Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 4789-4792 [2025-01011]
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall,
Repatriation Manager, University
Museums, Colgate University, 13 Oak
Drive, Hamilton, NY 13345, telephone
(315) 228–7677, email kolneywall@
colgate.edu.
DATES:
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 LMA, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 26 cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The 26
unassociated funerary objects are 25
shell beads and one shell pendant. The
25 ‘‘discoidal clamshell wampum
beads’’ and the abalone shell pendant
were removed from Prehistoric Maidu
Culture, Cremation burial, Bennett
Mound, Sacramento County. The LMA
acquired the 26 objects as a gift from
John Hagen, of Hudson Falls, New York,
in 1962. It is unknown how and when
he acquired these items, although there
is evidence they may have originated
from the Gibbs Collection, Gilroy,
California. There is no known presence
of any potentially hazardous substances
used to treat the cultural items.
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), 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 February 18, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the LMA 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 LMA 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.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Determinations
The LMA has determined that:
• The 26 unassociated funerary
objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and are connected, either at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been
identified by a preponderance of the
evidence as related to human remains,
specific individuals, or families, or
removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or
individuals with cultural affiliation to
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural items described in
this notice and the Shingle Springs
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039318;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation:
University of California, Riverside,
Riverside, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California, Riverside
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects or objects
of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice.
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University
of California, Riverside, 900 University
Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517–5900,
telephone (951) 827–6349, email
megan.murphy@ucr.edu.
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 University of
California, Riverside, 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.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 82 cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The five
unassociated funerary objects are one lot
of ceramic sherds, one lot of lithics, one
lot of faunal remains, one lot of
geological materials, and one pipe
fragment. The 77 of objects of cultural
patrimony are 16 lots of lithics, eight
lots of metal, 11 lots of faunal, seven
lots of botanical materials, two lots of
mineralogical materials, one lot of
unmodified shell, three lots of ceramics,
four lots of glass, one lot of wood, six
lots of geological materials, two lots of
charcoal, one lot of textile fragments,
one lot of rope, one lot of flotation
samples, one lot of soil, one lot of
plastic, four lots of shell beads, three
lots of fire affected rock, two lots of
grinding stones, one lot of modified
shell, and one steatite ring.
In 1965, the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR–ARU) was contracted by the
Southern California Gas Company to
examine the region surrounding a
pipeline along the lower Crowder
Canyon area and Cajon Creek. The
project, ‘‘The Sayles Complex, A Late
Milling Stone Assemblage from Cajon
Pass, and the Ecological Implications of
its Scraper Planes’’, was led by Makoto
Kowta and carried out by anthropology
students from Pasadena City College
and the University of California,
Riverside. Archaeologists described the
site as consisting of a prehistoric
midden and historical-period culvert. A
total of 1,294 artifacts, including 88
surface specimens, were recovered from
the site. The artifacts recovered were
several manos (both small and large),
pendants, painted stones, milling
stones, projectile points and blades,
scrapers, bifacial choppers,
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hammerstones, cores, and
miscellaneous small, flaked objects,
animal bone, floral material,
mineralogical objects, and unmodified
shell. Kowta described the site as being
‘‘one of the best Milling Stone Horizon
sites’’ in San Bernardino County. All
artifacts were cleaned, cataloged, and
housed with the Department of
Anthropology, University of California,
Riverside as accession number 11.
In 1972 an archaeological excavation
of CA–RIV–502 (Nibbled Rock Ridge
site) in the Jurupa Hills (Riverside,
County) was led by Thomas King of the
University of California, Riverside
Archaeological Research Unit (UCR–
ARU). The excavations were undertaken
during construction on Route 60 in
Riverside County to convert the
expressway to full freeway standards.
The site was reported by King to have
been a large ‘‘seed processing site’’ with
a number of grinding ‘‘slicks’’ or
metates. In King’s 1972 paper, ‘‘Nibbled
Rock Ridge (CA–RIV–502): A prehistoric
milling station in the Jurupa Mountains,
Riverside County, California’’, he notes
that fifteen bedrock grinding slicks were
recorded in the site area and estimated
a total of 60 slicks existed in the
surrounding area. According to King’s
report burned bones and the ‘‘bulk of all
cultural materials’’ were found on the
east side of the ridge in a layer of
‘‘darkened soil’’. A reported ‘‘hearth
feature’’ was also found in the same
layer with a rhyolite projectile point and
a mano. Archaeologists have asserted
that Serrano peoples have continuously
occupied the San Bernardino Mountains
and the Santa Ana River Watershed for
up to 5,000–6,000 years BP.
