[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39775-39776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17218]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026042; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 
Riverside, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Riverside Metropolitan Museum 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 Riverside Metropolitan Museum. 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 Riverside Metropolitan Museum at the 
address in this notice by September 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., Museum Director, Riverside 
Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 
telephone (951) 826-5792, 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

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of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of 
the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects was made by the Riverside Metropolitan Museum professional 
staff in consultation with Clint Linton, a member of the Kumeyaay 
Cultural Repatriation Committee and representative of the following 
Indian Tribes: 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); Ewiiaapayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians of 
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 Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San 
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and Sycuan Band 
of the Kumeyaay Nation, hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown cremation site in the Mason 
Valley, San Diego County, CA. In 1972, the Riverside Metropolitan 
Museum purchased the cremated human remains together with associated 
funerary objects from Charles F. Irwin of Long Beach, CA. No known 
individuals were identified. The six associated funerary objects 
include: Three lumps of burned asphaltum, one length of 14 fused glass 
beads, one burned fiber cloth, and one piece of asphaltum with burned 
plant remains and 3-ply cordage inclusions.
    It was determined through collections research and geographic 
location that the cremated human remains and associated funerary 
objects are of Kumeyaay/Diegueno origin from Mason Valley, San Diego 
County, CA. Museum records indicate ``Indian Cremation Remains.'' Mason 
Valley extends through San Diego and Imperial Counties as well as Baja 
Norte. While the nation of original inhabitants has been called 
``Southern Diegueno,'' ``Diegueno-Kamia Ipai-Tipai,'' and ``Mission 
Indians,'' the tribes prefer to be called Kumeyaay. The Kumeyaay are a 
federation of autonomous self-governing bands that have clearly defined 
territories and are represented by The Tribes.

Determinations Made by the Riverside Metropolitan Museum

    Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the six objects 
described in this notice 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.
     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 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 Robyn G. Peterson, Ph. D., Museum Director, 
Riverside Metropolitan Museum 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 
92501, telephone (951) 826-5792, email [email protected], by 
September 10, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Riverside Metropolitan Museum is responsible for notifying The 
Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 13, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-17218 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am]
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