[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19234-19235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8172]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cleveland National 
Forest, San Diego, CA. The human remains were removed from San Diego 
County, CA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
Native American human remains. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations within this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
Cleveland National Forest professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; 
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande 
Reservation, California; and the Native American Heritage Commission, 
Sacramento, CA.
    In August 1986, human remains representing a minimum of two 
individuals were removed from archeological site 05-02-54-262 (CA-SDI-
8534) located in the Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, CA, 
during salvage excavations conducted by Forest Service archeologists in 
response to looting. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Site 05-02-54-262 is a Late Prehistoric Period settlement in the 
Laguna Mountains. Archeological evidence uncovered during salvage 
excavations demonstrates that a range of activities occurred at the 
site including gathering and milling acorns and grass seeds, making 
arrowheads and other tools from obsidian and other types of stone, and 
ritual activities. Extended family groups probably occupied this site 
during the late summer and fall of each year, then dispersed to 
settlements at lower elevations during the winter. This occupational 
activity reconstruction is consistent with the Kumeyaay seasonal 
settlement system. Both the Kwaaymii and the Saykur kin groups of 
Kumeyaay Indians were tentatively associated with the settlement of 
piLyakai'. The Saykur kin group was relocated to the Ewiiaapaayp 
Reservation. The Kwaaymii kin group was relocated to the Laguna 
reservation in the 1800s. The Laguna Band was terminated in 1947.
    Officials of the Cleveland National Forest have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above 
represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the Cleveland National Forest have also 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between the Native American human remains and the Barona Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, 
Calfornia; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 
Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, 
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

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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 Santa Ysabel 
Reservation, California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California; and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of 
Mission Indians of Viejas Reservation, California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Anne S. 
Fege, Forest Supervisor, Cleveland National Forest, 10845 Rancho 
Bernardo Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92127, telephone (858) 673-
6180, before May 12, 2004. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona 
Reservation, Calfornia; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 
Indians, 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 Santa Ysabel Reservation, 
California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and 
Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of 
Viejas Reservation, California may proceed after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
    The Cleveland National Forest is responsible for notifying the 
Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona 
Reservation, Calfornia; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 
Indians, 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 Santa Ysabel Reservation, 
California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 
Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of 
Viejas Reservation, California; and the Native American Heritage 
Commission, Sacramento, CA, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 1, 2004.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 04-8172 Filed 4-9-04; 8:45 am]
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