[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23579-23580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09927]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17923;PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, 
Redlands, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The San Bernardino County Museum (SBCM) has completed an 
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to the SBCM. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains 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 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the sole control of the San Bernardino County Museum. The human remains 
were removed from the Temeeku site in Riverside County, CA.
    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 SBCM that 
has control of the Native American human remains. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the San 
Bernardino County Museum's professional staff; Dr. Adella Schroth, 
Curator of Anthropology (retired) and Eric Scott, Curator of 
Paleontology, in consultation with representatives of the Pechanga Band 
of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California; Dr. 
Alexis Gray, Forensic Anthropologist; San Diego State University's Dr. 
Arion Mayes, Skeletal Biology, Dental Anthropology and Forensic 
Anthropology.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1950 and 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 
individuals were removed from the Temeeku site in Riverside County, CA. 
The human remains were brought into the SBCM's holdings in the early 
1950s. The human remains are stored in 16 boxes and include tens of 
thousands of individual artifacts. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    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 human remains were removed from a known Luiseno village site 
located near Temecula, CA. 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 this site with the Luiseno people. The estimated age of 
the materials from the site represent two distinct periods: Pre-
European Contact, circa 1000 C.E., and Spanish Colonization through 
Mexican Era California, 1769-1848. The Temeeku Site was utilized as 
both a village site as well as a funeral cremation site by the Luiseno 
Indians.

Determinations Made by the San Bernardino County Museum

    Officials of the SBCM have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of at least 2 individuals 
of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains 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 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request 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 requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains 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

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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.
[FR Doc. 2015-09927 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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