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objects of cultural patrimony under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1935, the Works Progress 

Administration/Indian Arts Project paid 

members of the Seneca Nation of New 

York, at Cattaraugus, to create a variety 

of ethnographic objects. This project 

was directed by Arthur C. Parker, 

director, Rochester Museum of Arts and 

Sciences (now the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center), with the intent of both 

giving employment to the Seneca people 

and building a collection for the 

museum. In total, there are 79 medicine 

faces described in this notice, all created 

in 1935 under the auspices of that 

project. 

Eighteen objects are large cornhusk 

medicine faces made by several 

individuals on the Cattaraugus 

Reservation: 35.266.2/AE 2681; 

35.266.4/AE 2750; 35.266.5/AE 2751; 

35.266.6/AE 3479; 35.266.8/AE 3483; 

35.266.10/AE 3964; 35.266.11/AE 3965; 

35.266.12/AE 3966; 35.340.1/AE 3242; 

35.340.2/AE 3478; 35.340.3/AE 3480; 

35.340.4/AE 3481; 35.340.5/AE 3621; 

35.340.8/AE 4098); 77.00.68.1; 35.291.6/ 

AE 3622; 35.320.13/AE 4194; 36.396.1/ 

AE 4387; 35.290.1/AE 2760); 35.290.2/ 

AE 2800; 35.290.4/AE 3462; 35.290.6/ 

AE 4036; 35.290.7/AE 4038; 35.290.8/ 

AE 4040; 35.290.9/AE 4044; 35.290.11/ 

AE 4136; 35.290.13/AE 4177; and 

35.290.14/AE 5706. 

Fifty-eight objects are large wooden 

medicine faces made by several 

individuals on the Cattaraugus 

Reservation: 35.268.17/AE 3164; 

35.268.18/AE 3166; 35.268.19/AE 3177; 

35.268.20/AE 3333; 35.268.21/AE 3334; 

35.268.22/AE 3515; 35.268.23/AE 3516; 

35.268.24/AE 4027; 35.268.25/AE 4033; 

35.268.26/AE 4041; 35.268.27/AE 4042; 

35.268.28/AE 4043; 35.268.2/AE 4134; 

35.268.29/AE 4139; 35.268.30/AE 4142; 

35.268.31/AE 4143; 35.268.32/AE 5705; 

and 35.268.33/AE 5707; 35.280.24/AE 

2847; 35.280.11/AE 2848; 35.280.13/AE 

3335; 35.280.14/AE 3513; 35.280.15/AE 

4034; 35.280.16/AE 4039; 35.280.17/AE 

4047; 35.280.18/AE 4048; 35.280.22/AE 

5727; 35.280.23/AE 5728; 35.280.21/AE 

5693; 35.295.30/AE 2006 and 35. 

295.31/AE 4176; 35.299.30/AE 4050 and 

35.299.31/AE 4184; 35.303.1/AE 4856 

and 35.303.2/AE 4857; 35.315.11/AE 

5726 and 35.315.10/AE 4045; 35.285.47/ 

AE 3517; 35.285.49/AE 4031; 35.285.52/ 

AE 4158; 35.285.53/AE 4210; 35.285.57/ 

AE 4214; 35.285.55/AE 5708; and 

35.285.56/AE 5709; 35.288.25/AE 4137 

and 35.288.26/AE 4144; 35.257.1/AE 

4138; and 35.339.18/AE 3165. 

Three objects are large cornhusk 

medicine faces made by individuals 

most likely on the Cattaraugus 

Reservation: 98.00.03.1/E 13.1.286; 

98.00.04.1; and 98.00.05.1. 

Traditional religious leaders of the 

Seneca Nation of New York have 

identified these medicine faces as being 

needed for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by presentday adherents. In the course of 

consultations with representatives of the 

Seneca Nation of New York, it was 

shown that individuals who carved 

these medicine faces did not have the 

authority to alienate the objects to a 

third party, including the Rochester 

Museum & Science Center. Museum 

documentation, supported by oral 

evidence presented during consultation 

with Seneca Nation of New York 

representatives, indicates that these 

medicine faces are culturally affiliated 

with the Seneca Nation of New York. 

