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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry 

Museum of the American West 

(Southwest Museum Collection) 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 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M. 

Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of 

Anthropology and Repatriation 

Supervisor, Autry Museum of the 

American West, 4700 Western Heritage 

Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone 

(323) 495–4203, email krichardson@

theautry.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 Autry Museum 

of the American West, 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, at least, 

one individual has been reasonably 

identified. The 46 lots of associated 

funerary objects are 11 lots of stone, two 

lots of faunal, one ceramic lot, 15 lots 

of trade beads, one metal lot, one lot of 

stone pendants, 11 lots of shell beads, 

and four lots of stone beads. Brother’s 

Glenn and Donald Geissinger collected 

cultural items they dug up over a span 

of years (unknown) from sites in the 

general vicinity of Camp Far West, 

Placer County, CA. Their mother Mrs. 

Dorothy Geissinger donated the cultural 

items in 1970 to the Southwest Museum 

(now Autry Museum of the American 

West). 

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 Autry Museum of the American 

West has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 46 lots of 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 reasonable connection 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

the Wilton Rancheria, 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 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after December 26, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Autry Museum of the American 

West 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 Autry Museum 

of the American West 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 18, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27516 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 michael.chavez@

csusb.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 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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039111; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Museum of Us, San Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Museum of Us intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects 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: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA 

Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us, 

1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, 

CA 92101, telephone (619) 239–2001 

Ext. 42, email cmosley@

museumofus.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 Museum of Us, 

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 145 cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 14 

unassociated funerary objects removed 

from Thistle Mound (CV–12) in 

Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, 

include eight pieces of flat matting bone 

needles, three stone discs, one 

hammerstone, one string of Olivella 

shell beads, and one string of clam shell 

beads. The 131 unassociated funerary 

objects removed from Lovejoy (Dalton) 

Mound (CV–16) in Sacramento, 

Sacramento County, CA include two 

lots of carbonized basketry material, one 

basket fragment, 36 Haliotis ornament 

pieces, six bipointed bone objects, 19 

perforated carnivore canine teeth, 64 

projectile points, and three perforated 

mica pendants. 

Between 1930 and 1936, the 145 

unassociated funerary objects were 

removed by Henry Gibbs, a private 

collector and looter. In 1937, Paul A. 

Walker purchased Gibbs’ Central Valley, 

California archeological collection. 

Walker was an amateur archeologist and 

collector who worked by himself and 

with other amateur archeologists, and in 

collaboration with the University of 

California and Sacramento Junior 

College. Over the course of his life, 

Walker amassed an extensive 

archeological collection from 

California’s Central Valley and smaller 

collections from Northern and Southern 

California, and outside of California. In 

1968, Walker’s private archeological 

collection was acquired by the San 

Diego Museum of Man (now Museum of 

Us) through a purchase/donation 

transaction with Walker’s widow, Bessie 

B. Walker. 

Determinations 

The Museum of Us has determined 

that: 

• The 145 unassociated funerary 

objects described above are reasonably 

believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near individual 

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. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Ione Band of Miwok 

Indians of California and the Wilton 

Rancheria, 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 


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