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 California Department of Parks and Recreation, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

A total of 873 lots of cultural items have been requested for repatriation.

The 873 lots of objects of cultural patrimony are asphaltum, ceramic artifacts, flaked stone artifacts, groundstone, modified bone, organic ecofacts, and unidentified missing material. Some of the cultural items are physically attached to display mounts. Between 1918 and 1930, Nestor Alcinous Young, Jr. removed the cultural items (ACCN.CH:1) from within a thousand-yard radius of the house and spring (Barrel Springs/CA-LAN-82) on his farm in Antelope Valley, California. In 1947, Young sold the collection to the University of Southern California Anthropology Department. In 1954, the department transferred the collection to the Antelope Valley Indian Museum. In 1979, Grace Oliver donated the Antelope Valley Indian Museum collection to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The California Department of Parks and Recreation has no information about the cultural items being treated with potentially hazardous substances.

Determinations

The California Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that:

• The 873 lots objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
• There is a connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California).

Requests for Repatriation

Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 23, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California Department of Parks and Recreation must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The California Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.

Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

91 FR 54755