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 San Bernardino County Museum, 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.

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A total of 10 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.

The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone and lithics. Gerald Smith and R.J. Sayles collected these in 1934 from Cajon Canyon No. 2, Previously P1333-5, whose trinomial is listed as CA-SBR-02207 (SBCM-64). The land was privately owned by one Mrs. Freeman.

The two lots of objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone and lithics. These were collection from Summit Valley (P36-0173), whose trinomial is CA-SBR-00173 (SBCM-85). The site was recorded as a temporary camp site by Gerald Smith and R.J. Sayles in 1940, and published in An Archaeological Survey of the Mojave River Region as having an estimated age of 1000 years. It was recorded again later in 1966 by Reeder and White, where they reported house pits at the southern side, and once more in 1974 by G. Teal and R.E. Reynolds. Records include maps, photographs, and a rough catalog.

The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is lithics. These were collections from Davis Ranch #1, Cajon Site, whose trinomial is CA-SBR-02669 (SBCM-578). The site was recorded in 1963 by Paul Chace, and Eugene Shepard.

The three lots of objects of cultural patrimony are groundstone, lithics, and ceramics. These were collected from Cajon Site “Z,” Summit Bluff, whose trinomial is CA-SBR-03698 (SBCM-3969).

The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is lithics. These were collected from a lithic scatter at CA-SBR-05063 (SBCM-5269).

The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is lithics. Benjamin McCown collected these from Camp Cajon-Muscupiabit, whose trinomial is CA-SBR-00425 (SBCM-5858), at an unknown date.

Determinations

San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:

• The 10 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 Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California 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 October 9, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, San Bernardino County Museum 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. San Bernardino County Museum 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 57380