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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Victor Javier Aguilar, San
Francisco State University NAGPRA
Program, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San
Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415)
405–3545, email vaguila4@sfsu.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 SF State
NAGPRA Program, 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.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of three cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The
three sacred objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are a coiled basket jar, a
coiled flare bowl, and a coiled tray
basket. These baskets were donated to
the Treganza Anthropology Museum
(TAM) at San Francisco State University
in the 1960s and 1970s. When the TAM
closed in 2012, all the Native American
items were transferred to the SF State
NAGPRA Program. All baskets are from
the California Basket Collection.
It was once common practice by
museums to use chemicals on cultural
items to prevent deterioration by mold,
insects, and moisture. To date, the SF
State NAGPRA Program has no records
documenting use of chemicals at our
facilities, and we currently do not use
chemicals on any cultural items. A
former SF State professor, Dr. Michael
Moratto, stated that staff used glues,
polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called
Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural
objects in the past. Prior non-invasive
and non-destructive hazardous chemical
tests conducted at the SF State NAGPRA
Program repositories show arsenic,
mercury, and/or lead in some storage
containers, surfaces, and certain cultural
items.
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The SF State NAGPRA Program has
determined that:
• The three sacred objects/objects of
cultural patrimony described in this
notice are, according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of an
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects
needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day
adherents to practice traditional Native
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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 January 29, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF
State NAGPRA Program 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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American religion, and 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).
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural items described in
this notice and the Jamul Indian Village
of California.
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Submission of U.S. Nomination to the
World Heritage List
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the
Interior has submitted a nomination to
the World Heritage List for Okefenokee
National Wildlife Refuge. This is the
third notice required by the Department
SUMMARY:
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of the Interior’s World Heritage Program
regulations.
ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of
documents discussed in this notice,
contact April Brooks, Office of
International Affairs, National Park
Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415,
Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354–1808,
or send electronic mail (Email) to: april_
brooks@nps.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Putnam, Acting Chief, Office
of International Affairs, at 202–354–
1809. Information on the U.S. World
Heritage program can be found at:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/
internationalcooperation/
worldheritage.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
constitutes the official notice of the
decision by the United States
Department of the Interior to submit a
nomination to the World Heritage List
for Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge, as enumerated in the Summary
above, and serves as the Third Notice
referred to in 36 CFR 73.7(j) of the
World Heritage Program regulations (36
CFR part 73).
The nomination was submitted
through the U.S. Department of State to
the World Heritage Centre of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for
consideration by the World Heritage
Committee, which will likely occur at
the Committee’s 48th annual session in
mid-2026.
This property has been selected from
the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List,
which comprises properties that appear
to qualify for World Heritage status, and
which may be considered for
nomination by the United States to the
World Heritage List, as required by the
World Heritage Committee’s
Operational Guidelines.
The U.S. World Heritage Tentative
List appeared in a Federal Register
notice on June 7, 2023 (88 FR 37270),
as required by 36 CFR 73.7(c)) with a
request for public comment on possible
nominations from the 19 sites on the
Tentative List. A summary of the
comments received, the Department of
the Interior’s responses to them and the
Department’s decision to request
preparation of this nomination appeared
in a subsequent Federal Register notice
published on September 25, 2023 (88 FR
65748–65749). These are the First and
Second Notices required by 36 CFR
73.7(c) and (f).
In making the decision to submit this
U.S. World Heritage nomination,
pursuant to 36 CFR 73.7(h) and (i), the
Department’s Assistant Secretary for
Fish and Wildlife and Parks evaluated
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the draft nomination and the
recommendations of the Federal
Interagency Panel for World Heritage.
She determined that the property meets
the prerequisites for nomination by the
United States to the World Heritage List
that are detailed in 36 CFR part 73. The
property is nationally significant, being
a National Natural Landmark designated
by the Department of the Interior. The
owner of the property has concurred in
writing with the nomination, and the
property is well protected legally and
functionally as documented in the
nomination. It appears to meet two of
the World Heritage criteria for natural
properties.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
is nominated under World Heritage
natural criteria (ix) and (x), as provided
in 36 CFR 73.9(c)(1), as a property that
appears to justify criterion (ix) as a
diverse mosaic of wetlands, savannas,
forests, and prairie ecosystems and
ecotones with a unique reliance on the
natural interplay between fire and
precipitation. The property also justifies
criterion (x) as it is uniquely situated to
be a thriving habitat for many important
and rare plant and animal species. The
refuge also meets the World Heritage
requirements for integrity.
The World Heritage List is an
international list of cultural and natural
properties nominated by the signatories
to the World Heritage Convention
(1972). The World Heritage Committee,
composed of representatives of 21
nations elected as the governing body of
the World Heritage Convention, makes
the final decisions on which
nominations to accept on the World
Heritage List at its annual meeting each
summer. There are 1,223 World Heritage
sites in 168 of the 196 signatory
countries. The United States has 26 sites
inscribed on the World Heritage List.
U.S. participation and the role of the
Department of the Interior are
authorized by title IV of the National
Historic Preservation Act Amendments
of 1980, Public Law 96–515, 94 Stat.
2987, 3000, codified as amended at 54
U.S.C. 307101, and conducted by the
Department through the National Park
Service in accordance with the
regulations at 36 CFR part 73 which
implement the Convention pursuant to
the 1980 Amendments.
Neither inclusion in the Tentative List
nor inscription as a World Heritage Site
imposes legal restrictions on owners or
neighbors of sites, nor do they give the
United Nations any management
authority or ownership rights in U.S.
World Heritage Sites, which continue to
be subject only to U.S. federal and local
laws, as applicable.