Ethnographer John Peabody Harrington
recorded several Serrano place names
throughout the Watershed during his
interviews with Yuhaaviatam leader,
Santos Manuel in 1918. Manuel told
Harrington that the Santa Ana River is
called hu’napat patr, meaning ‘‘bears
water’’.
In 1975, the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR–ARU) was contracted to conduct
an archaeological evaluation of cultural
resources within the Cucamonga Creek
and Tributaries Project. The project,
UCR–ARU #165, ‘‘Environmental
Impact Evaluation: Bi-weekly Report of
Cultural Resource Survey of
Cucamonga, Demens, Deer, and Hillside
Creek Channels, San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties California’’, was led
by Patricia Martz and Nelson Leonard.
The investigation included an on-foot
survey of the project area and
excavation of four test units in
archaeological site CA–SBR–895. It was
identified by Leonard who noted what
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he believed was a cooking hearth. He
believed that the site likely represents a
temporary or seasonal camp near the
Marrya’yam (Serrano) village of
Cucamonga. Archaeologists recovered
14 cultural objects including lithic
flakes, ground stones, and faunal
remains. The site lies within the
boundaries of what representatives of
the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(also known as the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians) have identified as
being part of Serrano ancestral territory.
In 1976 Yucaipa Valley Water District
contracted the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR–ARU) to evaluate archaeological
site CA–SBR–1000 which was likely to
be affected by a sewage project in the
area. The site is believed to represent
the Maara’yam (Serrano) village of
Yukaipa’t and was first recorded by
Gerald Smith of the San Bernardino
County Museum (SBCM) in 1974. The
site was excavated in multiple phases
by UCR archaeology students under the
supervision of UCR graduate students
Patricia Martz and Eric Ritter, and
Nelson Leonard, director of the UCR–
ARU. During the first phase of
excavation, in August and October of
1976, approximately 903 objects were
removed from the site and housed at the
San Bernardino County Museum. The
second phase of excavations took place
in October of 1976 with 2612 cultural
objects being removed and stored at
SBCM. The final phase of excavation
took place in the spring of 1977 which
resulted in the recovery of about 143
cultural objects that were subsequently
stored at UCR. During this part of the
excavation fragments of a human
cranium were excavated from unit N–
12, which was reportedly a few meters
from an area where a burial was
excavated in 1958. The human remains
were repatriated by UCR to the
Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(also known as the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians) in 2008, but the
cultural materials were not included in
the repatriation. In 2022, during
NAGPRA consultation, tribal
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of
San Manuel Nation identified the
remaining items in the collection as
being unassociated funerary objects. In
2024 the Morongo Band of Mission
Indians also identified CA–SBR–1000 as
an important village site to their tribal
history.
In 1971 the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
was contacted by the Mojave River
Museum Association requesting an
emergency salvage excavation of
archaeological site CA–SBR–554
(Jellyroll Cave). The members of the
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association discovered vandalism and
looting of the cave resulting in the
damage to artifacts and the removal of
baskets and other perishable objects.
The cave is a small dry cave located in
the Ord Mountains that was found by
the UCR–ARU to contain well preserved
perishable artifacts including a possible
rodent snare, cordage and basketry
fragments, and botanical materials such
as seed and cacti. The roof of the cave
appeared to be smoke-blackened and a
midden deposit seemed to have formed
at the floor of the valley about 5 meters
below the mouth of the cave. Materials
collected during the excavation were
housed at UCR under accession number
48, but were never cataloged or
analyzed. In 2022 tribal representatives
from the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel
Nation (also known as the San Manuel
Band of Mission Indians reviewed the
collection and identified it as being a
Serrano cache or bundle. A considerable
amount of tortoise shell was also found
in the cave which tribal representatives
noted might have been used in a
ceremonial context.
