Notice2024-31300
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside 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 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106563-106564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31300]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039261; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside 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 January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38555d5f595616554d4a485041784d5b4a165d5c4d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8b5bdbfb9b6f6b5adaaa8b0a198adbbaaf6bdbcad">[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
University of California, Riverside, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The eight
associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of
glass objects, one lot of lithic materials, one lot of metal objects,
one lot of botanical materials, one lot of unmodified shell, one lot of
fire-altered rock, and one lot of geological materials. In 1978, the
University of California, Riverside Department of Anthropology led an
archaeological field school under
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the direction of Philip Wilke. The field school consisted of the
student excavation of archaeological site CA-SBR-1577 (formerly CA-SBR-
911 and SBCM-65). The site was first recorded by Gerald Smith in 1940
as a ``large campsite on [a] terrace overlooking [the Santa Ana]
riverbed.'' Objects such as manos, metates, cogstones, and projectile
points had previously been reported by residents on the surface of the
site. The students excavated a total of 6 units to an average depth of
70cm. A total of 3,092 items were cataloged and housed at the
University of California, Riverside, under Accession Number 59. During
the excavation, students uncovered a human burial in Unit 1, which was
misidentified as faunal remains. In 2024, at the request of tribal
representatives, an osteologist reviewed the collection and identified
the remains as human. Tribal representatives also identified the
objects in the collection as being associated funerary objects. These
objects included ceramic sherds, glass objects, lithic materials, metal
objects, botanical materials, unmodified shell, fire-altered rock, and
geological materials. Based on biological information, the human
remains were determined to be Native American. Archaeologists have
asserted that Serrano peoples have continuously occupied the San
Bernardino Mountains and the Santa Ana River Watershed for up to 5,000-
6,000 years BP. Ethnographer John Peabody Harrington recorded several
Serrano place names throughout the Watershed during his interviews with
Yuhaaviatam leader, Santos Manuel in 1918. Manuel told Harrington that
the Santa Ana River is called hu'napat patr, meaning ``bears water,''
and a Serrano village, Junubabit, was situated on the Santa Ana River's
southeast bank in today's Colton, CA. Santos Manuel's testimony and
Traditional Knowledge identify Colton and the surrounding region as
within Serrano Ancestral Territory since time immemorial, sharing a
group identity with the human remains taken from Morgan's Bluff.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The University of California, Riverside has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The eight 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 reasonable 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 29, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Riverside 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 University of California, Riverside 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31300 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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