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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90039-90040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26453]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039037; 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), 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 December 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 
Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-8623, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
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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]
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