# 2025-11137: San Francisco Museums Prepare to Return Pestles and Mortars

2025-11137, Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-06-17, effective 2025-07-17 (as of 2026-11-03).

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- As of: 2026-11-03
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11137
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 25626
- Published: 2025-06-17
- Effective: 2025-07-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

San Francisco Museums Prepare to Return Pestles and Mortars

## Summary

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco plans to return two important Native American cultural items—pestles and mortars—to the tribes they belong to. This repatriation will start on or after July 17, 2025, honoring Native American traditions and history. No money changes hands, but the museum is making sure these items go back to their rightful communities.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) 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

- Two Native American artifact lots to be returned: benefit, low. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco plans to repatriate two lots of cultural patrimony — one lot of pestles and one lot of mortars (FAMSF Accession 51890) — that were removed before 1924 from Folsom, California. The museum says these items have cultural affiliation with the Shingle Springs Band…
- Who can request these items and how: benefit, low. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not named in the notice may submit a written request for repatriation by showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that they are culturally affiliated. If competing requests are received, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco…

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## Sources
- [2025-11137 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11137/notice-of-intended-repatriation-fine-arts-museums-of-san-francisco-san-francisco-ca)
- [2025-11137 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11137.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11137 (as of 2026-11-03).