Notice2025-23028
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 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, Sacramento intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object 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]
[Pages 58581-58582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23028]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6676; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041416; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition
of an object 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 item in this notice may occur on or
after January 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to Dr. Mark R. Wheeler, California State
University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1875796a73366f707d7d747d6a587b6b6d6b367d7c6d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deb3bfacb5f0a9b6bbbbb2bbac9ebdadabadf0bbbaab">[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 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The object of cultural patrimony is a coiled gathering basket. The
basket was purchased in Murphy's, California at an unknown date by Mark
Grady. Documentation at the University states it was made by the
inhabitants of Murphy's and identifies the basket as both Miwok and
Washoe. Consulting tribes have identified the basket as both Miwok and
Washoe. Mr. Grady donated the basket to the University at an unknown
date, likely in the 1970s, where it has since been curated under
accession number 1974-18-30.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice has 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 item described
in this notice and the California Valley Miwok Tribe, California and
the Tuolumne Band of
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Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
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 item 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, Sacramento
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item 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 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 24, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23028 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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