Notice2025-23158
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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Published
December 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sonoma State University has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59185-59186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23158]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6712; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041454; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert
Park, 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 Sonoma State University has completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Elise-Alexandria Green, Sonoma State
University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#482d24213b2d662f3a2d2d26083b2726272529662d2c3d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6c3cacfd5c388c1d4c3c3c8e6d5c9c8c9cbc788c3c2d3">[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
Sonoma State University, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, 773 lots of associated funerary
objects have been identified from sites located in Bodega Bay, Sonoma
County California.
Based on the information available, 241 lots of associated funerary
items were removed from CA-SON-292. In 1992, human remains from
archaeological sites CA-SON-292 were repatriated under California
Public Resources Code Sec. 5097.94 through the Native American
Heritage Commission to the Most Likely Descendants of Coast Miwok and
Southern Pomo in Marin and Sonoma Counties, California. This notice
accounts for the additional associated funerary objects. The cultural
items were removed from their location in 1968 by Western Heritage Inc.
and Dr. David A. Fredrickson. The associated funerary items include
modified stone, unmodified stone, modified faunal, unmodified faunal,
modified shell, unmodified shell, ground stone tools, historic
material, charcoal. The items have been housed at Sonoma State
University since 1968.
Based on the information available, two lots of associated funerary
items were removed from CA-SON-294. CA-SON-294 was excavated in 1968 by
Western Heritage Inc. and Dr. David A. Fredrickson. The associated
funerary items include historic material. The items have been housed at
Sonoma State University since 1968.
Based on the information available, 109 lots of associated funerary
items were removed from CA-SON-324. CA-SON-324 was excavated in 1968 by
Western Heritage Inc. and Dr. David A. Fredrickson. The cultural items
include modified stone, unmodified stone, modified faunal, unmodified
faunal, modified shell, unmodified shell, ground stone tools, historic
material. The items have been housed at Sonoma State University since
1968.
Based on the information available, 414 lots of associated funerary
items were removed from CA-SON-300. The cultural items were removed
from their location during the Bodega Bay test excavation in 1976 and
have been housed at Sonoma State University since. The cultural items
include modified stone, unmodified stone, unmodified faunal, unmodified
shell, ground stone tools, historic material, charcoal, botanical
material.
Based on the information available, seven lots of associated
funerary items were removed from CA-SON-1099. The cultural items were
removed from their location during the Filippa Property Survey in 1978
contracted by the Sonoma County Planning Department and have been
housed at Sonoma State University since. The cultural items include
modified stone and unmodified stone. At the time of the inventory
verification these items were not physically located Sonoma State will
continue to look for these items with the intent of repatriation.
In the case of missing cultural items, all items when located will
also be repatriated from the collections discussed above. Based on
records concerning the cultural items and the institution in which they
are housed, there is no evidence of the items being treated with
hazardous substances
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is identified clearly by information available,
including oral traditional, geographical, and biological information
described in this notice and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California.
Determinations
The Sonoma State University has determined that:
<bullet> The 773 objects 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 reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the Federated Indians of
Graton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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,
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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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 20, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Sonoma State University must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Sonoma
State University is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23158 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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