Notice2026-10557
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
May 28, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) 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 91, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31731-31732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10557]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7176; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042854; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis,
Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) 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 June 29, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager,
University of California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue,
Davis, CA 95616, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92fffcfdf0fef7d2e7f1f6f3e4fbe1bcf7f6e7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80edeeefe2ece5c0f5e3e4e1f6e9f3aee5e4f5">[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 UC
Davis, 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
There is a total of 2,463 lots of associated funerary objects (134
of which are currently missing or discarded) from the Bodega Marine Lab
(UC Davis Accession 490). The 2,329 lots of present associated funerary
objects are 1,201 lots of unmodified shell, 299 lots of faunal bone,
260 lots of chipped stone, 233 lots of organic material, 165 lots of
fire affected rock, 70 lots of charcoal, 51 lots of historic material,
19 lots of worked shell and shell beads, 12 lots of unmodified stone,
11 lots of petrified wood, six lots of groundstone, one lot of obsidian
hydration slides, and one lot of worked bone. The 134 lots of missing
or discarded associated funerary objects are 108 lots of organic
material, 19 lots of unmodified shell, three lots of charcoal, two lots
of soil samples, one lot of fire affected rock, and one lot of
unidentified missing material. Accession 490 resulted from UC Davis
archaeology field schools led by graduated student Michael Kennedy
between 1997 and 1999. The collection is comprised of three sites, all
located within UC Davis's Bodega Marine Reserve in Sonoma County,
California. The three sites are CA-SON-322 (Bodega Lagoon Site), CA-
SON-327 (Mussel Point) and CA-SON-2378 (Bodega Marine Lab (BML) Site/
Ocean Springs).
There is a total of eight lots of associated funerary objects from
the Bodega Bay area in the UC Davis Department of Anthropology Teaching
Collection (four of which are currently missing). The associated
funerary objects are obsidian projectile points. They were surface
collected by Michael Kennedy from the Bodega Bay area between 1998 and
2000 and donated to the Teaching Collection in 2002.
There is a total of 12 associated funerary objects from the Bodega
Marine Lab and Reserve (BML/BMR) property. The associated funerary
objects are six lots of projectile points, one lot of chipped stone and
shell, one small grinding bowl, one large grinding bowl, one grinding
bowl fragment, one stone, and one lot of unidentified missing material.
The projectile points, stone, chipped stone, and shell were found on
BMR property and deposited at the BML at various dates. The small
grinding bowl may have been found in the 1960s during construction. The
large grinding bowl was found in the late 1980s while excavating for
building construction. The grinding bowl fragment was found on the
property at an unknown date.
There is a total of one associated funerary object from Novato,
Marin County, California in the UC Davis Anthropology Teaching
Collection. The associated funerary object is a groundstone pestle that
was acquired at an unknown time.
The affiliation of the above collections is with the Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria, California. UC Davis is unaware of any
treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides,
preservatives, or other substances. However, UC Davis has not conducted
any pesticide testing.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The 2,484 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 Federated Indians of Graton
Rancheria, California.
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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 June 29, 2026.. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 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. UC Davis 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: May 19, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-10557 Filed 5-27-26; 8:45 am]
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