Notice2026-19469
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
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Published
September 23, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60399-60400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19469]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7505; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043800; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University,
Northridge, Northridge, 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 California State University, Northridge
(CSUN) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 23, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dayle Bingham, CSUN, 1811 Nordoff Street, Northridge,
CA 91330, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bdffae2f7feb5d9f2f5fcf3faf6dbf8e8eef5b5feffee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="296d4850454c076b40474e414844694a5a5c47074c4d5c">[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
California State University, Northridge (CSUN), 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. No associated funerary objects are present. Notes with the
human remains from the time of their excavation state the location as
Native American earth mounds in Lawrence County, Ohio 1934-1935. Based
on information available, these remains were excavated by an amateur
archaeology enthusiast in the Ohio region during 1934-1935. It is
unclear how this collection came to California State University,
Northridge (CSUN) campus or when. No university files or records exist
of this collection. These human remains consist of one neonate and two
adult individuals in highly fragmented and incomplete condition. It is
unknown if any potentially hazardous substances have been used to treat
any of these human
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remains before they arrived in the possession of CSUN.
Earth mounds in Ohio were used prehistorically for a number of
functions, one of which were funerary or mortuary locations. Using
ethnographic evidence and Traditional Knowledge, present-day
descendants of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and The Shawnee
peoples have known the area of southern Ohio region as a part of their
home land since time immemorial.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The California State University, Northridge has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and the
Shawnee Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after October 23, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, California State University, Northridge
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a
single request and not competing requests. California State University,
Northridge is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 17, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-19469 Filed 9-22-26; 8:45 am]
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