[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19864-19865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05856]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037601; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Diego State University, San 
Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after April 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jaime Lennox, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile 
Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, telephone (619) 594-4575, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of SDSU, 
and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of 90 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 90 unassociated funerary objects are 66 ground stone objects and 24 
pieces of worked shell. Ethnographer and archaeologist J.P. Harrington 
removed the cultural items from the Burton Mound Site located in Santa 
Barbara County, CA (CMP-SDSU-0568; CA-SBA-28; Harrington Collection) at 
an unknown date; Harrington's daughter, Awona Harrington, donated the 
collection to SDSU in 1961.
    A total of 118 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 118 unassociated funerary objects are 117 faunal fragments and one 
shell fragment. The cultural items were removed from site LAN-466 
located in Los Angeles County, CA (CMP-SDSU-1031) at an unknown date by 
unknown individuals; SDSU received the collection at an unknown date.

Determinations

    SDSU has determined that:
     The 208 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near individual human remains, and are connected, either at the time 
of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are 
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from 
a specific burial site of an individual or individuals with cultural 
affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after April 19, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, SDSU must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. SDSU is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
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U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05856 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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