Native American Heritage Commission
October 10, 2025

Public Special Meeting Notice and Agenda – October 10, 2025

PUBLIC SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION
Office Phone (916) 373-3710
Email: [email protected]

Location:
Paradise Event Center
450 Quechan Drive
Winterhaven, CA 92283

Friday, October 10, 2025
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Notices, agendas, and supporting documents for Native American Heritage Commission Meetings and public hearings will be provided at the event and may also be accessed at https://nahc.ca.gov/ or by written request to [email protected]. Confidential materials exempt.

Live video streaming and archived video of this Commission meeting may be accessed at
https://videobookcase.org/nahc/2025-10-10/

Agenda items may be taken out of order.

AGENDA

10:00 AM – CALL TO ORDER – NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION

  1. Welcome
  2. Roll Call
  3. Introduction of Commissioners and Staff
  4. Traditional Opening

ACTION

1. Approval of Meeting Minutes (Chairperson Pagaling)

a) August 1, 2025 Special Meeting: Open Session

2. CSU Systemwide/Campus Repatriation and Oversight Committee Nominations (Mario Pallari, Staff Counsel)

CSU Bakersfield

a) Commissioners to consider the nomination of Larea Lewis, Federally Recognized Tribal Representative, CSU Bakersfield

CSU Los Angeles

b) Commissioners to consider the nomination of Carolyn Dunn, CSU Representative, CSU Los Angeles

c) Commissioners to consider the nomination of Tarisi Vunidilo, Native American Studies Representative, CSU Los Angeles

CSU Fresno

d) Commissioners to consider the nomination of Robert Gomez, Non-Federally Recognized Tribal Representative, CSU Fresno

Cal Poly Humboldt

e) Commissioners to consider the nomination of Lonyx Landry, Non-Federally Recognized Tribal Representative, Cal Poly Humboldt

CSU Systemwide

f) Commissioners to consider the nomination of Cutcha Risling Baldy, Native American Studies Representative, CSU Systemwide

3. California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office updates regarding AB 389 compliance, including Systemwide Policy Development (Samantha Cypret, Executive Director, Office of Tribal Relations, Office of the Chancellor, California State University)

PUBLIC COMMENT

4. Interim CSU Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Policy – Commission to consider recommending that the Policy be finalized

Supporting Document

5. Draft CalNAGPRA Enforcement Regulations (Michelle Carr, Acting Executive Secretary)

a) Status of draft CalNAGPRA Enforcement Regulations

i. Summary of tribal comments and responses

ii. Memorandum – revisions overview

iii. Revised draft enforcement regulations

iv. Red-line comparison to May 9, 2025 draft

b) Consideration of Revised draft CalNAGPRA Enforcement Regulations

6. 50th Anniversary (Bennae Calac, Sara Dutschke, Commissioners, and Michelle Carr, Acting Executive Secretary)

CLOSED SESSION – 11:00 AM

Pending Litigation: California Indian Nation v. Native American Heritage Commission, Superior Court of Sacramento County, Case No. 25-WM-000157 (Government Code, § 11126(e)(1), (2)(A))

INFORMATIONAL

7. CalNAGPRA Mediation and Dispute Resolution Regulations Update (Michelle Carr, Acting Executive Secretary)

8. Contact List Regulations Update (Mario Pallari, Staff Counsel)

9. Executive Secretary Report (Michelle Carr, Acting Executive Secretary)

10. Commissioner Reports

PUBLIC COMMENT – Public comment will be limited to 3 minutes for each speaker.

The public may comment on any item on the agenda before action is taken on the item.

4:00 PM – ADJOURNMENT – At the end of public comment or 4:00 pm, whichever is first.

*Any person who has a disability and requires accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact the Native American Heritage Commission at (916) 373-3710 or via email at [email protected] no later than five days prior to the meeting. Our website address is: https://nahc.ca.gov/