Notice2026-18321
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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Published
September 9, 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 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 57380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18321]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7485; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043691; 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 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 October 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Tamara Serrao-Leiva, 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 10 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone and
lithics. Gerald Smith and R.J. Sayles collected these in 1934 from
Cajon Canyon No. 2, Previously P1333-5, whose trinomial is listed as
CA-SBR-02207 (SBCM-64). The land was privately owned by one Mrs.
Freeman.
The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone and
lithics. These were collection from Summit Valley (P36-0173), whose
trinomial is CA-SBR-00173 (SBCM-85). The site was recorded as a
temporary camp site by Gerald Smith and R.J. Sayles in 1940, and
published in An Archaeological Survey of the Mojave River Region as
having an estimated age of 1000 years. It was recorded again later in
1966 by Reeder and White, where they reported house pits at the
southern side, and once more in 1974 by G. Teal and R.E. Reynolds.
Records include maps, photographs, and a rough catalog.
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is lithics. These were
collections from Davis Ranch #1, Cajon Site, whose trinomial is CA-SBR-
02669 (SBCM-578). The site was recorded in 1963 by Paul Chace, and
Eugene Shepard.
The three lots of objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone,
lithics, and ceramics. These were collected from Cajon Site ``Z,''
Summit Bluff, whose trinomial is CA-SBR-03698 (SBCM-3969).
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is lithics. These were
collected from a lithic scatter at CA-SBR-05063 (SBCM-5269).
The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is lithics. Benjamin
McCown collected these from Camp Cajon-Muscupiabit, whose trinomial is
CA-SBR-00425 (SBCM-5858), at an unknown date.
Determinations
San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 10 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 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 October 9, 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: September 1, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-18321 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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