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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92974-92975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27512]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039107; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University San 
Bernardino, San Bernardino, 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 California State University San 
Bernardino (CSU San Bernardino) 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 December 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Michael Chavez NAGPRA Program Manager, CSU San Bernardino, 
5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407, telephone (909) 537-
3468, 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 CSU 
San Bernardino, 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 271 lots of cultural items representing two distinct 
collections have been requested for repatriation.
    The first collection of objects of cultural patrimony consists of 
80 lots of groundstone, 54 lots of faunal bone, 31 lots of metate 
frags, 17 lots of debitage, 32 cores, 20 hammerstones, six bifaces, two 
pecking tools, two lots of ochre, seven manos, six lots of asphaltum, 
10 lots of shell, one lot of eggshells, and one lot of land snail 
shell. These materials were excavated in 1990 from CA-SBR-6815 by a 
cultural resource firm who later donated a portion of the collection to 
CSUSB as a teaching collection. This collection has no ancestral 
remains or associated funerary objects. There was no known testing 
completed on the collection housed at CSUSB.

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    At an unknown time prior to 1990, a mortar and pestle were removed 
from a residential address in the city of San Bernardino east of East 
Twin Creek and West of Little Sands creek, north of 40th street. These 
objects of cultural patrimony were excavated during construction at the 
residence and were kept by the homeowner until being donated to the 
University in February of 2023. Testing on these materials has not 
taken place as the materials were held in the private collection of the 
homeowner before coming directly to the University.

Determinations

    The CSU San Bernardino has determined that:
     The 271 lots of material 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 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 December 26, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the CSU San Bernardino 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 CSU San Bernardino 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 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27512 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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