Notice2025-23046
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Santa Barbara, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, 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 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Art, Design & Architecture Museum intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meet the definition of an object of cultural patrimony 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]
[Page 58618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23046]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6691; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041431; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Santa
Barbara, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, 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, Santa Barbara
(UCSB), Art, Design & Architecture Museum intends to repatriate a
certain cultural item that meet the definition of an object of cultural
patrimony 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 item in this notice to Hugh Radde, University of California,
Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214f404651534061544252430f444554"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="16787771666477566375657438737263">[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
UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, 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 object of cultural patrimony is a woven water basket made from
willow, sapwood stem and inner bark (Accession 1965.49). The object was
collected by F. May Young on an unknown date, and was later gifted to
the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1965 by Mrs. Luella D.
Saxby. The maker and precise source location are unknown; however, the
basket is believed to originate from Nevada. It is unknown whether the
object was treated with preservatives or other potentially hazardous
substances.
Determinations
The UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum 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 Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation
and Colony, Nevada.
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 UCSB Art, Design, & Architecture Museum
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 UCSB Art, Design &
Architecture Museum 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. 2025-23046 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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