# 2025-19967: Army Corps Hands Back 870 Native Artifacts from Dam Digs

2025-19967, Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, San Francisco, CA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-11-17, effective 2025-12-17 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19967
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-19967
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, San Francisco, CA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 51402
- Published: 2025-11-17
- Effective: 2025-12-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Army Corps Hands Back 870 Native Artifacts from Dam Digs

## Summary

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in San Francisco plans to return 870 Native American cultural items found during dam construction in Sonoma County back to the affiliated tribes. This repatriation can start on or after December 17, 2025, helping honor Native heritage and respect sacred objects. If you want to learn more or request repatriation, contact the Corps before then.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Large-scale return of Native items: benefit, low. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to repatriate 24,167 unassociated funerary objects and 3 objects of cultural patrimony from sites in Sonoma County. The repatriation may occur on or after December 17, 2025, and the notice identifies a connection to the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians o…
- Who may request repatriation: benefit, low. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not named in the notice may send a written request to seek repatriation if they show by a preponderance of the evidence that they are a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated. Requests for repatriation may be submitted to Dr.…
- How competing repatriation claims are handled: mixed, low. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District must determine the most appropriate requestor before repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation are treated as a single request; repatriation itself may occur on or after December 17, 20…

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## Sources
- [2025-19967 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19967/notice-of-intended-repatriation-us-army-corps-of-engineers-san-francisco-district-san-francisco-ca)
- [2025-19967 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19967.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19967 (as of 2026-06-08).