In 1979 the University of California,
Archaeological Research Unit (UCR–
ARU) was contracted by the Southern
California Edison Company to provide
cultural resource impact analysis on
various portions of transmission line
corridors running through the Mojave
Desert of California and Nevada. The
work mostly consisted of foot survey
and field sampling by archaeological
surveyors from the UCR–ARU. The
survey resulted in the location 61
archaeological sites and 146 isolates and
artifacts collected from the surface were
subsequently housed at the University
of California, Riverside under accession
number 70. In 2022, tribal
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of
San Manuel Nation (also known as the
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians)
identified archaeological site CA–SBR–
2131, on the Baker Transmission Line,
to be a part of Serrano Ancestral
territory. They identified a chalcedony
biface removed from the site as being an
object of cultural patrimony as it
represents an important piece of Serrano
history and culture.
The University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR–ARU) conducted an
archaeological assessment of a threemile stretch of road leading from Dale
Dry Lake to Amboy Road in 1986 at the
request of Western America Ore
Company, ahead of potential
redevelopment. During the project, led
by Adella Schroth of the UCR–ARU, a
field survey was conducted with the
collection of surface materials
subsequently housed at UCR under
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accession number 117. The survey
uncovered one historic site and one
prehistoric site. The geographic area is
known to the Yuhaaviatam of San
Manuel Nation (also known as the San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians and
the Morongo Band of Mission Indians as
Serrano ancestral territory. In 2022,
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of
San Manuel Nation reviewed the
collection a identified the items as being
objects of cultural patrimony. The
objects included metal, quartz, lithics,
and faunal remains.
In 1989, at the request of the
Southwestern Portland Cement
Company (SPCC), the University of
California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCR–ARU) conducted a
cultural resources assessment of 1028
acres of land. The assessment, led by
Joan Schneider and Brook Arkush,
consisted of a foot survey and test
excavations. The project resulted in the
identification of eleven prehistoric
archaeological sites. Of these sites,
archaeological materials were collected
from nine sites and housed at UCR
under accession numbers 153 and 180
through 186. These materials included
lithics, glass, shell beads, faunal
remains, botanical materials, fire
affected rock, metal, charcoal, manos
and metates, a steatite ring, and
geological materials. The sites identified
consisted of grinding slicks and bedrock
mortars, boulders with cupules, hearths
and roasting pits, and fire affected rock
scatters. In 2022, during tribal
consultation, representatives of the
Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(also known as the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians) identified this project
as falling within Serrano ancestral
territory.
In 1990, the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Unit
(UCRARU) conducted an archaeological
assessment of 320 acres of land located
southwest of the City of Barstow, in
western San Bernardino County,
California at the request of TalaLynwood, Inc., ahead of a development
project. The project, UCRARU #1047,
‘‘Environmental Impact Evaluation: An
Archaeological Assessment of 320 Acres
of Land Located near Barstow in San
Bernardino County, California’’, was led
by Robert Yohe II and Brooke Arkush.
During the assessment, an on-site survey
was conducted with the collection of
surface materials subsequently housed
at UCR under accession number 163.
The survey uncovered nine prehistoric
sites and seven prehistoric isolates. The
materials found within the area
included lithic scatter, consisting of less
than 30 flakes. In 2024, during tribal
consultation, representatives of the
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Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(also known as the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians) and the Morongo Band
of Mission Indians identified this
project as falling within Serrano
ancestral territory. Tribal
representatives identified the lithic
materials collected during the project as
being objects of cultural patrimony.
In 1992, the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCRARU) conducted an archaeological
assessment on 20 acres of land
designated Tentative Parcel 13964,
located in the Baldy Mesa area of San
Bernardino Country, California at the
request of Creative Boundaries, ahead of
a proposed development project. The
project, UCRARU #1185, ‘‘Cultural
Resource Assessment: Tentative Parcel
13964 Located near Baldy Mesa in San
Bernardino County, California’’, was led
by Bruce Love and Michael Hogan. The
project area is located to the east of Oro
Grande Wash, north of the Cajon
Summit area of the San Gabriel
Mountains. During the assessment, an
on-foot survey was conducted with the
collection of surface materials
subsequently housed at UCR under
accession number 208. The survey
uncovered two archaeological sites. The
archaeologists noted this site as a
prehistoric site consisting of a very dark
concentration of ash, burned and firecracked rock, and at least two formed
artifacts, a mano fragment and a
quartzite cutting tool were recovered.
