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to determine whether the permit Museum. If no additional requestors of the Santa Rosa Reservation]; Twenty- application meets the requirements of come forward, transfer of control of the Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of section 10(a)(2)(B) of the ESA. We will human remains and associated funerary California; and the Mission Creek Band also evaluate whether issuance of the objects to the lineal descendants, Indian of Mission Indians, a non-federally requested permit would comply with Tribes, or Native Hawaiian recognized Indian group. The Augustine section 7 of the ESA by conducting an organizations stated in this notice may Band of Cahuilla Indians, California intra-Service consultation under section proceed. [previously listed as Augustine Band of 7(a)(2) of the ESA on the proposed ITP DATES: Lineal descendants or Cahuilla Mission Indians of the action. If we determine that the project representatives of any Indian Tribe or Augustine Reservation]; Los Coyotes qualifies for a categorical exclusion Native Hawaiian organization not Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, under NEPA because neither the permit identified in this notice that wish to California [previously listed as Los nor the permit issuance is anticipated to request transfer of control of these Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno significantly affect the quality of the human remains and associated funerary Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation]; human environment, we will finalize objects should submit a written request Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California the EAS. The final NEPA and permit with information in support of the [previously listed as Ramona Band or determinations will not be completed request to the San Bernardino County Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of until after the end of the 30-day Museum at the address in this notice by California]; Torres Martinez Desert comment period, and will fully consider May 27, 2021. Cahuilla Indians, California [previously all comments received during the listed as Torres-Martinez Band of ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San comment period. If we determine that Cahuilla Mission Indians of California; Bernardino County Museum, 2024 all requirements are met, we will issue and the following non-federally Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, an ITP. recognized Indian groups: Gabrielino/ telephone (909) 798–8623, email Tongva Indians of California Tribe; Authority [email protected]. Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council; San We provide this notice in accordance SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Gabriel Band of Mission Indians; and with the requirements of section 10(c) of here given in accordance with the the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation were the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its Native American Graves Protection and invited to consult but did not implementing regulations (50 CFR Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. participate. Hereafter, all the Indian 17.32), and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 3003, of the completion of an inventory Tribes and Groups listed above are seq.) and its implementing regulations of human remains and associated referred to as ‘‘The Consulted and (40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 46.305). funerary objects under the control of the Invited Tribes and Groups.’’ San Bernardino County Museum, Robyn Thorson, Redlands, CA. The human remains and History and Description of the Remains Regional Director, Interior Regions 9 and 12, associated funerary objects were On June 25, 1971, human remains U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. removed from San Bernardino County, representing, at minimum, one [FR Doc. 2021–08717 Filed 4–26–21; 8:45 am] CA. individual were removed by University BILLING CODE 4333–15–P This notice is published as part of the of California students from the Morongo National Park Service’s administrative Valley, at the mouth of Little Morongo responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Canyon in San Bernardino County, CA. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in These human remains are identified by National Park Service this notice are the sole responsibility of a label reading ‘‘SBCM–141’’ and the museum, institution, or Federal ‘‘SBCM–6234.’’ The site was first [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031785; agency that has control of the Native recorded as CA–SBR–141B by Chase PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] American human remains and and Redtfel in 1963 and was associated funerary objects. The subsequently recorded as CA–SBR–148 Notice of Inventory Completion: San National Park Service is not responsible by Wilkie in 1971. It has been heavily Bernardino County Museum, for the determinations in this notice. looted over the years. The human Redlands, CA remains were exhumed from a private Consultation AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. homestead owned by Mrs. O.S. ACTION: Notice. A detailed assessment of the human McKinney. The presence of burnt beads, remains was made by the San skull fragments, and other bone SUMMARY: The San Bernardino County Bernardino County Museum fragments indicate a cremation. No Museum has completed an inventory of professional staff in consultation with known individual was identified. The human remains and associated funerary representatives of the Agua Caliente 17 associated funerary objects are two objects, in consultation with the Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua lots of worked/unworked bone, two lots appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Caliente Indian Reservation, California; of charcoal, six lots of cremation beads, Hawaiian organizations, and has Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, (including A1900–2784, A5–388, A5– determined that there is a cultural California; Cahuilla Band of Indians 389), one lot of glass beads, and six affiliation between the human remains [previously listed as Cahuilla Band of stone markers. and associated funerary objects, and Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Ethnohistoric evidence indicates that present-day Indian Tribes or Native Reservation, California]; Morongo Band the area around the Morongo Valley was Hawaiian organizations. Lineal of Mission Indians, California; San occupied by the Serrano, though many descendants or representatives of any Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Tribes lived and travelled through the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian California [previously listed as San area. Indeed, a pattern of shared villages organization not identified in this notice Manual Band of Serrano Mission or territories is evidenced by other that wish to request transfer of control Indians of the San Manual Reservation]; nearby sites. One such example is of these human remains and associated Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, Mission Creek just south of the Bobo funerary objects should submit a written California [previously listed as Santa Site, which is known historically to request to the San Bernardino County Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians have been shared by the Morongo, Agua

