Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD, 25630-25631 [2025-11148]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0040402;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los
Rios Community College District,
Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los
Rios Community College District
(LRCCD) 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 July
17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
to Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community
College District, 1919 Spanos Ct, ArdenArcade, CA 95825, email nagpra@
losrios.edu.
SUMMARY:
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 LRCCD, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
two individuals have been reasonably
identified. Likely in 1937, the
individuals were removed from an
‘‘Indian Mound’’ in Casmalia, Santa
Barbara County, CA by Jeremiah B.
Lillard, the first president of Sacramento
Junior College, now Sacramento City
College (SCC). In 2024, the ancestors
and associated funerary object were
located in the SCC Geology department
during a campus-wide audit of
collections. The one associated funerary
object is a stone mano. LRCCD does not
have record of the presence of any
potentially hazardous substances used
to treat the human remains and
associated funerary object.
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Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. On an unknown date before
1941, the individual was removed from
Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara
County, CA by Jeremiah B. Lillard. In
2024, the individual was located in the
SCC Geology department during a
campus wide audit of collections.
LRCCD does not have record of the
presence of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the human
remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
LRCCD has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The one object described in this
notice are 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.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, 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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after July 17, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
LRCCD must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
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considered a single request and not
competing requests. LRCCD 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: June 11, 2025
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025–11146 Filed 6–16–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0040409;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense Health
Agency, National Museum of Health
and Medicine 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 July 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for
repatriation of the human remains in
this notice to Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, email brian.f.spatola.civ@
health.mil.
SUMMARY:
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 National
Museum of Health and Medicine, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
five individuals have been identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present. Four individuals were removed
from Santa Barbara County, CA. The
remains consist of a partial adult femur
removed from an unknown location in
Santa Barbara County, CA, during the
U.S. Geological Survey West of the
100th Meridian in 1875; an adult
cranium removed from La Palera No. 1,
eight miles from Santa Barbara, CA, on
the ranch of Mr. Alexander Moore
during the U.S. Geological Survey West
of the 100th Meridian in 1875; and two
adult crania removed from San Miguel
Island, CA, and purchased from Ward’s
Natural Science Establishment in 1896.
One individual was removed from an
unknown location on the Channel
Islands, CA. The remains consist of an
adult cranium and mandible purchased
from Ward’s Natural Science
Establishment on an unknown date.
Health and Medicine 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. The National
Museum of Health and Medicine 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.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains described
in this notice.
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Determinations
The National Museum of Health and
Medicine has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California.
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 July 17, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the National Museum of
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Dated: June 11, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025–11148 Filed 6–16–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: David
A. Fredrickson Archaeological
Collections Facility at Sonoma State
University, Rohnert Park, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Sonoma State University 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 July
17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
to Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State
University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue,
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, email
Doshia.dodd@sonoma.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 Sonoma State
University, and additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related
SUMMARY:
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records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual removed from CA–SON–
392 near Petaluma, CA in Sonoma
County, has been reasonably identified.
The 314 lots of associated funerary
objects are Botanical remains; Flaked
stone tools and debitage; Faunal bone
tools; ground stone tools; Modified
faunal bone and shell; Shell beads;
Unmodified faunal bone and shell. The
collection has been housed at Sonoma
State University since 1974, under the
following Accession Number 74–4.
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
six individuals removed from CA–SON–
860/H near Downtown Santa Rosa, CA
in Sonoma County, have been
reasonably identified. The 3,455 lots of
associated funerary objects are flaked
stone tools and debitage, ground stone
tools, faunal bone, shell, historic
material, modified faunal bone,
botanical remains and baked clay. The
collection has been housed at Sonoma
State University since 1984, under the
following Accession Number 84–12.
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual removed from CA–SON–
1165 near Sebastopol, CA in Sonoma
County, have been reasonably
identified. The 2,304 lots of associated
funerary objects are Flaked stone tools
and debitage; ground stone tools;
Charmstones; Unmodified faunal bone;
and Dietary shell. The collection has
been housed at Sonoma State University
since 1979, under the following
Accession Numbers 79–11.
Based on records concerning the
associated funerary objects and the
institution in which they were housed,
there is no evidence of the three lots of
cultural items being treated with
hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Sonoma State University has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of eight individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040409; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense,
Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver
Spring, MD
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 U.S. Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine 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 July 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Mr. Brian F. Spatola, Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest Glen,
2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910, email
[email protected].
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
National Museum of Health and Medicine, 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, five individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Four
individuals were removed from Santa Barbara County, CA. The remains
consist of a partial adult femur removed from an unknown location in
Santa Barbara County, CA, during the U.S. Geological Survey West of the
100th Meridian in 1875; an adult cranium removed from La Palera No. 1,
eight miles from Santa Barbara, CA, on the ranch of Mr. Alexander Moore
during the U.S. Geological Survey West of the 100th Meridian in 1875;
and two adult crania removed from San Miguel Island, CA, and purchased
from Ward's Natural Science Establishment in 1896. One individual was
removed from an unknown location on the Channel Islands, CA. The
remains consist of an adult cranium and mandible purchased from Ward's
Natural Science Establishment on an unknown date.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The National Museum of Health and Medicine has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
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 July 17, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the National Museum of Health and
Medicine 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. The National
Museum of Health and Medicine 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: June 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11148 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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