The geographical location of the area is
known to have been occupied by the
Marrya’yam (Serrano) during the
protohistoric time period.
In 2018, Dudek conducted cultural
resources inventory on approximately
686.9 areas of land in Lucerne Valley,
San Bernardino County, California at
the request of Lendlease Energy
Development, ahead of the Calcite Solar
Project. The project, ‘‘Cultural
Resources Inventory and Evaluation
Report for the Calcite Solar Project’’,
was led by Micah Hale. The cultural
resource study uncovered 14 sites,
seven historic roads, and five isolates in
the project area. A total of three test
units were excavated, each measuring at
approximately 0.5 x 0.25m with 20cm
increments to depths no more than 40–
60 cm. The materials collected during
the project was housed at the University
of California, Riverside under accession
number 326. During tribal consultation
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of
San Manuel Nation (also known as the
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians)
and the Morongo Band of Mission
Indians identified this project as falling
within Serrano ancestral territory.
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In 1989, the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR–ARU) conducted a cultural
resource assessment of 132.6 acres of
land located in the Manix Basin region
of western San Bernardino Country at
the request of Ting-Seng Ho, ahead of a
development project. The project,
UCRARU #1002, ‘‘Environmental
Impact Evaluation: An Archaeological
Assessment of Assessor’s Parcel 539–
081–03, Located in Manix Basin in San
Bernardino County, California’’, was led
by Philip Wilke and Brooke Arkush.
During the assessment, an on-foot
survey was conducted with the
collection of surface materials
subsequently housed at UCR under
accession number 480. The assessment
uncovered three prehistoric sites and
five prehistoric isolates. All three sites
are the result of lithic reduction activity,
while all five isolates are stone artifacts.
The archaeologists noted the presences
of lithic cores, various types of flakes,
biface fragments, ground stone artifacts,
a bifacial core, and one hammerstone.
During tribal consultation
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of
San Manuel Nation (previously listed as
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians,
California) and the Morongo Band of
Mission Indians, California identified
this project as falling within Serrano
ancestral territory.
Determinations
The University of California,
Riverside has determined that:
• The five unassociated funerary
objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and are connected, either at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been
identified by a preponderance of the
evidence as related to human remains,
specific individuals, or families, or
removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or
individuals with cultural affiliation to
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• The 77 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
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of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable 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 February 18, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of California, Riverside
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
University of California, Riverside 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.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains in Northwestern
University’s custody include 238
individual bones and fragments and
represent a MNI of 44 individuals from
the Fisher Mounds Site (11WI5) located
in Will County Illinois. This
determination is based on the number of
sacrum and os coxa, scapulae, clavicles,
atlas bones, complete/partial spinal
columns, facial bones, and sternums.
Along with human remains, there is one
associated funerary object (ceramic pot
rim) marked as ‘‘Fisher Trail ed 11Wi5,
10RZ–L9, 4–2–1.’’ The human remains
and associated funerary object were
excavated from Will County, IL by
George Langford and by the University
of Chicago between 1912 and 1941. The
collection dates to approximately A.D.
800–1400 and the late 17th century. No
hazardous substances are known to have
been used to treat any of the human
remains or associated funerary objects.
National Park Service
Cultural Affiliation
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039316;
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AGENCY:
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
ACTION:
Determinations
Notice of Inventory Completion:
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determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Eli Suzukovich III,
Northwestern University, 633 Clark
Street, Evanston, IL 60208, telephone
(847) 491–4133, email eli.iii@
northwestern.edu (preferred contact).
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 Northwestern
University, and additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related
records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA),
Northwestern University has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has
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Northwestern University has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 44 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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• The one associated funerary object
described in this notice is 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 connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
object described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; HoChunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe
of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Fond du Lac Band; Mille
Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe
of Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe;
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 18, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign 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 University of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039318; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural patrimony and
that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email [email protected].
