FR Doc 04-12662
[Federal Register: June 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 109)]
[Notices]
[Page 31842-31843]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: San Diego
Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA
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), 43 CFR 10.8 (f), of the
intent to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the San Diego
Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, that meets the definition of
sacred objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.8 (f). The
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the cultural
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations within this notice.
The one cultural item is a ceramic pipe fragment excavated from an
archeological site in San Diego County, CA.
The ceramic pipe fragment was excavated in 1977-78 from site CA-
SDI-675, which is west of Highway 76 near Monserate Road in northern
San Diego County, CA, by Archaeological Consulting Technology, Inc.
(ACT), as part of a development project. The collection of
archeological materials from site CA-SDI-675 was brought to the San
Diego Archaeological Center on October 21, 1998, for curation. During
collection preparation, the ceramic pipe fragment was identified as the
only item in the site CA-SDI-675 collection subject to repatriation
under NAGPRA.
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Archeological evidence, including artifacts typical of the late
Prehistoric period (1500 B.C. to circa A.D. 1700), indicates that the
site described above is Native American. The sacred nature of the
cultural item is indicated by archeological and historical literature,
as well as oral historical evidence presented during consultation.
Ceramic pipes are used in sacred ceremonies by the Luiseno Indians.
Archeological and historical literature and oral historical evidence
also confirms that the site lies within traditional and historical
Luiseno territory.
Officials of the San Diego Archaeological Center have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the cultural item 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. Officials of the San Diego
Archaeological Center also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001, there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the sacred object and the La Jolla Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, California; Pala
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California;
Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation,
California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga
Reservation, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Rincon Reservation, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians,
California; and Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of
California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the sacred object should contact Cindy
Stankowski, Director, San Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San
Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027, before July 7, 2004.
Repatriation of the sacred object to the La Jolla Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, California; Pala Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California; Pauma Band
of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation,
California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga
Reservation, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Rincon Reservation, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians,
California; and Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The San Diego Archaeological Center is responsible for notifying
the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla
Reservation, California; Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Pala Reservation, California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of
the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California; Rincon Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California; San Luis
Rey Band of Mission Indians (a nonfederally recognized Indian group);
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California; and Twenty-Nine Palms Band
of Mission Indians of California that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 5, 2004.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 04-12662 Filed 6-4-04; 8:45 am]
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