FR Doc 04-22836
[Federal Register: October 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 196)]
[Notices]
[Page 60651-60652]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from an archeological site in Mason Valley, San Diego
County, 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Arizona
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee on behalf of the Barona
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona
Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay
Indians, California; 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; Santa
Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission
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Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; Sycuan Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and Viejas (Baron Long) Group
of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation,
California.
In 1924, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from site C-144 in Mason Valley, San Diego County, CA. The
human remains were in a ceramic vessel that was excavated by John Glenn
and that was given to the San Diego Museum of Man. In 1934, the vessel
and the human remains were sent to the Gila Pueblo Foundation as part
of an exchange. In December 1950, the Gila Pueblo Foundation donated
the vessel and the human remains to the Arizona State Museum. No known
individual was identified. The 11 associated funerary objects consist
of one ceramic cremation jar, four sherds of brown pottery, five
charred seeds, and one group charred textile fragments.
Based on ceramic material and the mortuary pattern, the human
remains have been identified as Native American and date from the late
Prehistoric period to the Historic period (circa A.D. 750-1870).
Continuities of material culture and technologies provide a clear
continuum for native cultures in this area from the late Prehistoric
period into the Historic period. Historic documents from Spanish
expeditions refer to Diegueno and Kumeyaay peoples living throughout
this area. Consultation information provided by the Kumeyaay Cultural
Repatriation Committee supports the recognition of this area of San
Diego County as ancestral homeland to the Kumeyaay Indians.
Officials of the Arizona State Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Arizona State Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the objects described above
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. Lastly, officials of the Arizona State Museum have
determined that, 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 Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians
of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band
of Kumeyaay Indians, California; 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;
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel
Reservation, California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
California; and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of
Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact John Madsen, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520)
621-4795, before November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation
Committee on behalf of the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of
Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California;
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; 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; Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; Sycuan
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and Viejas (Baron Long)
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying the Barona
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona
Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay
Indians, California; 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; Santa
Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel
Reservation, California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
California; and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of
Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 19, 2004
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 04-22836 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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