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
University of California, Riverside, 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 82 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The five unassociated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic sherds,
one lot of lithics, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of geological
materials, and one pipe fragment. The 77 of objects of cultural
patrimony are 16 lots of lithics, eight lots of metal, 11 lots of
faunal, seven lots of botanical materials, two lots of mineralogical
materials, one lot of unmodified shell, three lots of ceramics, four
lots of glass, one lot of wood, six lots of geological materials, two
lots of charcoal, one lot of textile fragments, one lot of rope, one
lot of flotation samples, one lot of soil, one lot of plastic, four
lots of shell beads, three lots of fire affected rock, two lots of
grinding stones, one lot of modified shell, and one steatite ring.
In 1965, the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCR-ARU) was contracted by the Southern California Gas
Company to examine the region surrounding a pipeline along the lower
Crowder Canyon area and Cajon Creek. The project, ``The Sayles Complex,
A Late Milling Stone Assemblage from Cajon Pass, and the Ecological
Implications of its Scraper Planes'', was led by Makoto Kowta and
carried out by anthropology students from Pasadena City College and the
University of California, Riverside. Archaeologists described the site
as consisting of a prehistoric midden and historical-period culvert. A
total of 1,294 artifacts, including 88 surface specimens, were
recovered from the site. The artifacts recovered were several manos
(both small and large), pendants, painted stones, milling stones,
projectile points and blades, scrapers, bifacial choppers,
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hammerstones, cores, and miscellaneous small, flaked objects, animal
bone, floral material, mineralogical objects, and unmodified shell.
Kowta described the site as being ``one of the best Milling Stone
Horizon sites'' in San Bernardino County. All artifacts were cleaned,
cataloged, and housed with the Department of Anthropology, University
of California, Riverside as accession number 11.
In 1972 an archaeological excavation of CA-RIV-502 (Nibbled Rock
Ridge site) in the Jurupa Hills (Riverside, County) was led by Thomas
King of the University of California, Riverside Archaeological Research
Unit (UCR-ARU). The excavations were undertaken during construction on
Route 60 in Riverside County to convert the expressway to full freeway
standards. The site was reported by King to have been a large ``seed
processing site'' with a number of grinding ``slicks'' or metates. In
King's 1972 paper, ``Nibbled Rock Ridge (CA-RIV-502): A prehistoric
milling station in the Jurupa Mountains, Riverside County,
California'', he notes that fifteen bedrock grinding slicks were
recorded in the site area and estimated a total of 60 slicks existed in
the surrounding area. According to King's report burned bones and the
``bulk of all cultural materials'' were found on the east side of the
ridge in a layer of ``darkened soil''. A reported ``hearth feature''
was also found in the same layer with a rhyolite projectile point and a
mano. Archaeologists have asserted that Serrano peoples have
continuously occupied the San Bernardino Mountains and the Santa Ana
River Watershed for up to 5,000-6,000 years BP. Ethnographer John
Peabody Harrington recorded several Serrano place names throughout the
Watershed during his interviews with Yuhaaviatam leader, Santos Manuel
in 1918. Manuel told Harrington that the Santa Ana River is called
hu'napat patr, meaning ``bears water''.
In 1975, the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCR-ARU) was contracted to conduct an archaeological
evaluation of cultural resources within the Cucamonga Creek and
Tributaries Project. The project, UCR-ARU #165, ``Environmental Impact
Evaluation: Bi-weekly Report of Cultural Resource Survey of Cucamonga,
Demens, Deer, and Hillside Creek Channels, San Bernardino and Riverside
Counties California'', was led by Patricia Martz and Nelson Leonard.
The investigation included an on-foot survey of the project area and
excavation of four test units in archaeological site CA-SBR-895. It was
identified by Leonard who noted what he believed was a cooking hearth.
He believed that the site likely represents a temporary or seasonal
camp near the Marrya'yam (Serrano) village of Cucamonga. Archaeologists
recovered 14 cultural objects including lithic flakes, ground stones,
and faunal remains. The site lies within the boundaries of what
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (also known as
the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians) have identified as being part
of Serrano ancestral territory.
