# 2025-11012: University of California Plans Return of Eight Native Cultural Items

2025-11012, Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-06-16, effective 2025-07-16 (as of 2026-11-02).

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- As of: 2026-11-02
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11012
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 25367
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: 2025-07-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

University of California Plans Return of Eight Native Cultural Items

## Summary

The University of California, Riverside plans to return eight special cultural items—like arrowheads, ceramics, and bones—to Native American tribes starting July 16, 2025. These items were found at important archaeological sites and belong to Native communities. This repatriation respects Native heritage and involves no cost to the public.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Eight cultural items to be returned: benefit, low. The University of California, Riverside intends to repatriate eight objects of cultural patrimony (two lots of ceramics, one lot of glass, one lot of metal, one lot of animal bone, one lot of manos, one lot of arrowheads, and one lot of geological materials). The university has determined these ite…
- Who may request repatriation: benefit, low. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization that shows by a preponderance of the evidence that it is a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated may submit a written request for repatriation. If competing requests are received, the University of California, Riverside will…
- Repatriation involves no public cost: benefit, low. The notice states the planned repatriation respects Native heritage and involves no cost to the public. The return process is administrated under NAGPRA and will be handled by the University of California, Riverside following the July 16, 2025 date.

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## Sources
- [2025-11012 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11012/notice-of-intended-repatriation-university-of-california-riverside-riverside-ca)
- [2025-11012 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11012.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11012 (as of 2026-11-02).