Notice2025-23050
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, 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), California State University, Long Beach has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 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 58584-58585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23050]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6708; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041436; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Long
Beach, Long Beach, 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), California State University, Long Beach has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Miztlayolxochitl
Aguilera, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower
Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#024f6b78766e632c4365776b6e677063426171776e602c676677"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d499bdaea0b8b5fa95b3a1bdb8b1a6b594b7a7a1b8b6fab1b0a1">[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
California State University, Long Beach 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least three individuals have been
identified. The one associated funerary object is one bobcat skull. At
an unknown date, the remains and associated funerary object were
disinterred in Bakersfield, in Kern County, California by an individual
who was ``digging in the hills'' and kept them in his possession. Upon
his death, at an unknown date, his family recovered them and released
them the Southern California Indian Center (SCIC). On October 29, 2019,
SCIC transferred the possession of the remains to California State
University, Long Beach (CSULB) for curation and assistance with the
NAGPRA process. Since 2019, attempts to uncover more information had
been unsuccessful due, in part to the closing of the SCIC. The
ancestors were held at CSULB with a note: ``Southern California Indian
Center--now defunct.'' In 2023 the remains were confirmed to be Native
American. In June 2025, due to defunct status of the controlling
organization, CSULB, with the support of the CSU Chancellor's Office,
made the decision to assume control of the remains in good faith to
ensure repatriation of the ancestors. There is no record of the human
remains or AFO being treated with potentially hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location and acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
California State University, Long Beach has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Tejon
Indian Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January
16, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received,
California State University, Long Beach must determine the most
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appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. California
State University, Long Beach is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 24, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23050 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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