Notice2026-08771
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
May 5, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles 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 91, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24280-24281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08771]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7123; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042695; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fowler Museum at the University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 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 Fowler Museum at the University of
California, Los Angeles 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 June 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural
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items in this notice to Allison Fischer-Olson, Fowler Museum at UCLA,
Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbaaada2b8a8a3aeb9a4a7b8a4a58baab9bfb8e5bea8a7aae5aeafbe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1776717e64747f7265787b64787957766563643962747b7639727362">[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
Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, 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 of cultural patrimony are a single-necked ceramic olla
and a double-necked ceramic olla. The ollas were collected circa 1904
by W.A. Reams in El Centro, CA (possibly near Plaster City) while
acquiring sand for his plastering business. When Reams died circa 1975,
the ollas went to his daughter, who later died in 1978. The ollas were
then donated to the Fowler Museum at UCLA in the early 1980s by Reams'
son-in-law, Eros M. Savage. Treatment history of these items is
unknown.
Determinations
The Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles 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 Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian
Reservation, California & Arizona.
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 June 4, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Fowler Museum at the University of
California, Los Angeles 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
Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles 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: April 27, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-08771 Filed 5-4-26; 8:45 am]
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