Notice2026-04037
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
March 2, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 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 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10127-10128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04037]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6949; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042087; 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), 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 April 1, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Gabrielle Carpentier,
San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA
92374, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3b4b2b1a1bab6bfbfb6fdb0b2a1a3b6bda7bab6a193a0b1b0befda0b1b0bca6bda7aafdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddbabcbfafb4b8b1b1b8f3bebcafadb8b3a9b4b8af9daebfbeb0f3aebfbeb2a8b3a9a4f3bab2ab">[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 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, four individuals have been
identified. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal
bone and one lot of stone. A letter is included with these ancestral
remains and associated funerary objects which states the following:
``In the late 1950s my friend, Gordon Redfeldt took me to his property
in Lemoore, California. He had relatives living in the area. I helped
him excavate a burial on his property. He explained that these were
Tulerino Indians. After we photographed the flex burial, he gave it to
me. I planned to build a case for display of the burial, but I never
accomplished this. Since that time, our society, and I, have come to
realize that these items should not be privately held. They should be
returned to their original sites. Edward Rutherford''
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
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 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 Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria; Tejon Indian Tribe; and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the
Tule River Reservation, 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 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 April 1,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, San
Bernardino County Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
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repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 20, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-04037 Filed 2-27-26; 8:45 am]
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