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Caliente, and Whitewater. Intragroup time that human remains were found. Mission Indians of California]; San identity is reflected in an extant historic The new structure was simply a Manuel Band of Mission Indians, marker mounted on a large boulder in romanticized reconstruction and would California [previously listed as San Covington Park. Dedicated in 1963, the not have had a cemetery associated with Manual Band of Serrano Mission marker reads, ‘‘John Morongo born 1850 it. It was completed in 1937, as a joint Indians of the San Manual Reservation]; was outstanding member of the state (SERA) and federal (WPA) relief Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, Morongo Class for whom Morongo project. The County of San Bernardino California [previously listed as Santa Basin was named. His parents stewarded and performed ongoing Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians established Big Morongo Oasis. The maintenance on the property until 2018, of the Santa Rosa Reservation]; and the father belonged to Serrano Tribe, and when ownership was transferred to the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, mother to the Cahuilla Tribe.’’ A recent Redlands Conservancy. California [previously listed as Torres- Cultural Resources Assessment by M. A preponderance of the evidence Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Lerch and G. Smith (1984) notes that supports a determination that these two Indians of California] (hereafter referred native consultation was conducted with individuals are Native American. There to as ‘‘The Affiliated Tribes’’). two Serrano tribal elders, Katherine is little evidence that can establish a Additional Requestors and Disposition Howard and Dorothy Ramon, who were time-period for these human remains, living at the Morongo Reservation. though the archeological context Lineal descendants or representatives According to M. Lerch (1984) and R. suggests a pre-mission date. The of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Benedict (1924), the Morongo Valley Asistencia where the human remains organization not identified in this notice was originally inhabited by the Eastern were found operated from 1830 to 1834. that wish to request transfer of control Serrano groups, the Maringa and the Ethnohistoric evidence indicates that of these human remains and associated Muhiatnim. Place names associated the area around the Guachama was funerary objects should submit a written with the Morongo Valley include occupied by the Serrano, though many request with information in support of Serrano names such as Maringa, Turka, Indian Tribes lived and travelled the request to Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San and Mukumpat. through the area, and a diverse native Bernardino County Museum, 2024 At an unknown date, human remains population in this region would have Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92373, representing, at minimum, two attracted a missionary presence. telephone (909) 798–8623, email individuals were removed from the [email protected], by Determinations Made by the San Asistencia (SBCM–714; CA–SBR–2307) Bernardino County Museum May 27, 2021. After that date, if no in San Bernardino County, CA. The additional requestors have come human remains are represented by Personnel of the San Bernardino forward, transfer of control of the fragments of long bones, vertebrae, ribs, County Museum have determined that: • human remains and associated funerary carpals/tarsals, maxilla, teeth, and Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the objects to The Affiliated Tribes may various cremated bones. The age and human remains described in this notice proceed. sex of the individuals are unknown. No represent the physical remains of three The San Bernardino County Museum known individuals were identified. The individuals of Native American is responsible for notifying The three associated funerary objects are one ancestry. • Consulted and Invited Tribes and bullet shell, one lot of bird claws, and Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Groups that this notice has been one lot of shell. the 20 objects described in this notice published. The Asistencia (or Estancia) was a are reasonably believed to have been Dated: April 19, 2021. mission outpost constructed in the San placed with or near individual human Bernardino Rancho in 1820, near the remains at the time of death or later as Melanie O’Brien, native village of Guachama. After the part of the death rite or ceremony. Manager, National NAGPRA Program. • establishment of San Gabriel Mission in Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there [FR Doc. 2021–08775 Filed 4–26–21; 8:45 am] 1771, mission records report contact is a relationship of shared group BILLING CODE 4312–52–P with Guachama village. The records also identity that can be reasonably traced record that Carlos Garcia, a Spaniard between the Native American human and mayordomo of the Rancho, was remains and associated funerary objects DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla directed to construct the Estancia a mile National Park Service from its current location. In 1830, the Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Estancia was relocated to its present site Reservation, California; Augustine Band [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031768; on Barton Road. There, Majordomo Juan of Cahuilla Indians, California PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Alvarado built a new 14-room complex [previously listed as Augustine Band of of adobe and timber. Four years later, in Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 1834, this complex was abandoned. Augustine Reservation]; Cabazon Band Items: American Museum of Natural During the 1840s, some of the buildings of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla History, New York, NY were used by Jose del Carmen Lugo as Band of Indians [previously listed as AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. part of his land grant. Following its sale Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the ACTION: Notice. to the Mormons, it was occupied by Cahuilla Reservation, California]; Los Bishop Nathan C. Tenney in the 1850s, Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno SUMMARY: The American Museum of and by Ben Barton in the 1860s. By Indians, California [previously listed as Natural History (AMNH), in 1925, the Estancia was once again ruins, Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno consultation with the appropriate and in 1926, the County of San Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation]; Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Bernardino and the Historical Society of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, organizations, has determined that the San Bernardino, under the direction of California [previously listed as Morongo cultural items listed in this notice meet Horace P. Hinckley, removed the Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the the definition of objects of cultural remnants of the complex and began Morongo Reservation]; Ramona Band of patrimony. Lineal descendants or construction on a new six-room Cahuilla, California [previously listed as representatives of any Indian Tribe or structure. It was perhaps during this Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Native Hawaiian organization not

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