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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Victor Javier Aguilar, San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

405–3545, email vaguila4@sfsu.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 SF State 

NAGPRA Program, 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 

A total of three cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

three sacred objects/objects of cultural 

patrimony are a coiled basket jar, a 

coiled flare bowl, and a coiled tray 

basket. These baskets were donated to 

the Treganza Anthropology Museum 

(TAM) at San Francisco State University 

in the 1960s and 1970s. When the TAM 

closed in 2012, all the Native American 

items were transferred to the SF State 

NAGPRA Program. All baskets are from 

the California Basket Collection. 

It was once common practice by 

museums to use chemicals on cultural 

items to prevent deterioration by mold, 

insects, and moisture. To date, the SF 

State NAGPRA Program has no records 

documenting use of chemicals at our 

facilities, and we currently do not use 

chemicals on any cultural items. A 

former SF State professor, Dr. Michael 

Moratto, stated that staff used glues, 

polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called 

Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural 

objects in the past. Prior non-invasive 

and non-destructive hazardous chemical 

tests conducted at the SF State NAGPRA 

Program repositories show arsenic, 

mercury, and/or lead in some storage 

containers, surfaces, and certain cultural 

items. 

Determinations 

The SF State NAGPRA Program has 

determined that: 

• The three sacred objects/objects of 

cultural patrimony described in this 

notice are, according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of an 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization, specific ceremonial objects 

needed by a traditional Native American 

religious leader for present-day 

adherents to practice traditional Native 

American religion, and 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). 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Jamul Indian Village 

of 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 January 29, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF 

State NAGPRA Program 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: December 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–OIA–DTS–39203; 

PPWODIREI0–PIN00IO15.XI0000] 

Submission of U.S. Nomination to the 

World Heritage List 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior has submitted a nomination to 

the World Heritage List for Okefenokee 

National Wildlife Refuge. This is the 

third notice required by the Department 

of the Interior’s World Heritage Program 

regulations. 

ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of 

documents discussed in this notice, 

contact April Brooks, Office of 

International Affairs, National Park 

Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, 

Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354–1808, 

or send electronic mail (Email) to: april_

brooks@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Putnam, Acting Chief, Office 

of International Affairs, at 202–354– 

1809. Information on the U.S. World 

Heritage program can be found at: 

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ 

internationalcooperation/ 

worldheritage.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

constitutes the official notice of the 

decision by the United States 

Department of the Interior to submit a 

nomination to the World Heritage List 

for Okefenokee National Wildlife 

Refuge, as enumerated in the Summary 

above, and serves as the Third Notice 

referred to in 36 CFR 73.7(j) of the 

World Heritage Program regulations (36 

CFR part 73). 

The nomination was submitted 

through the U.S. Department of State to 

the World Heritage Centre of the United 

Nations Educational, Scientific and 

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 

consideration by the World Heritage 

Committee, which will likely occur at 

the Committee’s 48th annual session in 

mid-2026. 

This property has been selected from 

the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List, 

which comprises properties that appear 

to qualify for World Heritage status, and 

which may be considered for 

nomination by the United States to the 

World Heritage List, as required by the 

World Heritage Committee’s 

Operational Guidelines. 

The U.S. World Heritage Tentative 

List appeared in a Federal Register 

notice on June 7, 2023 (88 FR 37270), 

as required by 36 CFR 73.7(c)) with a 

request for public comment on possible 

nominations from the 19 sites on the 

Tentative List. A summary of the 

comments received, the Department of 

the Interior’s responses to them and the 

Department’s decision to request 

preparation of this nomination appeared 

in a subsequent Federal Register notice 

published on September 25, 2023 (88 FR 

65748–65749). These are the First and 

Second Notices required by 36 CFR 

73.7(c) and (f). 

In making the decision to submit this 

U.S. World Heritage nomination, 

pursuant to 36 CFR 73.7(h) and (i), the 

Department’s Assistant Secretary for 

Fish and Wildlife and Parks evaluated 


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the draft nomination and the 

recommendations of the Federal 

Interagency Panel for World Heritage. 

She determined that the property meets 

the prerequisites for nomination by the 

United States to the World Heritage List 

that are detailed in 36 CFR part 73. The 

property is nationally significant, being 

a National Natural Landmark designated 

by the Department of the Interior. The 

owner of the property has concurred in 

writing with the nomination, and the 

property is well protected legally and 

functionally as documented in the 

nomination. It appears to meet two of 

the World Heritage criteria for natural 

properties. 

