Notice of Inventory Completion: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) 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 199 (Friday, October 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65767-65768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21114]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7562; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043936; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Fine Arts Museums of San 
Francisco, San Francisco, 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 
(FAMSF) 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 November 16, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Christina Hellmich, 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San 
Francisco, CA 94118, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9e7e8eef9fbe8e9cfc8c4dacf87c6dbce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="531d12140301121335323e20357d3c2134">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the

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National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of FAMSF 
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 five MNI have been identified. 
The one associated funerary object is a modified faunal bone.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from a shellmound in Kentfield, Marin County, CA. 
Robert Katz donated this individual to FAMSF on May 18, 1911.
    Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been 
reasonably identified from Alto, Marin County, CA. J. Henry Mohr 
donated these individuals to FAMSF on November 13, 1910. Human remains 
representing, at least, two individuals from ``Alta, California'' have 
been reasonably identified from Alto, Marin County, CA based on donor 
research using internal and external sources. J. Henry Mohr and Henry 
Rudiger donated these individuals to FAMSF on September 27, 1911. On 
July 23, 1962, FAMSF lent these four individuals to the California 
Division of Beaches and Parks (now California State Department of Parks 
and Recreation). On February 23, 1993, California State Parks returned 
these remains to FAMSF.
    The one associated funerary object is one modified faunal bone from 
``Bodega, California'' that has been reasonably identified from Bodega 
Bay, Sonoma County, CA based on donor research using internal and 
external sources. Mrs. L.A. Whitcomb donated this modified faunal bone 
on March 2, 1914. On December 19, 1963, FAMSF lent this item to the 
California Division of Beaches and Parks (now California State 
Department of Parks and Recreation).

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition record of the human remains and associated 
funerary object.

Determinations

    FAMSF has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 object described in this notice and the Federated 
Indians of Graton Rancheria, California.

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 November 
16, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, FAMSF 
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. The FAMSF 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: October 7, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-21114 Filed 10-15-26; 8:45 am]
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