Notice2025-05220
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
March 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Bernardino County Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13878-13879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05220]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039767; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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), San Bernardino County Museum intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects and/or objects of
cultural patrimony 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 April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Gabrielle Carpentier, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024
Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-8613, email
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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 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 62 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The seven sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
of ground stone, unmodified shell, worked shell, flaked stone,
charcoal, asphaltum, and unmodified faunal bone. In 1948-50, Stuart
Peck with ASA and UCLA excavated multiple pits at Zuma Creek (LAN-174)
(SBCM-473), under a temporary permit.
The three unassociated funerary items are one lot of stone bowls,
ground stone, and flaked stone. These objects were donated by Bill and
Steve Black (A158) in July 1968. Notes present in this file (SBCM-808/
A158), state that these items were found in Goleta along with burials
not housed at SBCM.
The three sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
of steatite figurines, steatite beads, and worked faunal bone. These
items were donated to the museum by Gerald Smith (A5) over several
years. Based on our records, the culture area of these objects is
coastal California.
The 18 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
stone pipes, ground stone, stone figurines, shell beads and pendants,
shell fish hooks, stone fishing weights, a stone tube, stone pendants,
a shell dish, flaked, a stone ball, debitage, a digging stick weight,
an arrow straightener, a nutcracker, a stone bead, a stone lamp, and a
comal. These items have been disenfranchised from their individual
provenience, but based on expert opinion, are affiliated with coastal
California Chumash.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is a stone
figurine. A2033-279 was donated on 12/15/1986 by William Elliot and
appraised prior to donation, where the appraiser listed it as Chumash.
The two sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are two
paintings. These objects were donated to the museum in 2015. Both
paintings were created by John Lincoln in 1975. A3393-9 is titled
`Chumash Rock Painting II' No 13/60. A3393-10 is titled `Chumash Rock
Painting III', NO 13/60. These pieces were from the estate of Mrs.
Dickey, a long-time museum education volunteer, who donated them to the
museum in June 2015.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
shell beads. A4-640 was purchased on 4/21/1941 from an archaeology
student in Tucson, Arizona, although they were claimed to be found in
California. These objects were brought to the museum by Benjamin McCown
(A4). On 9/30/2024, Kathleen Marshall of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Indians identified these shell beads as Chumash.
The four sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
of unmodified faunal bone, lithics, unmodified shell, and shell beads.
These objects from Wilson's Landing (SBCM-75X) in Ventura County,
California were recorded by San Bernardino County Museum in 1940.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
lithics. These objects from Oak Grove Park (SBCM-483) in Ventura
County,
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California were recorded by San Bernardino County Museum in 1947.
The three sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
of unmodified faunal bone, unmodified shell, and lithics. These objects
from Cuyama Valley (SBCM-5564) in Santa Barbara County, California were
recorded by San Bernardino County Museum in 1983.
The two sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
basketry and netting. These objects from Hummingbird Ranch (SBCM-5740)
in Ventura County, California were recorded by San Bernardino County
Museum in 2002 and were an ASA collection (#29-S).
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
unmodified shell and unmodified faunal bone. These objects from near
Port Hueneme (SBCM-5895) in Ventura County, California were recorded by
San Bernardino County Museum in 1951 and are a Benjamin McCown
collection.
The two sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
glass beads and unmodified shell. These objects from Browne Site (SBCM-
6255) in Ventura County, California were recorded by San Bernardino
County Museum in 2008 and are an ASA collection.
The six sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
unmodified faunal bone, glass, lithics, metal, red ochre, and
unmodified shell. These objects from the Southern California Edison
Presidential Substation Project (SBCM-6279/CA-VEN-744) in Moorpark,
Ventura County, California were collected by the Chambers Group, Inc.
in 2010 and subsequently curated under a curation agreement at San
Bernardino County Museum.
The four sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
of unmodified faunal bone, lithics, red ochre, and unmodified shell.
These objects from the Southern California Edison Presidential
Substation Project (SBCM-6279/CA-VEN-1571) in Thousand Oaks, Ventura
County, California were collected by the Chambers Group, Inc. in 2010
and subsequently curated under a curation agreement at San Bernardino
County Museum.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
lithics. These objects from Point Dume, south of Oxnard (SBCM-6295) in
Ventura County, California were recorded by San Bernardino County
Museum in 1947 and are a Benjamin McCown collection.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is one lot of ground
stone. This lot comes from Santa Rosa Island. The object was collected
in 1948, given to the Mousley Museum, and then transferred to the SBCM
in 1991.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is one lot of ground
stone. This lot comes from Mussell Rock in Santa Barbara County. The
object was collected in 1949, given to the Mousley Museum, and then
transferred to the SBCM in 1993.
The one lot of objects for cultural patrimony is one lot of soil.
This lot was collected on 12/22/1972 from VEN-276, and labelled as
``Frag #7, trench 10, (s. side).''
Determinations
San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The three unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The three objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The 56 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony
described in this notice are, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan,
lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision).
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 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 April 28, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, 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. 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: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05220 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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