[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 109 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31842-31843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12662]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: San Diego 
Archaeological Center, 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), 43 CFR 10.8 (f), of the 
intent to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the San Diego 
Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, that meets the definition of 
sacred objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.8 (f). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the cultural 
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations within this notice.
    The one cultural item is a ceramic pipe fragment excavated from an 
archeological site in San Diego County, CA.
    The ceramic pipe fragment was excavated in 1977-78 from site CA-
SDI-675, which is west of Highway 76 near Monserate Road in northern 
San Diego County, CA, by Archaeological Consulting Technology, Inc. 
(ACT), as part of a development project. The collection of 
archeological materials from site CA-SDI-675 was brought to the San 
Diego Archaeological Center on October 21, 1998, for curation. During 
collection preparation, the ceramic pipe fragment was identified as the 
only item in the site CA-SDI-675 collection subject to repatriation 
under NAGPRA.

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    Archeological evidence, including artifacts typical of the late 
Prehistoric period (1500 B.C. to circa A.D. 1700), indicates that the 
site described above is Native American. The sacred nature of the 
cultural item is indicated by archeological and historical literature, 
as well as oral historical evidence presented during consultation. 
Ceramic pipes are used in sacred ceremonies by the Luiseno Indians. 
Archeological and historical literature and oral historical evidence 
also confirms that the site lies within traditional and historical 
Luiseno territory.
    Officials of the San Diego Archaeological Center have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the cultural item is a 
specific ceremonial object needed by traditional Native American 
religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American 
religions by their present-day adherents. Officials of the San Diego 
Archaeological Center also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001, there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be 
reasonably traced between the sacred object 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; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Rincon Reservation, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 
California; and Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of 
California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the sacred object should contact Cindy 
Stankowski, Director, San Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San 
Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027, before July 7, 2004. 
Repatriation of the sacred object 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; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Rincon Reservation, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 
California; and Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California 
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The San Diego Archaeological Center is responsible for notifying 
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; Rincon Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California; San Luis 
Rey Band of Mission Indians (a nonfederally recognized Indian group); 
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California; and Twenty-Nine Palms Band 
of Mission Indians of California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 5, 2004.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 04-12662 Filed 6-4-04; 8:45 am]
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