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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90042-90043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26450]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039036; 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. 
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 has been 
identified. The eight associated funerary objects are one stone, one 
rounded quartz tool, one lot of quartz and quartz frags, one lot of 
olivella shell, two obisidian flake/microlith, one lot of red ochre and 
paint, and one lot of faunal fragments. In 1948-50, Stuart Peck with 
ASA and UCLA excavated five burials, four possible ``token burial,'' 
and associated material, at Zuma Creek, Los Angeles County (catalog 
number SBCM-473), under a temporary permit. under. The identity of the 
individual is not known.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects. These remains are 
identified by a label reading ``Solstice Creek'' (Los Angeles County) 
cataloged under number SBCM-5906. This individual was likely a part of 
the larger donation to the department from the McCowns, who were 
actively collecting during the 1970s and 80s. The identity of the 
individual is not known.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. The four associated funerary objects are one lot of soil, 
one lot of beads, one lot of shell, and one lot of fire-affected rock. 
The collections numbered SBCM-UNN:75-109 included a note found with 
remains reads, ``Mrs. R. Holcomb, San Bernardino, 3/25/69, Dear Luis--
This Indian is for the Museum. It was dug up by some kids on the heath 
north of Gaviota (which is north of Santa Barbara)--I don't know if 
these are of any interest, but you are welcome to them.--Penny 
Holcomb.'' The ancestor and associated objects from Santa Barbara 
County were donated to the museum in 1969. The identity of the 
individual is not known.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals has been 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects. This unnumbered 
collection contained a note found with the ancestors stated they were 
taken from the ``California Coast.'' The identity of the individuals is 
not known.

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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 12 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 Santa Ynez 
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
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

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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. 2024-26450 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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