[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 27097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13582]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from the Vicinity of Victorville, CA in 
the Possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los 
Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects in the possession of the Los Angeles County 
Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the San Manuel Band of 
Mission Indians.
    In 1928, human remains representing four individuals, including 
three adults and one infant, were excavated by Arthur Woodward, a 
member of the museum staff. No known individuals were identified. The 
three associated funerary objects include three strings of olivella 
shell disk beads.
    Accession documentation describes the remains and associated 
funerary objects as, ``Material from the ranch of J.C. Turner, in sandy 
Mohave Riverbed 12 miles north of Victorville. Combination village and 
burial site.'' The human remains and associated funerary objects are 
dated to A.D. 1690-1770, based on the presence of incised olivella wall 
beads. A representative of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has 
confirmed that the Turner Ranch site lies within traditional Serrano 
lands and is an historic Serrano village.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History have also 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), that the three 
strings of olivella beads listed above are reasonably believed to have 
been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of 
the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the San Manuel Band 
of Mission Indians.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the San Manuel Band of 
Mission Indians. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should contact Dr. Margaret Ann Hardin, 
Curator and Section Head, Anthropology, the Los Angeles County Museum 
of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA; telephone: 
(213) 744-3382, before [thirty days after publication in the Federal 
Register]. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: May 22, 1996
Francis P. McManamon
Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Chief, Archeology and Ethnology Program
[FR Doc. 96-13582 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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