Museum representatives also consulted 

with other Haudenosaunee and nonHaudenosaunee consultants. 

Determinations Made by the Rochester 

Museum & Science Center 

Officials of the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), 

the 79 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present adherents, and have an ongoing 

historical, traditional, or cultural 

importance central to the Native 

American group or culture itself, rather 

than property owned by an individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 

there is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between these medicine faces and the 

Seneca Nation of New York. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with these objects should 

contact Adele DeRosa, Rochester 

Museum & Science Center, Rochester, 

NY 14607, telephone (585) 271–4552 x 

302, before May 2, 2012. Repatriation of 

these objects to the Seneca Nation of 

New York may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Rochester Museum & Science 

Center, Rochester, NY, is responsible for 

notifying the Seneca Nation of New 

York that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7880 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California Department of Parks 

and Recreation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The California Department of 

Parks and Recreation, in consultation 

with the appropriate tribes, has 

determined that the cultural items meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and repatriation to the Indian 

tribes stated below may occur if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural item may contact the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural item should 

contact the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation at the address 

below by May 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

1416 9th Street, Room 902, Sacramento, 

CA 95814, telephone (916) 653–8893. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

The unassociated funerary objects were 

removed from twelve sites located in 

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 cultural item. The National 

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Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and description of the cultural 

item 

The unassociated funerary objects 

were removed from twelve sites located 

in San Diego and Imperial Counties, CA. 

The geographical location of these sites 

indicates that the unassociated funerary 

objects were recovered within the 

historically documented territory shared 

by the Cahuilla and the Kumeyaay. 

Northern areas of the Anza Borrego 

Desert State Park, such as the San Felipe 

Creek drainage, Culp Valley, Pinyon 

Ridge, the Borrego Badlands, and the 

Borrego Valley, may have formed a socalled ‘‘transitional zone’’ between the 

Cahuilla and the Kumeyaay. The two 

groups would have used the areas 

jointly or, as convenient, for subsistence 

or ceremonial needs. 

The traditional territory of the 

Kumeyaay includes a significant portion 

of present-day San Diego County up to 

the Aqua Hedionda area and inland 

along the San Felipe Creek (just south 

of Borrego Springs). Bound to the east 

by the Sand Hills in Imperial County 

and includes the southern end of the 

Salton Basin and all of the Chocolate 

Mountains, the territory extends 

southward to Todos Santos Bay, Laguna 

Salada and along the New River in 

northern Baja California. The central 

and southern portions of Anza Borrego 

Desert State Park lie within the 

traditional territory of the Kumeyaay. 

The traditional aboriginal territory of 

the Cahuilla, as defined by 

anthropologist Lowell John Bean, 

encompasses a geographically diverse 

area of mountains, valleys and low 

desert zones. The southernmost 

boundary approximately followed a line 

from just below Borrego Springs to the 

north end of the Salton Basin and the 

Chocolate Mountains. The eastern 

boundary ran along the summit of the 

San Bernardino Mountains. The 

northern boundary stood within the San 

Jacinto Plain near Riverside, while the 

base of Palomar Mountain formed the 

western boundary. According to Bean 

and archeologist William D. Strong, the 

northern end of Anza Borrego Desert 

State Park lies within the traditional 

territory of the Cahuilla and includes 

the areas of Borrego Palm Canyon, 

Coyote Canyon, Clark Valley, the Santa 

Rosa Mountains, Jackass Flat, 

Rockhouse Canyon and Horse Canyon. 

At an unknown date, Harvey Clark 

collected a small pottery bowl from site 

CA–SDI–4443 in the Barrel Springs area 

of Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular 

Recreation Area, an area of the park 

known to contain large village sites with 

cremation burials. The bowl is an 

unassociated funerary object based on 

the proximity of human cremation 

burials in the area and the personal 

nature of the object. Although the object 

does not appear to be heavily burned, it 

is more likely than not to have come 

from a funerary context. 

