[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 62 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16959-16960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7849]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from Santee, CA in 
the Possession of the San Diego Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to repatriate 
cultural items from Santee, CA in the possession of the San Diego 
Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA which meet the definition of 
``sacred objects'' under Section 2 of the Act.
    The 41 cultural items consist of pipe fragments and crystals.
    In 1973, these cultural items were recovered from site CA SDi 5699, 
known as ``Santee Greens'' during excavations conducted by 
Archaeological Consulting Technology, Inc. (ACT) for Time for Living, 
Inc., a residential development in the City of Santee, San Diego 
County, CA. ACT stored this collection until 1998, when the collection 
was donated to the San Diego Archaeological Center for curation.
    Geographical location and site evidence indicate that site CA SDi 
5699 was a Kumeyaay village site with two Late Archaic occupations (c. 
760-1030 A.D.). Archaeological literature confirms

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that this site is within the geographic range of Kumeyaay people during 
this period. During consultation with the Kumeyaay Cultural 
Repatriation Committee, authorized representatives of the Campo Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Reservation, the Capitan Grande 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California, the Barona Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, the 
Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of 
the Viejas Reservation, the Cuyapaipe Community of Degueno Mission 
Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, the Inaja Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, the La Posta Band 
of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Reservation, the Manzanita 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, the 
Jamul Indian Village, the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 
of the Mesa Grande Reservation, the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of California, the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, and the Sycuan Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California, these cultural items were 
identified as Kumeyaay sacred objects which are necessary to Kumeyaay 
traditional religious leaders for the practice of Native American 
religion by present-day adherents.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the San 
Diego Archaeological Center have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(3), these 41 cultural items are specific ceremonial objects 
needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the 
practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day 
adherents. Officials of the San Diego Archaeological Center have also 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
items and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 
Reservation, the Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California, the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 
of the Barona Reservation, the Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan 
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, the Cuyapaipe 
Community of Degueno Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, the 
Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit 
Reservation, the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La 
Posta Reservation, the Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the Manzanita Reservation, the Jamul Indian Village, the Mesa Grande 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, the 
San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California, the Santa 
Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel 
Reservation, and the Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Kumeyaay Cultural 
Repatriation Committee, the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the Campo Reservation, the Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of California, the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of 
Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, the Viejas (Baron Long) 
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas 
Reservation, the Cuyapaipe Community of Degueno Mission Indians of the 
Cuyapaipe Reservation, the Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the La Posta Reservation, the Manzanita Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, the Jamul Indian Village, 
the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande 
Reservation, the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California, the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Santa Ysabel Reservation, and the Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these objects should 
contact Yvonne Lever, San Diego Archaeological Center, 334 Eleventh 
Ave., San Diego, CA 92101; telephone: (619) 239-1868 before May 1, 
2000. Repatriation of these objects to the Campo Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Campo Reservation, the Capitan Grande Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California, the Barona Group of Capitan 
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, the Viejas 
(Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the 
Viejas Reservation, the Cuyapaipe Community of Degueno Mission Indians 
of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, the Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, the La Posta Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Reservation, the Manzanita 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, the 
Jamul Indian Village, the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 
of the Mesa Grande Reservation, the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of California, the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, and the Sycuan Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 15, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-7849 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
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