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Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR
part 73.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
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Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Carson National Forest, Taos,
NM
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Carson National Forest (CAF),
intends to carry out the disposition of
objects of cultural patrimony removed
from Federal or Tribal lands to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization with
priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
January 29, 2025. If no claim for
disposition is received by December 30,
2025, the cultural items in this notice
will become unclaimed cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Erin E. Brown, Forest
Archeologist, USDA Forest Service,
Carson National Forest, 208 Cruz Alta
Road, Taos, NM 87571, telephone (575)
779–4827, email erin.brown@usda.gov.
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 CAF, and
additional information on the cultural
items in this notice, including the
results of consultation, can be found in
the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
identifications in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
seven objects of cultural patrimony
include a small Dinetah Grayware jar, a
wooden feather effigy, and five wooden
cradle board pieces. The Dinetah
Grayware pot has flat to slightly concave
base, with some striations on the surface
of the vessel. At the time of discovery,
the wooden feather effigy was resting on
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top of the vessel. Both items were
located in a crevice under a large
sandstone boulder, and the items had
been walled in with thin sandstone
slabs and adobe. Approximately 35 feet
north of the first crevice, a second
crevice contained the five wooden
cradleboard pieces. The seven items
were found in two crevices, separated
by approximately 35 feet, in 1991 by a
member of the public. The items were
removed from site AR–03–02–03–00524
in Pueblita Canyon located within the
Jicarilla Ranger District of the Carson
National Forest, Rio Arriba County, New
Mexico.
Determinations
The CAF has determined that:
• The seven 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.
• The Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah has priority for
disposition of the cultural items
described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the
cultural items in this notice must be
sent to the appropriate official identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no
claim for disposition is received by
December 30, 2025, the cultural items in
this notice will become unclaimed
cultural items. Claims for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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
they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the cultural items in
this notice may occur on or after January
29, 2025. If competing claims for
disposition are received, the CAF must
determine the most appropriate
claimant prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the cultural items
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The CAF is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the lineal descendants, 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
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Submission of U.S. Nomination to the World Heritage List
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior has submitted a nomination to
the World Heritage List for Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. This
is the third notice required by the Department of the Interior's World
Heritage Program regulations.
ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of documents discussed in this
notice, contact April Brooks, Office of International Affairs, National
Park Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354-
1808, or send electronic mail (Email) to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Putnam, Acting Chief, Office
of International Affairs, at 202-354-1809. Information on the U.S.
World Heritage program can be found at: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internationalcooperation/worldheritage.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This constitutes the official notice of the
decision by the United States Department of the Interior to submit a
nomination to the World Heritage List for Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge, as enumerated in the Summary above, and serves as the Third
Notice referred to in 36 CFR 73.7(j) of the World Heritage Program
regulations (36 CFR part 73).
The nomination was submitted through the U.S. Department of State
to the World Heritage Centre of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for consideration by the
World Heritage Committee, which will likely occur at the Committee's
48th annual session in mid-2026.
This property has been selected from the U.S. World Heritage
Tentative List, which comprises properties that appear to qualify for
World Heritage status, and which may be considered for nomination by
the United States to the World Heritage List, as required by the World
Heritage Committee's Operational Guidelines.
The U.S. World Heritage Tentative List appeared in a Federal
Register notice on June 7, 2023 (88 FR 37270), as required by 36 CFR
73.7(c)) with a request for public comment on possible nominations from
the 19 sites on the Tentative List. A summary of the comments received,
the Department of the Interior's responses to them and the Department's
decision to request preparation of this nomination appeared in a
subsequent Federal Register notice published on September 25, 2023 (88
FR 65748-65749). These are the First and Second Notices required by 36
CFR 73.7(c) and (f).
In making the decision to submit this U.S. World Heritage
nomination, pursuant to 36 CFR 73.7(h) and (i), the Department's
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks evaluated
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the draft nomination and the recommendations of the Federal Interagency
Panel for World Heritage. She determined that the property meets the
prerequisites for nomination by the United States to the World Heritage
List that are detailed in 36 CFR part 73. The property is nationally
significant, being a National Natural Landmark designated by the
Department of the Interior. The owner of the property has concurred in
writing with the nomination, and the property is well protected legally
and functionally as documented in the nomination. It appears to meet
two of the World Heritage criteria for natural properties.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is nominated under World
Heritage natural criteria (ix) and (x), as provided in 36 CFR
73.9(c)(1), as a property that appears to justify criterion (ix) as a
diverse mosaic of wetlands, savannas, forests, and prairie ecosystems
and ecotones with a unique reliance on the natural interplay between
fire and precipitation. The property also justifies criterion (x) as it
is uniquely situated to be a thriving habitat for many important and
rare plant and animal species. The refuge also meets the World Heritage
requirements for integrity.
The World Heritage List is an international list of cultural and
natural properties nominated by the signatories to the World Heritage
Convention (1972). The World Heritage Committee, composed of
representatives of 21 nations elected as the governing body of the
World Heritage Convention, makes the final decisions on which
nominations to accept on the World Heritage List at its annual meeting
each summer. There are 1,223 World Heritage sites in 168 of the 196
signatory countries. The United States has 26 sites inscribed on the
World Heritage List.
U.S. participation and the role of the Department of the Interior
are authorized by title IV of the National Historic Preservation Act
Amendments of 1980, Public Law 96-515, 94 Stat. 2987, 3000, codified as
amended at 54 U.S.C. 307101, and conducted by the Department through
the National Park Service in accordance with the regulations at 36 CFR
part 73 which implement the Convention pursuant to the 1980 Amendments.
Neither inclusion in the Tentative List nor inscription as a World
Heritage Site imposes legal restrictions on owners or neighbors of
sites, nor do they give the United Nations any management authority or
ownership rights in U.S. World Heritage Sites, which continue to be
subject only to U.S. federal and local laws, as applicable.
Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR part 73.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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