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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 27, 2021 / Notices 22249 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:52 Apr 26, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27APN1.SGM 27APN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES 22250 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 27, 2021 / Notices identified in this notice that wish to items include 20 masks (14 Singer clay paint coating. The one Clown’s claim these cultural items should Masks, five Clown or Nawichu Masks, plume consists of a circle of turkey submit a written request to the one boy’s mask), one Clown’s Plume, feathers. The one Clown’s medicine American Museum of Natural History. If one Clown’s medicine plume, two pairs plume is constructed of two turkey tail no additional claimants come forward, of sandals, two Clown saguaro sticks, feathers bound together at the quills. transfer of control of the cultural items four Clown quivers, three Clown bows, The two pairs of sandals have leather to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 15 Clown arrows, two Clown knives, soles and hide thongs. The two Clown or Native Hawaiian organizations stated five Clown belts, three Clown tobacco saguaro sticks are made of saguaro ribs in this notice may proceed. pouches, two Clown bracelets, two crossed with short pieces of DATES: Lineal descendants or bells, one stick with bird figure, one greasewood. The three Clown bows are representatives of any Indian Tribe or Vı´kita drinking gourd, eight strings of made from gnarled mesquite root and Native Hawaiian organization not shells, two ceremonial sticks, one Vı´kita string; one of the bows exhibits traces of identified in this notice that wish to corn offering, 13 bullroarers, one cloud pigment. The first of the four Clown claim these cultural items should symbol and 18 rattles (one gourd rattle quivers is made of canvas with a fringe submit a written request with and 17 Cocoon Rattles). down the back and is adorned with a information in support of the claim to According to Lumholtz, a man named bundle of feathers. The second quiver is the American Museum of Natural Simon served as one of his informants made of canvas and is adorned with two History at the address in this notice by when he visited Santa Rosa, Arizona. triangular pieces of canvas that are May 27, 2021. Simon eventually sold Lumholtz his painted with a red zigzag design. The own complete Clown or nawichu outfit. ADDRESSES: third quiver, which belonged to Simon, Nell Murphy, American This outfit includes the following 16 is covered with animal fur, and is Museum of Natural History, Central items: One Clown mask; one belt; one adorned with three strips of cloth. The Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY quiver; four Clown’s arrows; one fourth quiver is constructed entirely 10024, telephone (212) 769–5837, email Clown’s knife; two strings of shells; one from the body of a wild cat.