Notice2025-23196
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University, 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 San Francisco State University (SF State) NAGPRA Program has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains 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 59195-59196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23196]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6748; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041517; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University,
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 San Francisco State University (SF
State) NAGPRA Program has completed an inventory of human remains and
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Alexander Dursin, San Francisco State University,
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#debfb2bba6bfb0babbacbaabacadb7b09eadb8adabf0bbbaab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6809040d1009060c0d1a0c1d1a1b0106281b0e1b1d460d0c1d">[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 SF
State NAGPRA Program, 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
Ancestors representing at least two individuals have been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. Two
ancestors are believed to have been removed from Tiburon, Marin County,
CA. The exact location of the ancestors' burials are unknown however,
they have been marked with a tag marked ``Marin County, Seacliff
Tiburon.'' It is not known how these ancestors were brought to SF
State, at what time, or where from. They were labeled with tags marked
with ``Dr. Hirabayashi'' and ``Jane Schellenberg.'' In 1970, there was
an Associate Professor of Anthropology at SF State named Dr.
Hirabayashi. In 1998, Julie London determined that these ancestors were
culturally unidentifiable. New consultation with Federated Indians of
Graton Rancheria has determined these items to be reasonably associated
with their Tribe.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The SF State NAGPRA Program has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 8, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation
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are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The SF State NAGPRA Program 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: December 3, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23196 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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