[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)] [Notices] [Pages 12357-12358] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-04199] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039423; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, Naval Weapons Station (NAVWPNSTA) Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook (DET Fallbrook) intends to carry out the disposition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice. DATES: Disposition of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after April 16, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by March 17, 2026, the cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed cultural items. ADDRESSES: Scott Mattingly, Cultural Resources Manager, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, 800 Seal Beach Blvd., B230, Seal Beach, CA 90740, telephone (562) 626-6067, 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 NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach, and additional information on the cultural items in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice. Abstract of Information Available Based on the information available, one lot of unassociated funerary objects, and one lot of sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony have been collected from DET Fallbrook. The objects include tourmaline crystals, a quartz crystal, ceramic pipe fragments, and shell beads. In 1992, eight tourmaline crystals were excavated and collected during a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluation of site CA-SDI-12205. In 1997, two Olivella shell beads and two Tizon Brown Ware ceramic pipe fragments were excavated and collected during an NRHP evaluation of site CA-SDI-10158. In 2013, one quartz crystal was excavated and collected during an NRHP evaluation of site CA-SDI-14374. All three sites are located at DET Fallbrook, in San Diego County, California. At the time that the cultural items were collected, no Tribal Nations were notified because these items were not known to be NAGPRA cultural items. The cultural items are currently curated at the San Diego Archaeological Center. Determinations NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach has determined that:The one lot of unassociated funerary objects described in this notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. The one lot of sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice is, according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, a specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical, traditional, or [[Page 12358]] cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision). The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California have priority for disposition of the cultural items described in this notice. Claims for Disposition Written claims for disposition of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by March 17, 2026, the cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed cultural items. Claims for disposition may be submitted by: 1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for disposition. Disposition of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after April 16, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are received, the NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. Dated: January 28, 2025. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 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