Notice2025-23053
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fowler Museum at University of California 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 Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects 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 58597-58598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23053]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6700; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041446; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fowler Museum at University of
California 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 Fowler Museum at University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of sacred objects 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 Allison Fischer-Olson, Fowler Museum
at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#28494e415b4b404d5a47445b474668495a5c5b065d4b4449064d4c5d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c0d0a051f0f04091e03001f03022c0d1e181f42190f000d42090819">[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
Fowler Museum at UCLA, 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 20 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 20 sacred objects are p[amacr]hoa (daggers), ko[revaps]i (adze
heads), p[omacr]haku ku[revaps]i [revaps]ai (poi pounder), [revaps]ihe
(wood spear), ulumaika (bowling stones), kealaokama[revaps]a (sling
stones), and a shark tooth weapon. In 1965, Sir Henry Wellcome gifted
five p[amacr]hoa (daggers, swords, or knives) (X65.2400, X65.2401,
X65.2402, X65.2403, X65.2194), documented as originating from
Polynesia/Hawaii, to the Museum. In 1965, Sir Henry Wellcome gifted one
p[omacr]haku ku[revaps]i [revaps]ai (poi pounder) (X65.10755),
documented as originating from Honolulu/Hawaii, to the museum. In 1965,
Sir Henry Wellcome gifted one [revaps]ihe (wood spear) (X65.7252) and
one shark tooth weapon (X65.5539), documented as originating from
Hawaii, to the museum. In 1965, Mr. and Mrs.
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Ralph C. Altman gifted five ulumaika (bowling stones) (X65.10208A-E)
and three kealaokama[revaps]a (sling stones) (X65.10208F-H), documented
as originating from Hawaii/Polynesia, to the museum. In 1967, Sir Henry
Wellcome gifted three ko[revaps]i (adze heads) (X67.4914, X67.4915,
X67.4918), documented as originating from Hawaii or Hawaii/Polynesia,
to the museum. In 1968, Sir Henry Wellcome gifted one ko[revaps]i (adze
head) (X68.467), documented as originating from Honolulu/Hawaii/
Polynesia/Oceania, to the museum. There is no known use of potentially
hazardous substances for treatment of the sacred objects.
Determinations
The Fowler Museum at UCLA has determined that:
<bullet> The 20 sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Hui Iwi Kuamo[revaps]o.
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 Fowler Museum at UCLA 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA 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 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23053 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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