[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74811-74813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25945]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22121; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego Museum of Man, San 
Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The San Diego Museum of Man has completed an inventory of 
human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives 
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in 
this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request 
to the San Diego Museum of Man. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the San Diego Museum of Man at the address in 
this notice by November 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Ben Garcia, Deputy Director, San Diego Museum of Man, 1350 
El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-2001 ext. 17, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the San Diego Museum 
of Man, San Diego, California. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Del Mar, 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects was made by the San Diego Museum of Man professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Capitan Grande 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California: (Barona Group of 
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, 
California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission 
Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California); Ewiiaapaayp Band of 
Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California 
(previously listed as the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 
of the Santa Ysabel Reservation); 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; 
and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation (hereafter referred to as 
``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Human Remains and Associated Funerary 
Objects

    In 1929, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from a coastal bluff facing the Pacific Ocean, north of 
the San Dieguito River mouth (SDM W-34) in Del Mar, San Diego County, 
CA. The remains were excavated by Malcolm J. Rogers, on behalf of the 
San Diego Museum of Man. Rogers was conducting archaeological 
reconnaissance work in the Southern California coastal, mountain and 
desert regions under a grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution. 
Later, he became a field archaeologist and Curator of Anthropology at 
the San Diego Museum of Man. Shortly after excavation, Rogers 
transferred control of the remains of these individuals to the San 
Diego Museum of Man. No known individuals were identified. The 98 
associated funerary objects are 3 metates, 1 groundstone tool, 1 mano, 
2 battered stones, 7 core tools, 2 ceramic pot sherds, 2 olivella 
beads, 1 chione pendant, 1 cottonwood biface, 1 biface tool, 28 
utilized flakes, 10 fish vertebrae, 9 unidentified faunal remains, 1 
fish palate, 5 stone ecofacts, 5 lots of various shell, 1 rock oyster, 
2 argopectin shells, 3 limpets, 3 gastropods, 1 barnacle, 1 olivella 
shell, 1 moonsnail, 2 lots of small rock, 1 lot of charcoal, 1 abalone 
pry bar and 3 soil samples.
    In 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed north of the La Zanja Canyon near Circo Diegueno Rd. (SDM 
W-467) in Del Mar, San Diego County, CA. The remains were removed by 
Mr. Phil McDonald during an independent excavation. The same year, 
McDonald donated the remains of this individual to the San Diego Museum 
of Man. No known individuals were identified. The 7 associated funerary 
objects are 6 core tools and 1 utilized flake.
    Sites, SDM W-34 and SDM W-467, are located within territory 
traditionally occupied by the Kumeyaay Nation as represented by The 
Tribes. Based on collection research, archeological evidence, 
geographic location, ethnographic information, and oral history 
evidence, these remains have been identified as prehistoric Kumeyaay.

Determinations Made by the San Diego Museum of Man

     Officials of the San Diego Museum of Man have determined 
that: Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C 3001(3)(A), the 105 associated 
funerary objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to 
have been placed with or near individual human remains at time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
     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 Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants and representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Ben Garcia, Deputy Director, San Diego Museum 
of Man, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-2001 
ext. 17, email [email protected] by November 28, 2016. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The 
Tribes.

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    The San Diego Museum of Man is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 6, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-25945 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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