Notice2025-23030
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Los Rios Community College District, 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 Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has 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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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23030]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6678; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041419; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Los Rios Community College
District, 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 Los Rios Community College District
(LRCCD) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has 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 items in this notice to Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community College
District, 1919 Spanos Ct., Arden-Arcade, CA 95825, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f515e584f4d5e7f53504c4d56504c115a5b4a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f896999f888a99b894978b8a91978bd69d9c8d">[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 LRCCD,
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 one unassociated funerary object is a perforated dog tooth removed
from Windmiller Mound (CA-SAC-107), Sacramento County, CA. The cultural
item was likely removed during excavations at the site by William
Purves, Jeremiah B. Lillard, and Sacramento Junior College in 1936.
Between 1923 and 1940, Lillard was president of the Sacramento Junior
College, now named Sacramento City College, which is one of four
campuses in LRCCD. In April 2023, the item was located on the American
River College campus, another campus within LRCCD.
Determinations
LRCCD has determined that:
<bullet> The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of
California and the Wilton Rancheria, 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, LRCCD 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. LRCCD 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. 2025-23030 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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