[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23592-23593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09910]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17924; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Bernardino 
County Museum, Redlands, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The San Bernardino County Museum (SBCM), in consultation with 
the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of cultural items under 25 U.S.C. 3001. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the SBCM. If no additional claimants 
come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal 
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the SBCM at the address in this 
notice by May 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Leonard X. Hernandez, Interim Director, San Bernardino 
County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone 
(909) 387-2220, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the San Bernardino County Museum that meet the definition of 
cultural items under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the San 
Bernardino County Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item(s)

    Between 1950 and 1955, cultural items were removed from the Temeeku 
site in Riverside County, CA. The cultural items were brought into the 
SBCM's holdings in the early 1950's. The cultural items are stored in 
16 boxes and include tens of thousands of individual artifacts.
    The documentation of the excavations is extensive and published in 
the following: McCown, B.E. Temeku A Page from the History of the 
Luise[ntilde]o Indians. Redlands, CA: Archaeological Survey Association 
of Southern California. 1955; Chartkoff, J. K. and L. Kona. Site 
Record: Ca-Riv-50. Record on file, Eastern Information Center. 1965; 
Stein, M. Site Record: Ca-Riv-50. Record on file, Eastern Information 
Center. 1981; Bowles, L. L. Site Record: Ca-Riv-50. Record on file, 
Eastern Information Center. 1982; Bowden, Cheryl. Site Record: P-33-
000050. Record on file, The Resource Agency Department of Parks and 
Recreation Primary Record, California. 2002; Carrico, Richard. 
Strangers in a Stolen Land: Indians in San Diego County from Prehistory 
to the New Deal. 2nd edition. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. 2008; 
Masiel-Zamora, Myra Ruth. Analysis Of `[Eacute]xva Tem[eacute]eku, A 
Luise[ntilde]o Indian Village Site Named Temeku, Located In Temecula, 
California. M.A. Thesis, San Diego State University, Anthropology 
Department. 2013.
    The cultural items were removed from a known Luiseno village site. 
Archeological records compiled during the excavation confirm that the 
site, Temeeku, is directly related to the Luiseno people. Consultation 
with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California, Cultural Resources Department; Dr. Alexis 
Gray, Forensic Anthropologist; San Diego State University's Dr. Arion 
Mayes, Skeletal Biology, Dental Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology, 
has confirmed the location and cultural affiliation of

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this site with the Luiseno people. Through consultation, the SBCM has 
determined that all of the items in this collection meet the definition 
of cultural items under 25 U.S.C. 3001 and include unassociated 
funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony. 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 
California, has made a request for repatriation of all of these 
cultural items.

Determinations Made by the San Bernardino County Museum

    Officials of the SBCM have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3), the items described above 
meet the definition of cultural items and include unassociated funerary 
objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of 
cultural patrimony and the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California 
(previously listed as the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 
the La Jolla Reservation); Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Pala Reservation, California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 
the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California; Rincon Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California; and the 
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Leonard X. Hernandez, Interim Director, San 
Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, 
telephone (909) 387-2220, email [email protected], by 
May 28, 2015. After that date, if no additional claimants have come 
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the La Jolla Band 
of Luiseno Indians, California (previously listed as the La Jolla Band 
of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation); Pala Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California; Pauma Band 
of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, 
California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Rincon Reservation, California; or the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 
California may proceed.
    The San Bernardino County Museum is responsible for notifying the 
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California (previously listed as the 
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation); 
Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, 
California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima 
Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 
the Pechanga Reservation, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians, California, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 10, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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