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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038199; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), the San Bernardino County Museum has completed an inventory of human remains
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after [INSERT
DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Tamara Serrao-Leiva, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane,
Redlands, CA 92374, telephone (909) 798-8623, email tserrao-leiva@sbcm.sbcounty.gov.
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 San Bernardino County Museum 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.
Abstract of information available
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been identified from Smith
Mound, Henderson County, Kentucky. These human remains were donated by a private collector
at an unknown date. It was deposited to the museum before 2015, at which time it was given a
box number N#15. In 2016 an inventory was conducted for human remains in the museum’s
anthropology storage area, where one box listed ancestors were found at "Smith Mound,
Kentucky (Henderson Co)." Human remains were confirmed by osteologist in June of 2024. No
further documentation exists.

Cultural affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is
reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains
described in this notice.
Determinations
The San Bernardino County Museum has determined that:
•

The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American ancestry.

•

There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; The Osage
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or
after [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the San Bernardino County
Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests.
The 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.

AUTHORITY: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and
the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 24, 2024.

Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14466 Filed: 6/28/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/1/2024]