[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13752-13754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05059]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033498; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us (Formerly the San 
Diego Museum of Man), San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Us (formerly 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 Museum of Us. 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 Museum of Us at the address in this 
notice by April 11, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara Vetter, Director of Cultural 
Resources, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 
92101, telephone (619) 239-2001 Ext. 44, 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 Museum of Us, San 
Diego, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from San Diego and Imperial Counties, 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 was made by the Museum 
of Us 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 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 Remains

    Between April 7, 1968 and January 8, 1969, human remains 
representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from site W-340 
(aka CA-SDI-17391) in San Diego, CA, by Emma Lou Davis. Davis, an 
anthropologist, conducted reconnaissance and salvage excavations on 
behalf of the Museum of Us (formerly the Museum of Man) throughout San 
Diego County in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This museum-sponsored 
excavation focused on salvaging archeological information after the 
landowner reported having unearthed lithic artifacts during excavation 
for a development. No known individuals were identified. The 848 
associated funerary objects are one modified faunal bone, 97 unmodified 
faunal bones, five bifaces, 10 choppers, 44 cores, nine core tools, 
five projectile points, 14 scrapers, 50 utilized flakes, 288 unworked 
flake, 47 manos, one metate, one mortar, one groundstone abrader, four 
pestles, one insect cocoon, three organic plants, 105 ecofacts, two 
modified shells, 120 lots of unmodified shell, five soil samples, nine 
midden samples, 11 battered stones, eight fire-affected stones, one 
piece of organic yellow ochre, and six pieces of organic red ochre.
    Between October 23 and November 4, 1968, human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual, were removed by Emma Lou 
Davis from W-380, an archeological site located in Poway, San Diego 
County, CA. This museum-sponsored excavation focused on salvaging 
archeological information after the landowner reported having unearthed 
many metates in her backyard over the years and also having encountered 
``pothunters'' on her property. The age and sex of this individual are 
unknown. No known individual was identified. The 177 associated 
funerary objects are 11 unmodified faunal bones, one ceramic pendant, 
seven undecorated ceramic body sherds, two undecorated ceramic rim 
sherds, two bifaces, five choppers, 19 cores, 11 core tools, one ground 
stone sucking tube, 12 projectile points, 28 scrapers, 19 unworked 
flakes, 11 utilized flakes, 12 manos, two historic ceramic, five pieces 
of charcoal, 12 ecofacts, two modified shells, eight unmodified shells, 
two battered stones, and five fire-affected rocks.

