Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 55895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17701]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7457; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043585; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, 
Fullerton, Fullerton, 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), California State University, Fullerton 
(CSUF) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 30, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Sean Walker, 
California State University, Fullerton, 2600 Nutwood Avenue, Fullerton, 
CA 92831, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98cbcfd9d4d3ddcad8decdd4d4ddcaccd7d6b6dddccd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4878395989f918694928198989186809b9afa919081">[email&#160;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 CSUF, 
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

    Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been 
identified. The 57 associated funerary objects are 24 ceramic vessels, 
18 bone implements, two charmstones, one lithic tool, one bead, seven 
projectile points, two flakes and lithic fragments, one mano, and one 
fragment of turquoise. The human remains and cultural items were 
removed by Earl and Mildred Wilson, private collectors that focused 
primarily on areas of New Mexico and Arizona. The Wilsons noted their 
collecting locations on hand-drawn maps and the human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from two locations along NM 
State Road 117, near the northeast boundary of the El Malpais National 
Monument, in 1960 and 1961. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were brought to CSUF in 1974 for curation and the university 
purchased the collection in 1981.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    CSUF has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The 57 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Pueblo of 
Acoma, New Mexico.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
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 human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 
30, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, CSUF 
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. CSUF 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: August 20, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-17701 Filed 8-28-26; 8:45 am]
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