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A major NAGPRA notice names three Northern California Tribal Nations in a repatriation process involving ancestors and cultural belongings from Tehama County.

A Sacramento State repatriation notice published September 30, 2026 identifies at least 53 Native ancestors and 35,141 associated funerary objects from several sites in northern Tehama County, California. The notice establishes cultural affiliation with the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California, the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California, and the Redding Rancheria, California.

The sites listed in the notice were investigated between the 1960s and 1980s by former faculty and students affiliated with California State University, Sacramento. The associated funerary objects include materials such as baked clay objects, faunal and floral remains, flaked and ground stones, shell, bone, pigments, ash, soil samples, and other items.

A separate notice identifies 8,593 objects of cultural patrimony affiliated with the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. Under NAGPRA, objects of cultural patrimony are items with ongoing cultural, traditional, or historical importance to a Native community, rather than personal property belonging to one individual.

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act provides a legal process for museums, universities, and federal agencies to inventory collections, consult with Tribal Nations, and return ancestors and certain cultural items when affiliation or other requirements are met.

Repatriation in this case may occur on or after October 30, 2026, subject to the required procedures. These notices are steps in the return process, not confirmation that a transfer has already happened.

What are your thoughts on this step in the repatriation process?



Sources: Federal Register, Sacramento State

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In 2020, a mother in the small French town of Nersac moved in with her partner in the next town over, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) away. She didn’t take her son with her. For the next two years, he lived completely alone in the family’s low-income apartment.

He had no heat for much of that time, and sometimes no electricity at all. He slept under a pile of comforters to stay warm and bathed in cold water. He mostly lived on canned food and cake, plus whatever neighbors handed him. At one point, he was reportedly taking tomatoes off a neighbor’s balcony. When police finally went inside, the fridge was empty and the trash was full of cake wrappers and empty cans.

And every single day, he went to school. He kept up with his work and did well in class. His teachers never suspected anything. One of his educators later described him as “very mature, very resilient, and self-reliant, maybe too much so.”

It was the town’s mayor who started putting it together. The mother had asked for help buying groceries, so the mayor gave her food vouchers. Instead of groceries, she used them on processed food. Around the same time, residents told the mayor a child seemed to be living by himself. She called the police.

In court, the mother denied everything. She claimed her son lived with her and that she put him on a bus every day while she rode home on a scooter. Her phone location data told a different story. She said she always forgot her phone at home. The judge didn’t buy it. She received an 18-month suspended sentence and six months with an ankle monitor.

Her son was placed in foster care. She only visited him twice. He has since chosen to cut off all contact with her.