Notice2026-10023
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA
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Published
May 19, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) 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 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29161-29162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10023]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7162; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042798; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Los Rios Community College
District, Sacramento, 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 Los Rios Community College District
(LRCCD) 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 June 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community College
District, 1919 Spanos Ct., Arden-Arcade, CA 95825, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5836393f282a391834372b2a31372b763d3c2d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8de3eceafdffeccde1e2feffe4e2fea3e8e9f8">[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 LRCCD,
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 four cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The four unassociated funerary objects are one bone
whistle, one steatite dish fragment, and one faunal bone fragment that
were removed from Bennett Mound (CA-SAC-16), Sacramento County, CA, and
one abalone ornament that was removed from King Brown Mound (CA-SAC-
29), Sacramento County, CA. The unassociated funerary object from King
Brown Mound (CA-SAC-29), Sacramento County, CA, was removed by either
Jeremiah B. Lillard or Franklin Fanega in 1931, 1933, or 1940. The
three unassociated funerary objects from the Bennett Site (CA-SAC-16)
were removed sometime in or around 1932 by Jeremiah B. Lillard. The
unassociated funerary objects were part of the Lillard Collection at
Sacramento City College which were later transferred to American River
College, both campuses within the Los Rios Community College District.
Determinations
LRCCD has determined that:
<bullet> The four 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 Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 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 June 18, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, LRCCD must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to
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repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. LRCCD 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: May 12, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-10023 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
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