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    Between June 27 and August 10, 1969, human remains representing, at 
minimum, 11 individuals were removed by Emma Lou Davis from W-384 and 
W-384B, two archeological sites located in Julian, San Diego County, 
CA. These sites are referred to as Lamp Site A and Lamp Site B (after 
the property owners, who consented to the museum-sponsored excavation). 
The limited extant documentation identifies the ``Culture Type'' at 
these sites as ``Diegue[ntilde]o,'' which, if true, would date their 
origins to approximately 1,300 years before present. No known 
individuals were identified. The 840 associated funerary objects are 
three modified faunal bones, 144 unmodified faunal bones, four ceramic 
pendants, five ceramic pipe fragments, three decorated ceramic body 
sherds, six decorated ceramic rim sherds, 17 lots of undecorated 
ceramic body sherds, 42 undecorated ceramic body sherds, four lots of 
undecorated ceramic rim sherds, 113 undecorated rim sherds, two 
bifaces, 14 cores, 48 projectile points, 22 scrapers, 27 lots of 
unworked flakes, 56 unworked flakes, four lots of utilized flakes, 75 
utilized flakes, 20 manos, one metate, five ground stone pendants, one 
discoid, one pestle, three shaft straighteners, 73 pieces of historic 
period glass, three lots of historic period metal, 35 pieces of 
historic period metal, five pieces of historic period organic material, 
four lots of charcoal, 22 pieces of organic material, 37 pieces of 
plant material, 29 pieces of wood material, three ecofacts, two 
modified shells, four unmodified shells, and three fire-affected rocks.
    Sometime in 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from archeological sites W-460 (aka CA-SDI-
6084) and W-461 (aka CA-SDI-6085) in Poway, San Diego County, CA, 
during a surface collection conducted at the Carmel Mountain East 
Housing Development. The limited extant documentation identifies the 
``Culture Type'' at these sites as ``San Dieguito II,'' which, if true, 
would date their origins to approximately 12,000-9,000 years before 
present. Additional documentation indicates that W-461 is ``a probable 
extension of W-460'' (the two sites lie near each other). No known 
individual was identified. The 79 associated funerary objects are six 
decorated ceramic body sherds, one undecorated ceramic body sherd, 
three undecorated rim sherds, nine bifaces, one projectile point, 12 
scrapers, 23 unworked flakes, 19 utilized flakes, one mano, one 
historic period ceramic piece, one piece of organic plant material, one 
unmodified shell, and one fire-affected rock.
    Sometime between 1920 and 1950, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from C-151, an archeological site 
in McCain Valley, CA, by Malcolm J. Rogers. Rogers, a geologist, 
conducted reconnaissance excavations on behalf of the Museum of Us 
(formerly the Museum of Man) throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties 
County in the late 1920s and early 1950s. A site file identifies the 
``Culture Type'' at this site as East Diegue[ntilde]o Yuman III Period, 
which would date its origins to approximately 1,300 years before 
present. No known individual was identified. The 160 associated 
funerary objects are one unmodified faunal bone fragment, two ceramic 
pipe fragments, three ceramic vessels, two lots of mixed ceramic 
sherds, six decorated ceramic body sherds, 10 decorated rim sherds, 14 
undecorated ceramic body sherds, 105 undecorated rim sherds, two 
bifaces, one projectile point, eight scrapers, two manos, one pestle, 
one piece of organic wood material, one ecofact, and one battered 
stone.
    Sometime between 1920 and 1950, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual, were removed by Malcolm J. Rogers from C-153, 
an archeological site in McCain Valley, CA, during a museum-sponsored 
excavation. A site file identifies the ``Culture Type'' at this site as 
East Diegue[ntilde]o Yuman III Period, which, if true, would date its 
origins to approximately 1,300 years before present. No known 
individual was identified. The 1551 associated funerary objects are two 
unmodified faunal bones, 11 incomplete ceramic vessels, 347 decorated 
ceramic body sherds, eight decorated ceramic rim sherds, 987 
undecorated ceramic body sherds, 155 undecorated ceramic rim sherds, 
two bifaces, three choppers, four projectile points, five scrappers, 
two unworked flakes, three utilized flakes, three manos, one pestle, 15 
pieces of organic plant material, and three historic period paper 
materials.
    Sometime between 1920 and 1950, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed by Malcolm J. Rogers from C-155 
and C-155A, a cluster of archeological sites in McCain Valley, CA, 
during a museum-sponsored excavation. A site file identifies the 
``Culture Type'' at this site as North and East Diegue[ntilde]o, which, 
if true, would date its origins to approximately 1,300 years before 
present. No known individual was identified. The 418 associated 
funerary objects are two ceramic pipe fragments, 19 ceramic pendant 
fragments, 24 decorated ceramic body sherds, two decorated ceramic rim 
sherds, 91 undecorated ceramic body sherds, five various undecorated 
ceramic sherds, 214 undecorated ceramic rim sherds, seven bifaces, two 
core tools, 38 projectile points, two scrapers, four unworked flakes, 
one stone paint pallet, one historic period ceramic piece, two pieces 
of historic period glass, one piece of organic wood material, one 
ecofact, and two modified shells.
    All of the above listed sites are located within the traditional 
ancestral territory of the Kumeyaay Nation, and based on archeological, 
geographical, ethnographic, anthropological (burial practices), and 
oral historical information, all the above listed human remains are 
connected to the Kumeyaay. Today, the Kumeyaay are represented by The 
Tribes.

Determinations Made by the Museum of Us

    Officials of the Museum of Us have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 20 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 4,073 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 Kara Vetter, Director of Cultural Resources, 
Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101, 
telephone (619) 239-2001 Ext. 44, email [email protected], by 
April 11, 2022. 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 Museum of Us is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this 
notice has been published.


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    Dated: March 2, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-05059 Filed 3-9-22; 8:45 am]
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