Notice2024-26453
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
November 14, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Bernardino County Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90039-90040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26453]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039037; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum,
Redlands, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Bernardino County Museum has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024
Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-8623, email
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The
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determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the San
Bernardino County Museum, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual and three lots
of associated funerary objects (one lot of stone, one lot of ceramics,
and one lot of bone tools) were removed from a roasting pit under the
freeway at Mountain Pass (also known as Cajon Pass) Interstate 15 in
1924, predating Caltrans ownership. Field notes state that an
individual named ``Waite'' excavated the remains in 1924, but the
collection was not donated to the museum until July 31, 1976, by E.L.
McFarlane, at which point the AFOs were given accession numbers (A1361-
1, A1361-5, A1361-6).
A preponderance of the evidence supports a determination that the
individuals are Native American, based on the artefactual context and
skeletal taphonomy. Ethnohistoric evidence indicates that the area
around the Cajon Pass was occupied by the Serrano Tribe during the
prehistoric and protohistoric period. This area has traditionally been
identified as Serrano ancestral territory. Serrano tribal leader Santos
Manuel (namesake of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation) when being
interviewed by John P. Harrington in the early 1900s, calls the area of
Cajon Pass ``amutskupiat'', a Serrano space.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual and four lots
of associated funerary objects (one lot of lithic tools, one lot of
shell, one lot of charcoal, and one lot of faunal remains) were removed
from archaeological site SBCM-39 (CA-SBr-01457). The site is situated
on Rialto Bench overlooking Lytle Creek Wash near the mouth of Cajon
Canyon. San Bernardino County Museum's first record of the site is from
1939. Level Report Forms from California State Polytechnic University
Pomona show additional excavation or survey continued or restarted in
1982. In a preliminary report on the Rialto Bench Project written by
Julie C Wizorek in 1984, it is stated that Richard Reynolds of the Page
Museum and Bob Yohe assisted in identifying bone, bone tools, and
animal teeth from the site. Two human teeth were identified as
deciduous (or primary) teeth.
A preponderance of the evidence supports a determination that the
individuals are Native American, based on the artefactual context and
skeletal taphonomy. Ethnohistoric evidence indicates that the area
around the Cajon Pass was occupied by the Serrano tribe during the
prehistoric and protohistoric period. This area has traditionally been
identified as Serrano ancestral territory. Serrano tribal leader Santos
Manuel (namesake of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation) when being
interviewed by John P. Harrington in the early 1900s, identified two
Serrano villages in the vicinity. Papiambit, located on the edge of
Lytle Creek and Apuritaimbit, southeast along Lytle Creek Wash.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven lots described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Morongo
Band of Mission Indians, California and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel
Nation (previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians,
California).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December
16, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the San
Bernardino County Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The San Bernardino County Museum is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 7, 2024
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26453 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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