ``a small type selection'' being left with the
Department of Anthropology, Cal State LA. This ``type selection'' are
the items described here. No known hazardous substances were utilized
to treat the items.
Determinations
California State University, Los Angeles has determined that:
<bullet> The 753 items identified and characterized by the tribe as
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 Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (previously
listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 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 16, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California State University, Los Angeles
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. The California State
University, Los Angeles 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 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23009 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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