Notice2025-23360
Notice of Inventory Completion: Maidu Museum & Historic Site, Roseville, CA
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Published
December 19, 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 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 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59542-59543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23360]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6766; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041623; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 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 Alesha Martinez, Senior Museum
Specialist, Maidu Museum & Historic Site, 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive,
Roseville, CA 95661, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ffef2f2feedebf6f1fae5dfedf0ecfae9f6f3f3fab1fcfeb1eaec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51303c3c302325383f342b11233e223427383d3d347f32307f2422">[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 its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Associated funerary objects have been reasonably identified from
CA-PLA-142 in Placer County, CA. The two lots of associated funerary
objects are one lot of modified stones and one lot of faunal material.
The associated funerary objects were accessioned at the Maidu Museum &
Historic Site under
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Accession Numbers 2001.001 and 2001.003.
Associated funerary objects have been reasonably identified from
multiple burial sites near the Maidu Museum & Historic Site, including
the known sites CA-PLA-38, CA-PLA-85, and CA-PLA-87, as well as
additional unidentified sites in the vicinity. The six lots of
associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal material, one lot of
modified stone, one lot of unmodified stone, one lot of plant material,
one lot of shell, and one lot of historical material. The associated
funerary objects were accessioned at the Maidu Museum & Historic Site
under Accession Numbers 2000.000, 2000.001, 2001.000, 2001.001,
2001.012, 2002.000, and 2006.012.
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site does not have records of any known
potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of the cultural
items.
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 associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site has determined that:
<bullet> The eight lots of 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 connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and the
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 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, 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 associated funerary objects described 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 associated
funerary objects 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 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 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23360 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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