[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 198 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60682-60683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26146]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion of Human Remains and Associated 
Funerary Objects in the Possession of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects was made by American Museum of Natural History professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Barona Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, 
California; the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 
Indian Reservation, California; the Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; the Inaja 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, 
California; Jamul Indian Village of California; the La Posta Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, 
California; the Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Manzanita Reservation, California; the Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; the San 
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; the Santa 
Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel 
Reservation, California; the Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California; and the Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of 
Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California.
    In 1907, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected by an unknown collector (``an Indian'') from southern 
California. Constance Goddard DuBois purchased the remains from the 
collector in 1907, and the American Museum of Natural History purchased 
the remains from Ms. DuBois in the same year. No known individual was 
identified. The eight associated funerary objects include a burial urn, 
daub, chipped stone, a projectile point, shell, ceramics, charcoal, and 
animal bone.
    This individual has been identified as Native American based on 
mortuary treatment, its provenience within the historic territory of 
the Diegueno, and the association with the culture name Diegueno in 
American Museum of Natural History records. The practice of cremation 
and the placement of human remains into mortuary urns is consistent 
with Diegueno burial practices that were observed at the time of and 
slightly after contact. Archeological evidence documents cultural 
continuity in this area from the late pre-contact (circa 1500 B.P.) 
into the contact period. The Diegueno have remained within this 
territory under successive Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American 
governments.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were collected by an unknown collector from a location 40 
miles east of Mesa Grande, Vallecito Mountains(?), Vallecito(?), San 
Diego County, CA. The American Museum of Natural History acquired these 
human remains in an exchange with the Museum of the American Indian, 
Heye Foundation in 1919. Details of the transfer from the unknown 
collector to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation are not 
known. No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary 
object is a mortuary jar.
    This individual has been identified as Native American based on the 
mortuary treatment of these human remains and geographic evidence. The 
mortuary practice of cremation and placement of the remains into 
mortuary urns is consistent with burial practices observed by Diegueno 
peoples at the time of and slightly after contact in southern 
California. These remains derive from the territory of the Diegueno in 
the post-contact period. The Diegueno have remained within these 
boundaries during successive Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American 
governments.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the American 
Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of a minimum of two individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History also have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the nine objects listed 
above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near these 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite

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or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the American Museum of Natural 
History have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(e), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 
of the Barona Reservation, California; the Campo Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; the 
Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe 
Reservation, California; the Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of 
California; the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La 
Posta Indian Reservation, California; the Manzanita Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; the Mesa 
Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, 
California; the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California; the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; the Sycuan Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of California; and the Viejas (Baron Long) Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, 
California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Kumeyaay Cultural 
Repatriation Committee; the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of 
Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; the Campo Band 
of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, 
California; the Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; the Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian 
Village of California; the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; the Manzanita Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; the 
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande 
Reservation, California; the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of California; the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; the Sycuan Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and the Viejas (Baron Long) 
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas 
Reservation, California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should contact Martha Graham, Director 
of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park 
West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, telephone (212) 769-5846, 
before November 13, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation 
Committee on behalf of the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of 
Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; the Campo Band 
of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, 
California; the Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; the Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian 
Village of California; the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; the Manzanita Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; the 
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande 
Reservation, California; the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of California; the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; the Sycuan Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and the Viejas (Baron Long) 
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas 
Reservation, California may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: October 5, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship and Partnerships.
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