Notice2026-07952
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
April 23, 2026
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 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 91, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21838-21839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07952]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7102; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042661; 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
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Bernardino County Museum intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 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 26, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Gabrielle Carpentier, San Bernardino
County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, 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 14 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The eight lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
shell beads, one lot of ceramic disc, one lot of ceramic sherds, one
lot of spindle whorl, one lot of lithics, one lot of unworked faunal
bone, one lot of stone, one lot of ground stone. CA-SBR-00216 (SBCM-
126), Coyote Holes Cyn, Coyote Well was recorded December 30, 1962 by
P. Chace. Objects were also recorded on July 2, 1991 by Kenneth Becker
and Juanita Shinn.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony are lithics. CA-SBR-
02379 (SBCM-1971), Montgomery Peak #2 (R-2); UCRARU #74; #1A-1B, was
collected by D. Decker. These objects of cultural patrimony were
recorded in April 1973.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony are lithics. CA-SBR-
03429 (SBCM-4074), Joshua Tree-N., was recorded in 1980 by Gerald Smith
and Mike Quinn.
The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
lithics and one lot of ground stone. CA-SBR-04851 (SBCM-5053), Bankus
1, was collected by Allen E. Bankus and M.K. Lerch. Objects were
recorded on November 29, 1981.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony are faunal bone. CA-
SBR-04852 (SBCM-5054), Bankus 2, was collected by Allen E. Bankus and
M.K. Lerch. Objects were recorded on November 29, 1981.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony are lithics. CA-SBR-
04854 (SBCM-5056), Bankus 4, was collected by Allen E. Bankus and M.K.
Lerch. Objects were recorded on November 29, 1981.
Determinations
San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 14 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> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Morongo 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 26, 2026. 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 17, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-07952 Filed 4-22-26; 8:45 am]
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