At an unknown date, an unidentified 

individual collected one lot of charcoal 

samples from an unidentified cremation 

burial within Anza Borrego Desert State 

Park. In 1989, the objects were found in 

the Paul Ezell Archives at the Arizona 

State Museum and subsequently 

returned to the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation in 2000. The 

samples are unassociated funerary 

objects based upon the labels which 

read: ‘‘Charcoal Do Not Open, Yuman 

Inhumation, Anza-Borrego.’’ 

At an unknown date prior to 1980, an 

unidentified individual collected a 

Haliotis ornament, 12 melted glass 

beads and three burnt pottery fragments 

from an unidentified site along the 

shoreline of the Salton Sea in Lower 

Borrego Valley. The objects were 

donated to the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation by Ada Jackson in 

1980. The objects were recovered from 

the shoreline of the ancient Lake 

Cahuilla where there are extremely 

dense concentrations of habitation and 

cremation deposits. The objects are 

unassociated funerary objects based on 

the proximity of human cremation 

burials in the area, the burned exterior 

which is consistent with exposure to 

heat during cremation, and the 

description on the Haliotis ornament 

which states ‘‘Cremation Associated.’’ 

Sometime in the 1970s, archeologist 

William Seidel collected a burnt 

potsherd from site D–7–5 northwest of 

Borrego Springs, CA, an area known to 

contain large village sites with 

cremation burials. The potsherd is an 

unassociated funerary object based on 

the proximity of human cremation 

burials, the personal nature of the 

object, and the burned exterior which is 

consistent with exposure to heat during 

cremation. 

At an unknown date, Phil Benge 

collected a small pottery bowl from an 

unidentified site near Tamarisk Grove in 

Anza Borrego Desert State Park, an area 

known to contain major village sites 

with cremation burials. The bowl is an 

unassociated funerary object based on 

the proximity of human cremation 

burials in the area and the ceremonial 

nature of the object. Small bowls such 

as this were not ordinary household 

utilitarian vessels but were used by 

ceremonial leaders to mix medicinal 

and ceremonially ingested substances, 

sometimes used in funerary and 

mourning ceremonies. Although the 

object does not appear to be heavily 

burned, it is more likely than not to 

have come from a funerary context. 

Sometime in the 1970s, archeologist 

William Seidel collected eight Olivella 

shell beads from an unidentified site 

south of the airport in Borrego Springs, 

CA, an area known to contain large 

village sites with cremation burials. The 

beads are unassociated funerary objects 

based upon the proximity of human 

cremation burials in the area and the 

ceremonial/personal nature of the 

objects. Although the objects do not 

appear to be heavily burned, they is 

more likely than not to have come from 

a funerary context. 

At an unknown date between 1945 

and 1955, Mrs. Jane Thomas collected 

one lot of over 200 burnt shell beads 

from an unidentified site in mesquite 

dunes in the Ocotillo Badlands east of 

Ocotillo Wells, an area known to 

contain large village sites with 

cremation burials. The beads are 

unassociated funerary objects based 

upon the proximity of human cremation 

burials in the area, the personal nature 

of the objects, and the burned exterior 

which is consistent with exposure to 

heat during cremation. 

At an unknown date, B. Frizzel 

collected two burnt Olivella shell beads 

from an unidentified site near Ocotillo 

Wells in San Diego County, CA. The 

beads are unassociated funerary objects 

based upon the personal nature of the 

objects and the burned exterior which is 

consistent with exposure to heat during 

cremation. 

At an unknown date, Harry Dick Ross 

collected one lot of over 80 burnt 

Olivella shell beads from an 

unidentified site in Lower Borrego 

Valley in San Diego and Imperial 

County, CA, an area known to contain 

large village sites with cremation 

burials. The beads are unassociated 

funerary objects based upon the 

proximity of human cremation burials 

in the area, the personal nature of the 

objects, and the burned exterior which 

is consistent with exposure to heat 

during cremation. 