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 

is nominated under World Heritage 

natural criteria (ix) and (x), as provided 

in 36 CFR 73.9(c)(1), as a property that 

appears to justify criterion (ix) as a 

diverse mosaic of wetlands, savannas, 

forests, and prairie ecosystems and 

ecotones with a unique reliance on the 

natural interplay between fire and 

precipitation. The property also justifies 

criterion (x) as it is uniquely situated to 

be a thriving habitat for many important 

and rare plant and animal species. The 

refuge also meets the World Heritage 

requirements for integrity. 

The World Heritage List is an 

international list of cultural and natural 

properties nominated by the signatories 

to the World Heritage Convention 

(1972). The World Heritage Committee, 

composed of representatives of 21 

nations elected as the governing body of 

the World Heritage Convention, makes 

the final decisions on which 

nominations to accept on the World 

Heritage List at its annual meeting each 

summer. There are 1,223 World Heritage 

sites in 168 of the 196 signatory 

countries. The United States has 26 sites 

inscribed on the World Heritage List. 

U.S. participation and the role of the 

Department of the Interior are 

authorized by title IV of the National 

Historic Preservation Act Amendments 

of 1980, Public Law 96–515, 94 Stat. 

2987, 3000, codified as amended at 54 

U.S.C. 307101, and conducted by the 

Department through the National Park 

Service in accordance with the 

regulations at 36 CFR part 73 which 

implement the Convention pursuant to 

the 1980 Amendments. 

Neither inclusion in the Tentative List 

nor inscription as a World Heritage Site 

imposes legal restrictions on owners or 

neighbors of sites, nor do they give the 

United Nations any management 

authority or ownership rights in U.S. 

World Heritage Sites, which continue to 

be subject only to U.S. federal and local 

laws, as applicable. 

Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR 

part 73. 

Shannon A. Estenoz, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039249; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Carson National Forest, Taos, 

NM 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Carson National Forest (CAF), 

intends to carry out the disposition of 

objects of cultural patrimony removed 

from Federal or Tribal lands to the 

lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization with 

priority for disposition in this notice. 

DATES: Disposition of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 29, 2025. If no claim for 

disposition is received by December 30, 

2025, the cultural items in this notice 

will become unclaimed cultural items. 

ADDRESSES: Erin E. Brown, Forest 

Archeologist, USDA Forest Service, 

Carson National Forest, 208 Cruz Alta 

Road, Taos, NM 87571, telephone (575) 

779–4827, email erin.brown@usda.gov. 

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 CAF, and 

additional information on the cultural 

items in this notice, including the 

results of consultation, can be found in 

the related records. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

identifications in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

seven objects of cultural patrimony 

include a small Dinetah Grayware jar, a 

wooden feather effigy, and five wooden 

cradle board pieces. The Dinetah 

Grayware pot has flat to slightly concave 

base, with some striations on the surface 

of the vessel. At the time of discovery, 

the wooden feather effigy was resting on 

top of the vessel. Both items were 

located in a crevice under a large 

sandstone boulder, and the items had 

been walled in with thin sandstone 

slabs and adobe. Approximately 35 feet 

north of the first crevice, a second 

crevice contained the five wooden 

cradleboard pieces. The seven items 

were found in two crevices, separated 

by approximately 35 feet, in 1991 by a 

member of the public. The items were 

removed from site AR–03–02–03–00524 

in Pueblita Canyon located within the 

Jicarilla Ranger District of the Carson 

National Forest, Rio Arriba County, New 

Mexico. 

Determinations 

The CAF has determined that: 

• The seven 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. 

• The Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico, & Utah has priority for 

disposition of the cultural items 

described in this notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

cultural items in this notice must be 

sent to the appropriate official identified 

in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no 

claim for disposition is received by 

December 30, 2025, the cultural items in 

this notice will become unclaimed 

cultural items. Claims for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

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 

they have priority for disposition. 

Disposition of the cultural items in 

this notice may occur on or after January 

29, 2025. If competing claims for 

disposition are received, the CAF must 

determine the most appropriate 

claimant prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the cultural items 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The CAF is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the lineal descendants, 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 


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