Notice2024-27499
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
November 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92969-92970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27499]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039091; 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 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024
Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-8623, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#710502140303101e5c1d14180710310213121c5f0213121e041f05085f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="56222533242437397b3a333f2037162534353b78253435392338222f78313920">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
San Bernardino County Museum, and
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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, three individuals have been
identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of faunal
bones. Human remains, and association funerary objects were collected
at the Crib Mound in Spencer County, Indiana, likely by Benjamin McCown
via the now-defunct Archaeology Survey Association.
Human remains representing one individual has been identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot of lithics. Human remains
were found on the B.F. McCown Farm (orchard), near the Ohio River,
where they were excavated from an unnamed mound on July 13, 1935. Human
remains comprise of one cranium, aged around 75 years old. Historic
records show the McCown Farms was located 3 miles north of Hanover,
Ohio.
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 four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The two lots of objects 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 Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe.
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
26, 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 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27499 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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