[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33352-33353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12850]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items 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 in the possession of the San Diego Archaeological 
Center, San Diego, CA which meet the definition of ``unassociated 
funerary object'' under Section 2 of the Act.
    The 11 cultural items are projectile points and four bags of loose 
beads.

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    In 1973, the Santee Greens site (CA Sdi 5699) was excavated prior 
to residential development by Archaeological Consulting Technology, 
Inc. (ACT) under contract with Time for Living, Inc. ACT stored these 
cultural items until 1998, when collections including these cultural 
items were donated to the San Diego Archaeological Center, San Diego, 
CA. The human remains recovered with these cultural items were 
repatriated to the Cuyapaipe Community of Degueno Mission Indians of 
the Cuyapaipe Reservation in 1973.
    Based on geographic location and archeological evidence, the Santee 
Greens site has been identified as a Kumeyaay village site dating to 
the Late Archaic period (c. 760-1030 A.D.). Based on site information, 
excavation records, and manner of interment, these cultural items have 
been identified as unassociated funerary objects. Archeological 
literature and continuity of occupation indicates cultural affiliation 
with the Kumeyaay tribes.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the San 
Diego Archaeological Center have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2(d)(2)(ii), these 11 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 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 June 22, 
2000. Repatriation of these objects to the Kumeyaay Cultural 
Repatriation Committee on behalf 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 may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: May 8, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-12850 Filed 5-22-00; 8:45 am]
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