At an unknown date, an unidentified 

individual collected a pipe stem 

fragment from an unidentified site in 

the Harper Flat area of Anza Borrego 

Desert State Park. The object was 

donated to the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation by Harry D. Ross 

in 1979. This unassociated funerary 

object was recovered from an area 

known to contain large village sites with 

cremation burials. The pipe fragment to 

be an unassociated funerary object 

based upon the proximity of human 

cremation burials in the area and the 

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ceremonial/personal nature of the 

object. Although the object does not 

appear to be heavily burned, it is more 

likely than not to have come from a 

funerary context. 

At an unknown date, an unidentified 

individual collected one lot of more 

than 100 burnt beads, seven pipe 

fragments, a pottery ball, and a pottery 

object from an unidentified site in the 

Borrego Valley area of Anza Borrego 

Desert State Park. These objects were a 

part of the DuVall Collection, which 

was later donated to California 

Department of Parks and Recreation in 

the 1970s. The DuVall Collection 

represents cultural materials collected 

on and around an early settlers’ ranch 

in Borrego Valley. Given the lack of 

specific provenience, the geographical 

location of the site is impossible to 

determine. Based on the provenience of 

the other objects from the DuVall Ranch 

in Borrego Valley, it can be reasonably 

assumed that these remains were 

collected from the same geographic 

region. These unassociated funerary 

objects are thought to have been 

collected from an area know to contain 

extensive habitation and burial deposits. 

The Borrego Sink was an area where 

both the Kumeyaay and the Cahuilla 

peoples came together for ceremonial 

events such as cremation and mourning 

ceremonies. The objects are 

unassociated funerary objects based on 

the ceremonial/personal nature of the 

objects common to cremation burials of 

the Kumeyaay and Cahuilla and the 

burned exterior which is consistent with 

exposure to heat during cremation. 

At an unknown date, individuals 

(including DC Barbee, F. Fairchild, Ada 

Jackson, Harry D. Ross and Ben 

McCown) collected objects from an 

unknown number of archaeological sites 

and these materials were stored in the 

Borrego Archaeological Research Center 

in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. The 

unassociated funerary objects consist of 

57 burnt shell beads, 6 pipe fragments 

and one small pottery bowl. Though no 

specific provenience information is 

available for these objects, they appear 

consistent with the material culture of 

Cahuilla or Kumeyaay in the region of 

Anza Borrego Desert State Park. In this 

region, pipes, shell beads, and small 

pottery bowls were often disposed of 

when a person died and was cremated. 

The objects are ceremonial/personal in 

nature, and although the object does not 

appear to be heavily burned, it is more 

likely than not to have come from a 

funerary context. 

Determinations made by the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

Officials of the California Department 

of Parks and Recreation have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 107 cultural items 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 and 

is believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects and the Agua Caliente Band of 

Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente 

Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California (formerly the Augustine Band 

of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 

Augustine Reservation); Cabazon Band 

of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla 

Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla 

Reservation, California; 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, 

and 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 (formerly the 

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; Los 

Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno 

Indians, California (formerly the Los 

Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno 

Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation); 

Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, 

California; Mesa Grande Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa 

Grande Reservation, California; 

Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 

California (formerly the Morongo Band 

of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 

Morongo Reservation); Ramona Band of 

Cahuilla, California (formerly the 

Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of California); San 

Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band 

of Cahuilla Indians, California (formerly 

the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation); 

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; 

and Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla 

Indians, California (formerly the TorresMartinez Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of California) (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

object should contact Rebecca 

Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room 902, 

Sacramento CA 95814, telephone (916) 

653–8893, before May 2, 2012. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to The Tribes may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The California Department of Parks 

and Recreation is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7876 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California Department of Parks 

and Recreation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The California Department of 

Parks and Recreation, in consultation 

with the appropriate tribes, has 

determined that the cultural items meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and repatriation to the Indian 

tribes stated below may occur if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural item may contact the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural item should 

contact the California Department of 

Parks and Recreation at the address 

below by May 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

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