Notice2025-23159
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony 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 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 59179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23159]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6713; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041455; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco, San Francisco, 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
(FAMSF) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of objects of cultural patrimony 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 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Christina Hellmich, Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA
94118, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7c4cfc2cbcbcacec4cfe7c1c6cad4c189c8d5c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c3f3439303031353f341c3a3d312f3a72332e3b">[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 FAMSF
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 two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two objects claimed as cultural patrimony are two baskets
identified in museum records as ``Kern County, California.'' FAMSF
accessioned a bottleneck basket (Acc. 21466) on May 10, 1902 as a gift
from ``Mr. Ed. McLeod.'' FAMSF accessioned a cup-shaped feather basket
(Acc. 46767) on December 31, 1919 as a gift from Mrs. A.G. Boggs. These
baskets have been physically on loan to the California Department of
Parks and Recreation (CDPR) since 1958, but are under the control of
FAMSF. At some point after 1958, the bottleneck basket (Acc. 21466) was
noted as Kawaiisu, Shoshonean, and Paiute in CDPR collections records.
At some point after 1958, the cup-shaped feather basket (Acc. 46767)
was noted as Yuki (?), Huchnom (?) in CDPR collections records. There
is no known documentation of the presence of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat any of the cultural items.
Determinations
In consultation with affiliated Tribal representatives, FAMSF has
determined that:
<bullet> The two objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have 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 items described
in this notice and the Tejon Indian Tribe.
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 20, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, FAMSF 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. FAMSF 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. 2025-23159 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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