[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60651-60652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22836]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Museum, University 
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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 and associated funerary 
objects in the possession of the Arizona State Museum, University of 
Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from an archeological site in Mason Valley, 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 in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Arizona 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee on behalf 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; 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

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Indians of the 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 the Viejas Reservation, 
California.
    In 1924, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site C-144 in Mason Valley, San Diego County, CA. The 
human remains were in a ceramic vessel that was excavated by John Glenn 
and that was given to the San Diego Museum of Man. In 1934, the vessel 
and the human remains were sent to the Gila Pueblo Foundation as part 
of an exchange. In December 1950, the Gila Pueblo Foundation donated 
the vessel and the human remains to the Arizona State Museum. No known 
individual was identified. The 11 associated funerary objects consist 
of one ceramic cremation jar, four sherds of brown pottery, five 
charred seeds, and one group charred textile fragments.
    Based on ceramic material and the mortuary pattern, the human 
remains have been identified as Native American and date from the late 
Prehistoric period to the Historic period (circa A.D. 750-1870). 
Continuities of material culture and technologies provide a clear 
continuum for native cultures in this area from the late Prehistoric 
period into the Historic period. Historic documents from Spanish 
expeditions refer to Diegueno and Kumeyaay peoples living throughout 
this area. Consultation information provided by the Kumeyaay Cultural 
Repatriation Committee supports the recognition of this area of San 
Diego County as ancestral homeland to the Kumeyaay Indians.
    Officials of the Arizona State Museum 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 Arizona State Museum also have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the objects described 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 Arizona State Museum have 
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 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; 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 the 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 the Viejas Reservation, California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact John Madsen, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona 
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 
621-4795, before November 12, 2004. 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; 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 the 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 the Viejas 
Reservation, California may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying 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; 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 the 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 the Viejas Reservation, California that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: August 19, 2004
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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