In 1976 Yucaipa Valley Water District contracted the University of
California, Riverside Archaeological Research Unit (UCR-ARU) to
evaluate archaeological site CA-SBR-1000 which was likely to be
affected by a sewage project in the area. The site is believed to
represent the Maara'yam (Serrano) village of Yukaipa't and was first
recorded by Gerald Smith of the San Bernardino County Museum (SBCM) in
1974. The site was excavated in multiple phases by UCR archaeology
students under the supervision of UCR graduate students Patricia Martz
and Eric Ritter, and Nelson Leonard, director of the UCR-ARU. During
the first phase of excavation, in August and October of 1976,
approximately 903 objects were removed from the site and housed at the
San Bernardino County Museum. The second phase of excavations took
place in October of 1976 with 2612 cultural objects being removed and
stored at SBCM. The final phase of excavation took place in the spring
of 1977 which resulted in the recovery of about 143 cultural objects
that were subsequently stored at UCR. During this part of the
excavation fragments of a human cranium were excavated from unit N-12,
which was reportedly a few meters from an area where a burial was
excavated in 1958. The human remains were repatriated by UCR to the
Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (also known as the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians) in 2008, but the cultural materials were not included
in the repatriation. In 2022, during NAGPRA consultation, tribal
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation identified the
remaining items in the collection as being unassociated funerary
objects. In 2024 the Morongo Band of Mission Indians also identified
CA-SBR-1000 as an important village site to their tribal history.
In 1971 the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit was contacted by the Mojave River Museum Association
requesting an emergency salvage excavation of archaeological site CA-
SBR-554 (Jellyroll Cave). The members of the association discovered
vandalism and looting of the cave resulting in the damage to artifacts
and the removal of baskets and other perishable objects. The cave is a
small dry cave located in the Ord Mountains that was found by the UCR-
ARU to contain well preserved perishable artifacts including a possible
rodent snare, cordage and basketry fragments, and botanical materials
such as seed and cacti. The roof of the cave appeared to be smoke-
blackened and a midden deposit seemed to have formed at the floor of
the valley about 5 meters below the mouth of the cave. Materials
collected during the excavation were housed at UCR under accession
number 48, but were never cataloged or analyzed. In 2022 tribal
representatives from the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (also known
as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians reviewed the collection and
identified it as being a Serrano cache or bundle. A considerable amount
of tortoise shell was also found in the cave which tribal
representatives noted might have been used in a ceremonial context.
In 1979 the University of California, Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR-ARU) was contracted by the Southern California Edison Company to
provide cultural resource impact analysis on various portions of
transmission line corridors running through the Mojave Desert of
California and Nevada. The work mostly consisted of foot survey and
field sampling by archaeological surveyors from the UCR-ARU. The survey
resulted in the location 61 archaeological sites and 146 isolates and
artifacts collected from the surface were subsequently housed at the
University of California, Riverside under accession number 70. In 2022,
tribal representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (also
known as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians) identified
archaeological site CA-SBR-2131, on the Baker Transmission Line, to be
a part of Serrano Ancestral territory. They identified a chalcedony
biface removed from the site as being an object of cultural patrimony
as it represents an important piece of Serrano history and culture.
The University of California, Riverside Archaeological Research
Unit (UCR-ARU) conducted an archaeological assessment of a three-mile
stretch of road leading from Dale Dry Lake to Amboy Road in 1986 at the
request of Western America Ore Company, ahead of potential
redevelopment. During the project, led by Adella Schroth of the UCR-
ARU, a field survey was conducted with the collection of surface
materials subsequently housed at UCR under
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accession number 117. The survey uncovered one historic site and one
prehistoric site. The geographic area is known to the Yuhaaviatam of
San Manuel Nation (also known as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians as Serrano ancestral territory.
In 2022, representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
reviewed the collection a identified the items as being objects of
cultural patrimony. The objects included metal, quartz, lithics, and
faunal remains.
In 1989, at the request of the Southwestern Portland Cement Company
(SPCC), the University of California, Riverside Archaeological Research
Unit (UCR-ARU) conducted a cultural resources assessment of 1028 acres
of land. The assessment, led by Joan Schneider and Brook Arkush,
consisted of a foot survey and test excavations. The project resulted
in the identification of eleven prehistoric archaeological sites. Of
these sites, archaeological materials were collected from nine sites
and housed at UCR under accession numbers 153 and 180 through 186.
