74990 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2024 / Notices 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 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 

October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San 

Bernardino County Museum, 2024 

Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, 

telephone (909) 798–8623, email 

tserrao-leiva@sbcm.sbcounty.gov. 

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 the 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 

one individual have been identified. 

The 12 associated funerary objects 

include a pendant, projectile points, 

pipe stem fragments, pottery sherds, 

faunal fragments, flakes, shell 

fragments, ground stone, stone tools, 

projectile points, shell beads, and 

historic beads. San Bernadino County 

Museum site numbers SBCM–815 (also 

SBCM–5868) are considered the same 

site to the culturally affiliated tribes list 

below. This site was recorded by B. 

McCown on March 1944 and was 

excavated by McCown in 1948 through 

the Archaeological Survey Association 

(ASA) (McCown Site #7, Santa 

Margarita River) in Fallbrook, CA. In 

Collected Papers of Benjamin Ernest 

McCown, Excavation of Fallbrook Site 

No. 7, Archaeological Survey 

Association of Southern California 

Paper Number Six, 1964, pgs 61–72, 

McCown confirms the presence of a 

human cremation that he excavated 

from April 10, 1948, to July 16, 1948. 

McCown writes that only a small 

amount of the bones was left in place 

due to the flood waters, but that the 

‘‘remains suggest an adult of about 

middle age’’ (page 64). Based on this 

reference, there seems to have been 

much more collected than is present at 

San Bernardino County Museum. The 

collection was donated to the county 

museum in two instances, hence the 

different catalog numbers. The first 

donation was in 1956 and the second 

when the ASA disbanded and donated 

McCown’s collection to the county 

museum in the early 2000s. 

Human remains representing at least 

one individual has been identified. The 

six associated funerary objects reflected 

in the record are ground stone, lithics, 

ceramics, faunal bone, worked shell 

(beads), and ecofacts. San Bernadino 

County Museum site number SBCM– 

5907 is in the Murrieta Creek region of 

Riverside County, about one mile south 

of Old Town, Temecula. In 1953 a note 

included in the Accession file connects 

this site to Vail Ranch by the ‘‘Temeku 

fork of River.’’ Vail Ranch was an 

87,000-acre cattle ranch purchased by 

Walter Vail in 1905. His ranch 

headquarters was located along 

Temecula Creek in an area now 

bordered by Temecula Parkway. The 

site was first documented 3/30/1952 

and later excavated by Benjamin 

McCown who donated the collection to 

the museum in 1956. No known 

hazardous substances were used to treat 

this collection. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The San Bernardino County Museum 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 18 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. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, 

California; Pala Band of Mission 

Indians; Pauma Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima 

Reservation, California; Pechanga Band 

of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pechanga Reservation, California); 

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of the Rincon Reservation, 

California; and the Soboba Band of 

Luiseno Indians, 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 October 15, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the San Bernardino County 

Museum must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The 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. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20867 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038703; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Cape 

Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office, 

Jackson, MO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Cape 

Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 


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DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jennifer Bengtson, 

NAGPRA consultant, Cape Girardeau 

County Sheriff’s Office, 216 N Missouri 

Street, Jackson, MO 63755, telephone 

(573) 651–2354, email jbengtson@

semo.edu. 

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 the Cape 

Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office, 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, 

two individuals have been identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. These remains were turned 

over on August 11, 2020, by a private 

citizen. The citizen stated that they did 

not know how old the remains were or 

where they came from, but that they had 

been removed from an unknown 

archaeological site at least 50 years ago 

and retained by now deceased persons. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains described 

in this notice. 

Determinations 

The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s 

Office has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Quapaw Nation and The Osage Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after October 15, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the Cape Girardeau County 

Sheriff’s Office must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Cape Girardeau 

County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20877 Filed 9–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038705; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California, Berkeley 

intends to repatriate a certain cultural 

item that meet the definition of an 

object of cultural patrimony and that 

has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Government 

and Community Relations (Chancellor’s 

Office), University of California, 

Berkeley. 200 California Hall, Berkeley, 

CA 94720, telephone (510) 570–0964, 

email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.edu. 

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 the University of 

California, Berkeley, 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 one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

object of cultural patrimony is a Kiowa 

calendar (winter counts) created by 

Chief Dohasan, chronicling events from 

winter 1832–33 to summer 1892 (catalog 

number 2–4933a–c). Hugh Lenox Scott 

obtained the calendar at Fort Sill on the 

Kiowa reservation prior to 1900. The 

calendar was sold to the Lowie Museum 

(Phoebe A Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology) as part of a large private 

collection from Hugh Lenox Scott in 

1906. Documentation in the accession 

file and a museum publication on the 

calendar indicate the owner, ‘Dohasan, 

nephew of the well-known Kiowa chief, 

of the same name, said that the record 

had been kept in his family since his 

youth. The Chronicle was originally 

painted on hides which were renewed 

from time to time as they wore out from 

age and handling. The calendar given to 

Scott and included in the collections of 

the Lowie Museum since 1900, was on 

paper, executed with colored pencils by 

Dohasan, from the last hide record.’ 

Collections and collection spaces at 

the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology were treated with 

substances for preservation and pest 

control, some potentially hazardous. No 

records have been found to date at the 

Museum to indicate whether or not 

chemicals or natural substances were 

used prior to 1960. 

Determinations 

The University of California, Berkeley 

has determined that: 

• The one object of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice has 

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. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Kiowa Indian Tribe 

of Oklahoma. 


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