Notice2025-06634
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
April 18, 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 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16535-16536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06634]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039944; 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 May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Gabrielle Carpentier, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024
Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-8613, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04636566766d616868612a67657674616a706d617644776667692a7766676b716a707d2a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1b6b0b3a3b8b4bdbdb4ffb2b0a3a1b4bfa5b8b4a391a2b3b2bcffa2b3b2bea4bfa5a8ffb6bea7">[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 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of 57 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
These include 55 lots of objects of cultural patrimony and two lots of
unassociated funerary objects.
The 31 lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of stone
bowls, one lot of a steatite bowl, one lot of spindle whorls, one lot
of a pencil, one lot of manos, one lot of pestles, one lot of a metal
knife, one lot of wood fragments, one lot of seeds, one lot of
siltstone tablets, one lot of glass bottle stoppers, one lot of burned
pot sherds, one lot of ground stone, one lot of arrow shaft
straighteners, one lot of charcoal, one lot of lithic flakes, one lot
of lithic points, one lot of unworked faunal bone, one lot of pot
sherds, one lot of porcelain fragments, one lot of shell pendant
fragments, one lot of unworked shell, one lot of shell beads, one lot
of clay pipe fragments, one lot of glass bottle fragments, one lot of a
ceramic figurine of a human body, one lot of buttons, one lot of metal
fragments, one lot of metal nails, one lot of shell casings, and one
lot of bone awls. These objects from Muscupaibit, Camp Cajon (SBCM-2)
were collected as early as 1949.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of burned
shell beads. These objects from Muscupaibit, Camp Cajon (SBCM-2) were
collected as early as 1949.
The 22 lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of a
metate, one lot of a spindle whorls, one lot of a pestle, one lot of
ground stone, one lot of lithic flakes, one lot of lithic points, one
lot of shell beads, one lot of unworked faunal bone, one lot of pot
sherds, one lot of an arrow shaft straightener, one lot of plastic, one
lot of seeds, one lot of a wooden stick, one lot of unworked shell, one
lot of plant material, one lot of fire-affected rock, one lot of
charcoal, one lot of bone awls, one lot of metal, one lot of a manuport
(A64-214), one lot of a ceramic fishing weight, and one lot of a green
slate pendant. These objects from Las Flores Ranch (SBCM-13) may have
been collected as early as 1939. In 1970, the Archaeological Survey
Association (ASA) began collecting from Las Flores Ranch.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of burned
shell beads. This object from Las Flores Ranch (SBCM-13) may have been
collected as early as 1939. In 1970, the Archaeological Survey
Association (ASA) began collecting from Las Flores Ranch.
The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of ground
stone and one lot of lithic flakes. These objects from Hesperia Rd
(SBCM-47) were collected in 1939 by Gerald A. Smith.
Determinations
San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 55 objects of cultural patrimony 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 two 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> 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 May 19, 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: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06634 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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