[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15747-15748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology 
and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
    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 the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Barona 
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona 
Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; Inaja Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, 
California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La Posta Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, 
California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita 
Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 
of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; 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 1917, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by Mrs. Samuel K. 
Lothrop. Museum records indicate that these remains were collected in 
1916 by Rachel Lothrop from an unknown site in La Jolla, CA. The manner 
of interment indicates that the individual was Native American. No 
known individual was identified. The five associated funerary objects 
are an iron horse and four sherds of indigenous pottery.
    The site is described as consisting of small midden deposits no 
more than 4 feet in depth. The human remains are recorded as having 
been found in the ``west trench, 3 feet below the surface.'' The 
objects found in association with the remains include a small iron 
horse, apparently part of a toy, and fragments of indigenous pottery, 
and indicate an historic date for the burial. A piece of Mexican 
Polychrome pottery, which dates from the late 16th to the late 19th 
century, was found on the surface of the site and provides additional 
evidence of an historic date. Native American pottery and other 
artifacts from the site are consistent with late prehistoric and early 
historic Ipai Diegueno material culture.
    Geographical, archeological, and consultation evidence indicate 
that the individual is Native American and that there is a shared group 
identity between the human remains and associated funerary objects from 
this La Jolla site and the historic Ipai-speaking peoples. The Ipai 
Diegueno are represented by the present-day Barona Group of Capitan 
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; 
Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, 
California; Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian 
Village of California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, 
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel 
Reservation, California;

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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.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above are reasonably 
believed to be the physical remains of one individual of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), 
the five objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band 
of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; 
Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe 
Reservation, California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of 
California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta 
Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; 
San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa 
Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel 
Reservation, California; 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 Barona Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, 
California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 
Reservation, California; Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; Inaja Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, 
California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La Posta Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, 
California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita 
Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 
of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; 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 Barbara Isaac, 
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 495-2254, 
before April 19, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission 
Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Cuyapaipe 
Community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, 
California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and 
Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La 
Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian 
Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Ysabel Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; 
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: February 28, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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