Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles (Fowler Museum at UCLA) 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 199 (Friday, October 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65765-65766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21107]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7554; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043928; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fowler Museum at 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 University of 
California Los Angeles (Fowler Museum at UCLA) 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 November 16, 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#5c3d3a352f3f34392e33302f33321c3d2e282f72293f303d72393829"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbdaddd2c8d8d3dec9d4d7c8d4d5fbdac9cfc895ced8d7da95dedfce">[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 the 
Fowler Museum at UCLA, 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 13 lots of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The 13 lots of objects of cultural patrimony are ceramic 
sherds, faunal bone fragments, china fragments, and projectile point 
fragments. These cultural items were removed from the surface of CA-
RIV-129, located in Riverside County, CA, in Spring 1953 by Dr. Clement 
W. Meighan. They were received by the Fowler Museum at UCLA in Spring 
1953 and comprise Accession 63. Treatment history of these items is 
unknown. During consultations, these cultural items were identified as 
being affiliated with the Cahuilla Band of Indians.

Determinations

    The Fowler Museum at UCLA has determined that:
    <bullet> The 13 lots of 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 Cahuilla Band of Indians.

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 November 16, 2026. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Fowler Museum at UCLA 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 UCLA 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: October 7, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-21107 Filed 10-15-26; 8:45 am]
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