[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 59569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23365]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N6787; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041556; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC 
Davis) 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 January 20, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Megon Noble, UC 
Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8522, 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 UC 
Davis, 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, one individual have been 
identified. The six associated funerary objects are one lot of basket 
fragments, one sandal fragment, one corn cob, one lot of dripstone 
(A.K.A. stalactites), one lot of various faunal remains, and one lot of 
unidentified missing material. UC Davis Department of Anthropology 
Museum has no record of when the collection (Accession 430) was 
deposited at the Anthropology Department or the museum. It is assumed 
to have been anonymously donated. The collection appears to have been 
removed from a collapsed cave 15-20 miles southeast of Lake Mead or 
Meadview, Arizona, perhaps from the eastern side of the Grand Wash 
Cliffs. Locational information is unclear, but the collection may have 
been removed from lands within the Hualapai Reservation. The 
affiliation is with the Hualapai Tribe. UC Davis is unaware of any 
treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides, 
preservatives, or other substances. However, UC Davis has not conducted 
any pesticide testing.

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

    UC Davis has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The six objects 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 connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Hualapai 
Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

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 January 
20, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 
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. UC Davis 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: December 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23365 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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