[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55477-55478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19702]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030758; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Item: Museum of 
Riverside, Riverside, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Riverside, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the

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cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of a sacred 
object. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim this cultural item should submit a written request to the Museum 
of Riverside. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of 
control of the cultural item 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 this cultural item should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Museum of Riverside at the 
address in this notice by October 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., Museum Director, Museum of 
Riverside, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the 
control of the Museum of Riverside, Riverside, CA, that meets the 
definition of sacred object 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 Item

    On an unknown date, one sacred item was removed from the 
traditional land of the Diegue[ntilde]o/Kumeyaay in San Diego County, 
CA. A letter dated May 5, 1952, documents the donor's bequest of the 
sacred object to the Museum. The one sacred object is a ca. 1900 
basketry feathered shaman's hat. The cultural affiliation and identity 
of the cultural item were determined in consultation with Clint Linton, 
a member of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California (previously 
listed as Santa Ysabel Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the 
Santa Ysabel Reservation) and Kumeyaay Tribal NAGPRA representative. 
The Museum also sent letters pertaining to this sacred object to the 
leader for each of the 13 federally recognized Kumeyaay Tribes (Campo 
Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 
Reservation, Capitan Grande Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of 
California: Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of 
the Barona Reservation, Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, Inaja 
Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of California, Jamul Indian 
Village of California, La Posta Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission 
Indians, Lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, Manzanita Band of 
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians, Mesa Grande Band of Diegue[ntilde]o 
Mission Indians, San Pasqual Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of 
California, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, and Viejas Band of 
Kumeyaay Indians).

Determinations Made by the Museum of Riverside

    Officials of the Museum of Riverside have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the one cultural item 
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional 
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional 
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred 
object and 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 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 Robyn G. Peterson, Ph. D, Museum Director, 
Museum of Riverside, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 
telephone (951) 826-5792, email [email protected], by October 
8, 2020. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, 
transfer of ownership of the sacred object to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Museum of Riverside is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 10, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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