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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 and three lots of 

associated funerary objects (one lot of 

stone, one lot of ceramics, and one lot 

of bone tools) were removed from a 

roasting pit under the freeway at 

Mountain Pass (also known as Cajon 

Pass) Interstate 15 in 1924, predating 

Caltrans ownership. Field notes state 

that an individual named ‘‘Waite’’ 

excavated the remains in 1924, but the 

collection was not donated to the 

museum until July 31, 1976, by E.L. 

McFarlane, at which point the AFOs 

were given accession numbers (A1361– 

1, A1361–5, A1361–6). 

A preponderance of the evidence 

supports a determination that the 

individuals are Native American, based 

on the artefactual context and skeletal 

taphonomy. Ethnohistoric evidence 

indicates that the area around the Cajon 

Pass was occupied by the Serrano Tribe 

during the prehistoric and protohistoric 

period. This area has traditionally been 

identified as Serrano ancestral territory. 

Serrano tribal leader Santos Manuel 

(namesake of the Yuhaaviatam of San 

Manuel Nation) when being interviewed 

by John P. Harrington in the early 1900s, 

calls the area of Cajon Pass 

‘‘amutskupiat’’, a Serrano space. 

Human remains representing, at least, 

one individual and four lots of 

associated funerary objects (one lot of 

lithic tools, one lot of shell, one lot of 

charcoal, and one lot of faunal remains) 

were removed from archaeological site 

SBCM–39 (CA–SBr–01457). The site is 

situated on Rialto Bench overlooking 

Lytle Creek Wash near the mouth of 

Cajon Canyon. San Bernardino County 

Museum’s first record of the site is from 

1939. Level Report Forms from 

California State Polytechnic University 

Pomona show additional excavation or 

survey continued or restarted in 1982. 

In a preliminary report on the Rialto 

Bench Project written by Julie C 

Wizorek in 1984, it is stated that 

Richard Reynolds of the Page Museum 

and Bob Yohe assisted in identifying 

bone, bone tools, and animal teeth from 

the site. Two human teeth were 

identified as deciduous (or primary) 

teeth. 

A preponderance of the evidence 

supports a determination that the 

individuals are Native American, based 

on the artefactual context and skeletal 

taphonomy. Ethnohistoric evidence 

indicates that the area around the Cajon 

Pass was occupied by the Serrano tribe 

during the prehistoric and protohistoric 

period. This area has traditionally been 

identified as Serrano ancestral territory. 

Serrano tribal leader Santos Manuel 

(namesake of the Yuhaaviatam of San 

Manuel Nation) when being interviewed 

by John P. Harrington in the early 1900s, 

identified two Serrano villages in the 

vicinity. Papiambit, located on the edge 

of Lytle Creek and Apuritaimbit, 

southeast along Lytle Creek Wash. 

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 seven lots 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 

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 

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 December 16, 

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: November 7, 2024 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26453 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039029; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: The 

San Diego Archaeological Center, San 

Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San 

Diego Archaeological Center intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects, sacred objects, 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 

December 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Sandoval, The 

San Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 

San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, 

CA 92027, telephone (760) 291–0370, 

email sjsandoval@

sandiegoarchaeology.org. 

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 Diego 

Archaeological Center and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

summary or related records. The 


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National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

An approximate total of 12,901 

cultural items representing 16 

archaeological collections have been 

requested for repatriation by the 

Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation 

Committee (KCRC), on behalf of the 12 

Federally recognized Kumeyaay Tribal 

Nations. The 58 unassociated funerary 

objects include the following material 

classes: Ground stone fragments and 

Shell beads/fragments; the 569 sacred 

objects include the following material 

classes: Ceramic pipe fragments, 

figurine fragments, and rattle beads; 

Chipped stone biface, blanks, core, 

debitage, flakes, points, tools, and 

sucking tube fragment; Ground stone 

pendants; Ochre mineral fragment; Shell 

beads and pendants; and tourmaline 

crystals; and the 12,274 objects of 

cultural patrimony include the 

following material classes: Bone (faunal) 

modified and unmodified; Ceramics; 

Chipped stone tools; Chipped stone; 

Ground stone tools; Historic; Lithics; 

Samples (charcoal and soil); Vegetal 

modified and unmodified; Shell 

modified and unmodified. 

There is no known presence of any 

potentially hazardous substances used 

to treat any of the cultural items 

mentioned in this notice. 

Determinations 

The San Diego Archaeological Center 

has determined that: 

• The 58 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. 

• The 569 sacred objects described in 

this notice are specific ceremonial 

objects needed by a traditional Native 

American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional 

Native American religion, according to 

the Native American traditional 

knowledge of a lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• The 12,274 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. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian Reservation, California; Capitan 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California (Barona Group of 

Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 

of the Barona Reservation, California; 

Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan 

Grande Band of Mission Indians of the 

Viejas Reservation, California); 

Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 

Indians, California; Iipay Nation of 

Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja 

and Cosmit Reservation, California; 

Jamul Indian Village of California; La 

Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 

of the La Posta Indian Reservation, 

California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Manzanita 

Reservation, California; Mesa Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

the Mesa Grande Reservation, 

California; San Pasqual Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 

and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay 

Nation. 

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 December 16, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the San Diego Archaeological Center 

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. The San 

Diego Archaeological Center 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: November 5, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26456 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039038; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a known lineal descendant connected 

to the human remains in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after December 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 

02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email 

jpickering@fas.harvard.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 PMAE, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing one 

individual has been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The human remains 

were collected at the Sherman Institute, 

Riverside County, CA, and are hair 

clippings collected from one individual, 


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