Notice2025-23204
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Maidu Museum & Historic Site, Roseville, 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 Maidu Museum & Historic Site 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 59192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23204]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6762; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041526; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Maidu Museum & Historic Site,
Roseville, 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 Maidu Museum & Historic Site 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 Alesha Martinez, Maidu Museum &
Historic Site, 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive, Roseville, CA 95661, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8eefe3e3effcfae7e0ebf4cefce1fdebf8e7e2e2eba0edefa0fbfd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1d0dcdcd0c3c5d8dfd4cbf1c3dec2d4c7d8ddddd49fd2d09fc4c2">[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
Maidu Museum & Historic Site, 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 14 lots of objects of cultural patrimony have been
requested for repatriation. The 14 lots of objects of cultural
patrimony are four lots of modified stones, two lots of unmodified
stones, two lots of plant material, two lots of faunal material, one
lot of historical material, one lot of shell, one lot of anthropogenic
soil, and one lot of unidentified material.
In 1976, one lot of objects of cultural patrimony consisting of
modified stones was removed from Roseville, Placer County, CA. The
objects of cultural patrimony were accessioned at the Maidu Museum &
Historic Site under Accession Number 2010.010.
In 1993, one lot of objects of cultural patrimony consisting of
modified stones was removed from Granite Bay, Placer County, CA. The
objects of cultural patrimony were accessioned at the Maidu Museum &
Historic Site under Accession Number 2013.002.
At various unknown dates, four lots of objects of cultural
patrimony were removed from west Placer County, CA. These include one
lot of modified stones, one lot of unmodified stones, one lot of plant
materials, and one lot of faunal materials. The objects of cultural
patrimony were accessioned at the Maidu Museum & Historic Site under
Accession Numbers 2000.003, 2000.004, 2000.005, 2001.001, 2004.002, and
2006.012.
Eight additional lots of objects of cultural patrimony are
reasonably believed to have been removed from somewhere in west Placer
County, CA, at various unknown dates. The eight lots of objects of
cultural patrimony are one lot of modified stones, one lot of
unmodified stones, one lot of plant material, one lot of faunal
material, one lot of historical material, one lot of shell, one lot of
anthropogenic soil, and one lot of unidentified material from a variety
of Accession Numbers at the Maidu Museum & Historic Site, including
2000.006, 2001.003, 2004.004, 2005.002, 2005.004, 2006.014, 2005.002-P,
and T2024.000.
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site does not have record of any known
potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of the cultural
items.
Determinations
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site has determined that:
<bullet> The 14 lots of 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 United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California.
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, the Maidu Museum & Historic Site 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 Maidu Museum & Historic
Site 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: December 3, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23204 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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