Federal Register #2026-22974

Notice of Intended Repatriation of 57 Cultural Items

This National Park Service notice concerns the University of California, Berkeley’s intended repatriation of cultural items, not a purchase of goods or services. - Government buyer: National Park Service, within the U.S. Department of the Interior. - Institution holding the items: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. - Items: 57 unassociated funerary objects removed from a family cemetery in Alameda County, including beads, a grave-marker cross, a fastener, faunal remains, iron, marble, a nail, a pendant, porcelain fragments, potsherds, shells, and tiles. - Notable information: The notice states that the items are connected to known lineal descendants and describes intended repatriation under NAGPRA. - Procurement relevance: No products or services, part numbers, quantities for purchase, OEMs, or vendors are requested.

Description

The University of California, Berkeley intends to repatriate 57 cultural items identified as unassociated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items were removed from a family cemetery in Alameda County between 1950 and 1951 and later accessioned into the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. The notice states that the items have a known lineal descendant. Repatriation may occur on or after December 14, 2026.

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