[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 89 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26628-26629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11379]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession 
of the California State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, 
CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 in the possession of the California State Office, Bureau 
of Land Management, Sacramento, CA which meet the definition of 
``unassociated funerary objects'' under Section 2 of the Act.
    The 90 cultural items consist of olivella shell beads and pottery 
sherds.
    In 1989, these cultural items were removed from a cremation at site 
CA-IMP-6315, ancient Lake Cahuilla, western Imperial County, CA during 
legally authorized investigations conducted by the University of 
California, Riverside. The human remains interred with these cultural 
items were not collected.
    The one cultural item is a projectile point.
    In 1989, this cultural item was removed from a cremation at site 
CA-IMP-6315, ancient Lake Cahuilla, western Imperial County, CA during 
legally authorized investigations conducted by the University of 
California, Riverside. The human remains interred with these cultural 
items were not collected.
    Based on the common occurrence of brown and buff ware pottery 
derived from the lower Colorado river area, small projectile points, 
and late period shell beads imported from the Southern California 
coastal area, all of these cultural items can be dated to the late 
precontact period in the Southern California, Colorado Desert sequence, 
c. 1500 A.D. to the 19th century. Based on archeological and material 
culture evidence, there is a clear continuum from the late period 
precontact archeological cultures to the native peoples present in the 
area at the time of European contact. Consultation evidence presented 
by 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) also supports the recognition of this area of 
Imperial County as Kumeyaay ancestral homeland.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(2)(ii), these cultural items are reasonably believed to have been 
placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or 
later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific 
burial site of an Native American individual. Officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management 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 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. Representatives of any other

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Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these objects should contact Russell Kaldenberg, Archeologist, Division 
of Natural Resources, California State Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825; telephone: (916) 
978-4635 before June 7, 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: April 26, 2000.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
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