NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO REPATRIATE CULTURAL ITEMS: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO, CA AND EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, OAKLAND, CA

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- National Park Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA and East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, CA.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 8 by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

Summary: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) intend 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.

The ful...