[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86366-86367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25186]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038954; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us has completed an inventory 
of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined 
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us, 
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-
2001 Ext. 42, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b78767468777e625b766e687e6e76747d6e683574697c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f6c62607c636a764f627a7c6a7a6260697a7c21607d68">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 the 
Museum of Us, and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, four individuals have been reasonably identified from three 
archaeological sites. The 1,679 associated funerary objects are from 
five archaeology sites.
    Human remains representing, at least, two individuals and 267 
associated funerary objects removed from Rose Canyon (W-3; CA-SDI-4595) 
in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA, include 33 unmodified faunal bone, 
four bifaces, 15 core tools, 11 unworked flakes, eight utilized flakes, 
six manos, one stone pendant, one pestle, 11 ecofacts, five 
hammerstones, and 172 unmodified shells. The 53 associated funerary 
objects removed from C-5 (shore line of ancient Blake Sea) in Imperial 
County, CA include 16 decorated body sherds, 13 decorated rim sherds, 
one undecorated body sherd, 15 undecorated rim sherds, one biface, one 
chopper, four manos, one battered stone, and one ecofact. The 632 
associated funerary objects removed from C-123 (CA-IMP-135) in East San 
Felipe Valley, Imperial County, CA include one unmodified faunal bone, 
two ceramic pipe fragments, 22 decorated body sherds, 22 decorated rim 
sherds, 103 undecorated body sherds, 372 undecorated rim sherds, seven 
bifaces, six choppers, one core tool, 17 projectile points, 16 
scrapers, nine unworked flakes, 13 utilized flakes, four manos, one 
stone sucking tube, one shaft straightener, one historic metal 
material, five ecofacts, three modified shells, 23 unmodified shells, 
and three battered stones. Human remains representing, at least, one 
individual and 167 associated funerary objects removed from C-158/A in 
Granite Hill, East Central San Diego County, CA include one ball stone, 
one unmodified shell, 16 Olivella beads, one modified shell, one shell 
pendant, one bull roarer, three mescal chisels, one mano, eight 
unworked flakes, nine projectile points, three chipped stones, 30 
undecorated mixed sherds, 26 undecorated body sherds, three decorated 
rim sherds, one decorated body sherd, one ceramic disk, and 61 mixed 
sherds. Human remains representing, at least, one individual and 560 
associated funerary objects removed from C-165 in Hawi-Vallecito, San 
Diego County, CA include one unmodified faunal bone, three ceramic pipe 
handles, one ceramic tinaja, two ceramic water ollas, five decorated 
body sherds, 31 decorated mixed sherds, three decorated rim sherds, 436 
undecorated mixed sherds, one chipped stone axe preform, two chipped 
stone scrapers, one quartz scraper, 23 projectile points, two unworked 
flakes, three utilized flakes, one groundstone weight, three pestles, 
one shaft straightener, one Olivella bead, three ecofacts, 33 modified 
shells, three unmodified shells, and one modified groundstone.
    Between the 1920s and 1950s, geologist and amateur archaeologist 
and collector, Malcolm J. Rogers, conducted surveys and excavations on 
behalf of the Museum of Man (now Museum of Us) at several sites, 
including the aforementioned, in east central San Diego County and 
Imperial County.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    The Museum of Us has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The 1,679 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and 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; 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; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of the Inaja

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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.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. 
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations 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 the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 29, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Museum of Us 
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The Museum of Us is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-25186 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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