90 FR 144 pgs. 35925-35926 - Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 144Pages: 35925 - 35926
Pages: 35925, 35926Docket number: [N6367; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040633; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-14369 Filed 7-29-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6367; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040633; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Bernardino County Museum has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after August 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Send written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, email tserrao-leiva@sbcm.sbcounty.gov .
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
The two associated funerary objects are one lot of ecofacts and one lot of ceramics. The Lake LeConte collection (SBCM-5922) housed at the museum was originally part of the McCown collection, who was affiliated with Archaeological Survey Association. When ASA disbanded, this collection was donated to the county museum in the early 2000s. At a different collecting event, items were taken from Lake LeConte area, near Davies Valley. These items were given the same number and have lived together with the ancestor since collection. These objects are in addition to human remains and associated funerary objects published in the Federal Register in a Notice of Inventory Completion on October 22, 2024 (89 FR 84393).
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 associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
• The two 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 associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians ( previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California); Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California.
Requests for Repatriation
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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 associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 29, 2025. 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 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: July 16, 2025.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14369 Filed 7-29-25; 8:45 am]
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