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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106563-106564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31300]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039261; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, 
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside 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 January 29, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900 
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349, 
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 
University of California, Riverside, 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 have been reasonably identified. The eight 
associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of 
glass objects, one lot of lithic materials, one lot of metal objects, 
one lot of botanical materials, one lot of unmodified shell, one lot of 
fire-altered rock, and one lot of geological materials. In 1978, the 
University of California, Riverside Department of Anthropology led an 
archaeological field school under

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the direction of Philip Wilke. The field school consisted of the 
student excavation of archaeological site CA-SBR-1577 (formerly CA-SBR-
911 and SBCM-65). The site was first recorded by Gerald Smith in 1940 
as a ``large campsite on [a] terrace overlooking [the Santa Ana] 
riverbed.'' Objects such as manos, metates, cogstones, and projectile 
points had previously been reported by residents on the surface of the 
site. The students excavated a total of 6 units to an average depth of 
70cm. A total of 3,092 items were cataloged and housed at the 
University of California, Riverside, under Accession Number 59. During 
the excavation, students uncovered a human burial in Unit 1, which was 
misidentified as faunal remains. In 2024, at the request of tribal 
representatives, an osteologist reviewed the collection and identified 
the remains as human. Tribal representatives also identified the 
objects in the collection as being associated funerary objects. These 
objects included ceramic sherds, glass objects, lithic materials, metal 
objects, botanical materials, unmodified shell, fire-altered rock, and 
geological materials. Based on biological information, the human 
remains were determined to be Native American. Archaeologists have 
asserted that Serrano peoples have continuously occupied the San 
Bernardino Mountains and the Santa Ana River Watershed for up to 5,000-
6,000 years BP. Ethnographer John Peabody Harrington recorded several 
Serrano place names throughout the Watershed during his interviews with 
Yuhaaviatam leader, Santos Manuel in 1918. Manuel told Harrington that 
the Santa Ana River is called hu'napat patr, meaning ``bears water,'' 
and a Serrano village, Junubabit, was situated on the Santa Ana River's 
southeast bank in today's Colton, CA. Santos Manuel's testimony and 
Traditional Knowledge identify Colton and the surrounding region as 
within Serrano Ancestral Territory since time immemorial, sharing a 
group identity with the human remains taken from Morgan's Bluff.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    The University of California, Riverside has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The eight 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 
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 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 January 29, 2025. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California, Riverside 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 University of California, Riverside 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31300 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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