[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19690-19691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7891]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2253-665]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks 
and Recreation, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The California Department of Parks and Recreation has 
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes. 
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the California 
Department of Parks and Recreation. Repatriation of the human remains 
to the Indian tribes

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stated below may occur if no additional claimants come forward.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a 
cultural affiliation with the human 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The 
human remains were removed from three sites located in 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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the 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; 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; and the Sycuan Band of 
the Kumeyaay Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

History and description of the remains

    The human remains were removed from three sites located in San 
Diego County, CA. The geographical location of these three sites 
indicates that the human remains were recovered within the historically 
documented territory of the Kumeyaay. 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.
    In 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from site CA-SDI-4010 (McCallister) in San Diego County, 
CA, by the Archaeological Survey Association. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The age of the 
human remains is unknown.
    At an unknown date prior to 1977, cremated human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an 
unidentified site within the Mason Valley area of Anza Borrego Desert 
State Park. The human remains were donated by Lloyd T. Findley to the 
Colorado Desert District of the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation in 1977. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. The age of the human remains is unknown.
    At an unknown date, cremated human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from an unidentified site in 
Ocotillo, CA. The human remains were collected by Chester Qualey who 
reported the remains as being ``strewn across desert from cremation 
vessel in disturbed area.'' No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present. The age of the human remains 
is unknown.
    The human remains listed above were stored at facilities within the 
Colorado Desert District of the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation until an inventory effort was begun in 2004. Since then, the 
remains have been stored at the Bigole Archaeological Research Center 
(BARC-2) in Borrego Springs, CA.

Determinations made by the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation

    Officials of the California Department of Parks and Recreation have 
determined that:
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> 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 The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Rebecca 
Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, California Department of Parks and 
Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room 902, telephone (916) 653-8893, before 
May 2, 2012. Repatriation of the human remains 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.
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