90 FR 130 pgs. 30677-30678 - Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 130Pages: 30677 - 30678
Pages: 30677, 30678Docket number: [N6330; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040519; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-12842 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6330; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040519; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento 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 August 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to Dr. Mark R. Wheeler, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819, email mark.wheeler@csus.edu.
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, Sacramento, 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 four cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The four objects of cultural patrimony are flaked stones. The cultural items were collected from an unknown site in Sacramento County, CA, likely along Crevis Creek near Rancho Murietta. No documentation or additional information has been located. The items were found in California State University, Sacramento collections in 2025 and were assigned accession number 81-489. The University is unaware of any treatment of the objects of cultural patrimony with pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a potential hazard to the objects or to persons handling the objects.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
• The four 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.
• There is a connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
[top] 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
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 11, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California State University, Sacramento 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 California State University, Sacramento 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: July 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-12842 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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