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AI Summary: This is a notice document, not a policy document. This notice describes the intent of California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) and Sonoma State University to repatriate 191 cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The cultural items, which include 141 unassociated funerary objects and 50 sacred objects, were originally removed from archaeological sites in Sebastopol, California in 1984 and 1987. The universities have determined that these items are culturally affiliated with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and are seeking to return them. The repatriation may occur on or after December 18, 2025, and other Native American tribes or organizations may submit competing requests for the items if they can demonstrate cultural affiliation.