Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [N7310; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043205; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or 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 14, 2026. ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to Alexandra Lucas, Government and Community Relations, Office of the Chancellor. University of California, Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.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 University of California, Berkeley, 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 In 1946, the University of California Museum of Anthropology (today the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology) accessioned one sacred belonging which had been removed from a cave in a canyon of Mission Creek, San Bernardino County, California around 1915 by Laura Adams Armer. The sacred belonging is an olla. At a time between 1885 and 1908, Edwin Lincoln McLeod, obtained one sacred belonging from Coyote Hole, San Bernardino County, California. Following the purchase of the McLeod Memorial Collection by Phoebe A. Hearst in 1916, the sacred belonging, a basket, was accessioned into the University of California Museum of Anthropology that same year. In 1945, Grace Blair De Pue bequeathed nearly 3,000 cultural belongings to the University of California, Berkeley. Included in this accession is one object of cultural patrimony from Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. The one object of cultural patrimony is a basket. Collections and collection spaces at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology were treated with substances for preservation and pest control, some potentially hazardous. No records have been found to date at the Museum to indicate whether or not chemicals or natural substances were used prior to 1960. Determinations The University of California, Berkeley has determined that: • The two sacred objects described in this notice are specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. • The one object 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 reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California). 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 August 14, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley 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 University of California, Berkeley 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 7, 2026. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2026-14165 Filed 7-14-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P