[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25278-25279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12259]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA and San Diego State University, 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 and associated funerary
objects in the control of the California State Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Sacramento, CA, and in the possession of the
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 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 San Diego
State University professional staff on behalf of Caltrans and in
consultation with representatives 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; Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
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; Viejas (Baron Long)
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California; and the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation
Committee, which is composed of the authorized NAGPRA representatives
of the aforementioned Indian tribes.
Between 1967 and 1971, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered from the Cottonwood Creek site (SDSU-0390,
SDI-777) on private land in the vicinity of Cottonwood Valley, San
Diego County, CA, during excavations conducted by the University of
California, Los Angeles. No known individual was identified. The 57
associated funerary objects are 1 chipped stone flake, 1 pottery sherd,
and 55 faunal remains.
Human remains and associated funerary objects from the Cottonwood
Creek site (SDSU-0390, SDI-777) were previously reported in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register (65 FR 63622-
63624, October 24, 2000), and subsequently repatriated. An additional
review of the museum collections resulted in the identification of an
additional individual and 57 associated funerary objects from the
Cottonwood Creek site.
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Based on site location, ethnographic information, continuity of
occupation, and consultation evidence, this individual has been
identified as Kumeyaay. The Kumeyaay Indians are represented today by
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; Capitan Grande Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of 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.
Officials of Caltrans and San Diego State University have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of a minimum of one
individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of Caltrans and San
Diego State University also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 57 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 Caltrans and San Diego State University 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; Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of 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 associated funerary objects should
contact Lynn H. Gamble, Director, Collections Management Program, San
Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4443,
telephone (619) 594-2305, before June 26, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Kumeyaay Cultural
Repatriation Committee, on behalf of the Federally-recognized 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; Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of 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.
San Diego State University 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; Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of 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; Viejas (Baron
Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California; and the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation
Committee, which is composed of the authorized NAGPRA representatives
of the aforementioned Indian tribes, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 15, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-12259 Filed 5-26-09; 8:45 am]
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