Notice2024-27503
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, and 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 Autry Museum of the American West and San Bernardino County Museums (SMCB) intend to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 92965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27503]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039099; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American
West, Los Angeles, CA, and 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 Autry Museum of the American West and
San Bernardino County Museums (SMCB) intend to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of
Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American
West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323)
495-4203, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#78130a111b10190a1c0b1716380c101d190d0c0a0156170a1f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="741f061d171c150610071b1a34001c11150100060d5a1b0613">[email protected]</span></a> and Tamara Serrao-Leiva, MA,
RPA, Curator of Anthropology and Chief Deputy, San Bernardino County
Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-
8623, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4a0a7b1a6a6b5bbf9b8b1bda2b594a7b6b7b9faa7b6b7bba1baa0adfab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8efafdebfcfcefe1a3e2ebe7f8efcefdecede3a0fdecede1fbe0faf7a0e9e1f8">[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
Autry Museum of the American West and San Bernardino County Museum, and
additional information on the determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 227 lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 227 unassociated funerary objects are 56 lots of
ceramic material, 15 lots of faunal bone, 11 lots of shell material,
108 lots of flaked stone, 32 lots of ground stone, four lots of organic
material, and one lot of metal cultural items. In 1947, three field
trips (March, April, and May) were made by the Archaeological Survey
Association of Southern California (ASA) to Moody Springs (CA-LAn-83)
through the leadership of Howard Arden Edwards. These field trips to
Moody Springs were made up of just Mr. Edwards and one other person and
were given a 1.S accession number. The Southwest Museum (1.S)
collection consists of cultural items collected in March of 1947. San
Bernardino County Museum (SBCM) also obtained a small group of objects
from Moody Springs, which was given the catalog number SBCM-818 (CA-
LAn-83). It is unclear why or how SBCM-818 was disenfranchised from the
rest of the collection, though there were many instances of collection
sharing between the Southwest Museum (now part of the Autry Museum) and
SBCM during this period. No ancestors are found in the collection SBCM
houses.
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American West and San Bernardino County
Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 227 lots unassociated funerary objects described above
are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains, and are connected, either at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed,
by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of an individual or individuals with cultural
affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 26, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West and
San Bernardino County Museum must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The Autry Museum of the American West and 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 and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27503 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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