[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25560-25561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11428]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027843; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of San 
Diego, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of San Diego, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the University of San Diego. If no 
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural 
items 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 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the University of San Diego at 
the address in this notice by July 3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Derrick R. Cartwright, University of San Diego, 5998 
Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-8001, telephone (619) 260-7632, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, that meet the 
definition of objects of cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    Between the 1950s and the 1990s, 13 cultural items were collected 
from sites in San Diego County, CA, possibly from Kitchen Creek, 
Vallecitos, or Hancock Ranch (there are no exact provenience records 
for these objects). These objects were part of a 1994 donation from the 
estate of Dorothy Zama May of La Jolla, CA, who was an avid enthusiast 
of American Indian cultures and traditions of the Southwest United 
States. The May family traveled throughout the Southwest U.S. and 
Southern California collecting American Indian art and other objects. 
The 13 objects of cultural patrimony are one set of bone whistle 
fragments; two stone pendants; one miniature stone pestle; one stone 
slab with pictograph; two stone figures; five ceramic pipes; and one 
stone pipe or sucking tube.
    San Diego County is recognized as the aboriginal area of the people 
of the Kumeyaay Nation and all 13 bands of the Kumeyaay Nation were 
invited to consult. During consultations with representatives of the 
Jamul Indian Village of California of the Kumeyaay Nation, tribal 
members recognized these objects as having been important to their 
village members, and spoke of how they were used both in the past and 
present. They related stories of learning about objects similar to 
these from tribal members. These thirteen objects are likely culturally 
significant to all of the bands of the Kumeyaay Nation.

Determinations Made by the University of San Diego

    Officials of the University of San Diego have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 13 cultural items 
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural 
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, 
rather than property owned by an individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the objects 
of cultural patrimony and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Capitan

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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.''

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Dr. Derrick R. Cartwright, University of San 
Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-8001, telephone (619) 260-
7632, email [email protected], by July 3, 2019. After that date, 
if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of 
the objects of cultural patrimony to The Tribes may proceed.
    The University of San Diego is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 2, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-11428 Filed 5-31-19; 8:45 am]
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