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 Autry Museum of the American West, 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 has been reasonably identified. The 46 associated funerary objects are one faunal tooth, two Olivella shell disc beads, four white glass trade beads, one green glass trade bead, and 38 blue glass trade beads. Circa 1900, Mr. Edmond Leonard Doran (201.L.153) collected human remains and associated funerary objects from an unknown site on Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Los Angeles County, CA. Mr. Doran's daughter, Mrs. Margaret Doran Mix first loaned the cultural items to the Southwest Museum, now part of the Autry Museum of the American West, in 1930.

Based on the information available, human remains representing at least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Sometime between 1889 to 1907, either Mr. Arthur B. Chappelle or Mr. William Henry Burnham (615.G.26) collected the human remains from an unknown site on Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Los Angeles County, CA. Mr. Burnham purchased Mr. Chappelle collection and donated both of their cultural items to the Southwest Museum, now part of the Autry Museum of the American West, in 1907. Museum records do not show which cultural material was collected by whom. Additionally, the human remains could possibly have been collected sometime between 1889 (when Chappelle moved to the island) to 1907 (when Burnham donated the cultural items to the Southwest Museum).

Based on the information available, human remains representing at least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. On an unknown date, the donor's aunt collected human remains from an unknown site on Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Los Angeles County, CA. The donor, Miss Gloria Green (1145.G.1), a Highland Park student at the time, donated the human remains to the Southwest Museum, now part of the Autry Museum of the American West, in 1948.

Based on the information available, human remains representing at least two individuals have been reasonably identified. The one associated funerary object is one steatite fragment. Circa 1886, an unknown collector (2015.G.1) collected human remains from an unknown site on Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Los Angeles County, ( printed page 52345) CA. Mrs. Lorraine Frankenfield Rude donated the human remains to the Southwest Museum, now part of the Autry Museum of the American West, in 1972.

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 human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:

• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 47 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 La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians (previously listed as Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, California); Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of Luiseno 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 September 14, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West 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 Autry Museum of the American West 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.

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