These materials included lithics, glass, shell beads, faunal remains,
botanical materials, fire affected rock, metal, charcoal, manos and
metates, a steatite ring, and geological materials. The sites
identified consisted of grinding slicks and bedrock mortars, boulders
with cupules, hearths and roasting pits, and fire affected rock
scatters. In 2022, during tribal consultation, representatives of the
Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (also known as the San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians) identified this project as falling within Serrano
ancestral territory.
In 1990, the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Unit (UCRARU) conducted an archaeological assessment of 320 acres of
land located southwest of the City of Barstow, in western San
Bernardino County, California at the request of Tala-Lynwood, Inc.,
ahead of a development project. The project, UCRARU #1047,
``Environmental Impact Evaluation: An Archaeological Assessment of 320
Acres of Land Located near Barstow in San Bernardino County,
California'', was led by Robert Yohe II and Brooke Arkush. During the
assessment, an on-site survey was conducted with the collection of
surface materials subsequently housed at UCR under accession number
163. The survey uncovered nine prehistoric sites and seven prehistoric
isolates. The materials found within the area included lithic scatter,
consisting of less than 30 flakes. In 2024, during tribal consultation,
representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (also known as
the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians) and the Morongo Band of Mission
Indians identified this project as falling within Serrano ancestral
territory. Tribal representatives identified the lithic materials
collected during the project as being objects of cultural patrimony.
In 1992, the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCRARU) conducted an archaeological assessment on 20
acres of land designated Tentative Parcel 13964, located in the Baldy
Mesa area of San Bernardino Country, California at the request of
Creative Boundaries, ahead of a proposed development project. The
project, UCRARU #1185, ``Cultural Resource Assessment: Tentative Parcel
13964 Located near Baldy Mesa in San Bernardino County, California'',
was led by Bruce Love and Michael Hogan. The project area is located to
the east of Oro Grande Wash, north of the Cajon Summit area of the San
Gabriel Mountains. During the assessment, an on-foot survey was
conducted with the collection of surface materials subsequently housed
at UCR under accession number 208. The survey uncovered two
archaeological sites. The archaeologists noted this site as a
prehistoric site consisting of a very dark concentration of ash, burned
and fire-cracked rock, and at least two formed artifacts, a mano
fragment and a quartzite cutting tool were recovered. The geographical
location of the area is known to have been occupied by the Marrya'yam
(Serrano) during the protohistoric time period.
In 2018, Dudek conducted cultural resources inventory on
approximately 686.9 areas of land in Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino
County, California at the request of Lendlease Energy Development,
ahead of the Calcite Solar Project. The project, ``Cultural Resources
Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Calcite Solar Project'', was
led by Micah Hale. The cultural resource study uncovered 14 sites,
seven historic roads, and five isolates in the project area. A total of
three test units were excavated, each measuring at approximately 0.5 x
0.25m with 20cm increments to depths no more than 40-60 cm. The
materials collected during the project was housed at the University of
California, Riverside under accession number 326. During tribal
consultation representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(also known as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians) and the Morongo
Band of Mission Indians identified this project as falling within
Serrano ancestral territory.
In 1989, the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCR-ARU) conducted a cultural resource assessment of
132.6 acres of land located in the Manix Basin region of western San
Bernardino Country at the request of Ting-Seng Ho, ahead of a
development project. The project, UCRARU #1002, ``Environmental Impact
Evaluation: An Archaeological Assessment of Assessor's Parcel 539-081-
03, Located in Manix Basin in San Bernardino County, California'', was
led by Philip Wilke and Brooke Arkush. During the assessment, an on-
foot survey was conducted with the collection of surface materials
subsequently housed at UCR under accession number 480. The assessment
uncovered three prehistoric sites and five prehistoric isolates. All
three sites are the result of lithic reduction activity, while all five
isolates are stone artifacts. The archaeologists noted the presences of
lithic cores, various types of flakes, biface fragments, ground stone
artifacts, a bifacial core, and one hammerstone. During tribal
consultation representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California)
and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California identified this
project as falling within Serrano ancestral territory.
Determinations
The University of California, Riverside has determined that:
The five unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
The 77 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
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of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
There is a reasonable 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 February 18, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Riverside 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 University of
California, Riverside 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.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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