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 Sonoma State University, 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.

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A total of 52 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The 52 objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone, flaked stone tools, and debitage.

A total of 10 lots of objects of cultural patrimony were taken from Cazadero, CA in Sonoma County. The cultural items include groundstone, flaked stone tools, and debitage. The cultural items are part of two accessions at Sonoma State University. In March 1976 Sonoma State University completed a project in Cazadero for the University Environmental Studies Department and the resulting items were accessioned. In 1988 a single additional item from Cazadero was accessioned, which was located during trenching for an unknown project.

A total of 29 lots of objects of cultural patrimony were taken from Navarro Ranch near Cazadero, CA in Sonoma County. The cultural items include groundstone and debitage. In 1974 Sonoma State University conducted an evaluation of Navarro Ranch due to proposed land development. Following the completion of the review of the ranch site all material collected was accessioned at Sonoma State University in 1974 where it has resided since that time.

A total of 13 lots of objects of cultural patrimony were taken from CA-SON-1828, near Centennial Mountain in Sonoma County, CA. The cultural items include modified stone tools and debitage. The material was removed from the site during an archaeological investigation related to a housing ( printed page 72903) development. Following the completion of the review all material collected was accessioned at Sonoma State University in 1990 where it has resided since that time.

Determinations

Sonoma State University has determined that:

• The 52 lots of 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.
• There is a connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, 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 December 14, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Sonoma State University 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 Sonoma State University 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.

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