[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5467-5468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1955]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal

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agency that has control of the Native American human remains. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.
    An assessment of the human remains, and catalog records and 
associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Pala Reservation, California.
    In 1907, human remains representing at least two individuals were 
removed from an unknown location in northeast San Diego County, CA, by 
T.T. Waterman and donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology the same year. The site was located on ``Warner's Ranch,'' 
approximately 5 miles north of the Warner house, and 4 miles northwest 
of Warner Springs (also known at the time as Warner Hot Springs and as 
Aqua [sic] Caliente). No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    The village site at Warner's Ranch belonged to the Cupeno Tribe. 
After eviction by a later owner, the Cupeno, in 1903, were moved to the 
Pala Reservation where their descendents still live. The Pala 
Reservation is now known as the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. 
The historic era burial practice, the existence of historic textiles, 
which are integral with the human remains, and the general location 
indicate that the human remains were Cupeno.
    Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above represent the physical remains of at least two 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology also 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 
the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, 
California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact C. 
Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, 
telephone (510) 642-6096, before March 4, 2005. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala 
Reservation, California may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala 
Reservation, California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 20, 2004
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-1955 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]
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