[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19235-19236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8173]


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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 Cleveland 
National Forest, Riverside 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 Cleveland 
National Forest professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Luiseno Council of Elders; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 
of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California; and the Native 
American Heritage Commission, Sacramento, CA.
    In June 1990, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were removed from the Tenaja Knoll site, 05-02-52-82 (CA-
RIV-3973), Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Excavated material culture, such as a Cottonwood projectile point 
and a Tizon brownware pottery sherd, date the site to the time of 
European contact. The site has been tentatively linked with the 
ethnographically identified village of Palasakeuana. Ethnographic 
research has provisionally identified the cultural affiliation of 
Palasakeuana as Juaneno. Although no Juaneno groups are federally 
recognized, they are closely related to Luiseno tribes, with whom they 
share language, culture, and religion, and occupied adjacent 
traditional lands.
    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 one individual 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 La Jolla Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, California; Pala 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California; 
Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, 
California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California; and Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 
the Rincon 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 La 
Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, 
California; Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala 
Reservation, California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California; and Rincon Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California may 
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Cleveland National Forest is responsible for notifying the La 
Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, 
California; Luiseno Council of Elders; Pala Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Pala Reservation, California; Pauma Band of Luiseno

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Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 
California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon 
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. 04-8173 Filed 4-9-04; 8:45 am]
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