Notice2026-02026
Notice of Intended Repatriation: City of Pomona, Pomona, CA
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Published
February 2, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the City of Pomona intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4603-4604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02026]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6899; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041919; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: City of Pomona, Pomona, 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 City of Pomona intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects 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 March 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Anita D. Scott, City of Pomona, 505 S
Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA 91766, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90d1fef9e4f1bec3f3ffe4e4d0e0fffdfffef1f3f1bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eaab84839e8bc4b989859e9eaa9a858785848b898bc48d859c">[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
City of Pomona 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 nine lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The nine lots of unassociated funerary objects include
three lots of bone, one lot of lithics, two lots of ceramics, two lots
of shells, and one lot of glass beads. In 1968, construction workers
uncovered a burial site in Ganesha Park, Pomona, CA. The Los Angeles
County coroner determined the remains to be Native American. Following
this inadvertent discovery, two professors, Thomas Blackburn of Cal
Poly Pomona and John S. Belmont of Pitzer College, Claremont, excavated
the burial site. During the excavation, the unassociated funerary
objects were collected and taken to Cal Poly Pomona where they remain.
Determinations
The City of Pomona has determined that:
<bullet> The nine lots of unassociated funerary objects described
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human remains, and are connected, either at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a
Native American culture according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization. The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by
a preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation
to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (previously
listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 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
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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 March 4, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the City of Pomona 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 City of Pomona 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: January 22, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-02026 Filed 1-30-26; 8:45 am]
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