[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86358-86359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25188]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038956; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The San Diego Archaeological 
Center, 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 San Diego Archaeological Center 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

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in this notice may occur on or after November 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Sandoval, Executive Director, The San Diego 
Archaeological Center, 16666 San Pasqual Valley Rd., Escondido, CA 
92027, telephone (760) 291-0370, email 
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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 
San Diego Archaeological Center, 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 three individuals have been identified from three archaeological 
sites. The approximately 17,056 associated funerary objects include 
lithic tools, faunal bone and shell tools and ecofacts, shell beads/
pendants, post-contact historic materials, samples: charcoal, seeds, 
vegetal materials, ceramics and pipe fragments, and crystals were 
removed from 13 archaeological sites. The human remains were removed 
from sites in San Diego County near the Cities of Julian (CA-SDI-4586), 
Poway (CA-SDI-6669), and Santee (CA-SDI-20778). The associated funerary 
objects were removed from sites throughout San Diego County, including 
near the Cities of Alpine (CA-SDI-14283), Campo (CA-SDI-15908), Del Mar 
(CA-SDI-4609), Julian (CA-SDI-4586), Poway (CA-SDI-525; CA-SDI-4606; 
CA-SDI-6669), San Diego (CA-SDI-39; CA-SDI-14152), and Santee (CA-SDI-
20778). These collections were brought to the San Diego Archaeological 
Center between 1998 and 2015 for long-term curation. The human remains 
and associated funerary objects were unknown at the time of delivery. 
They were identified while preparing the collection for permanent 
curation. The human remains and associated funerary objects were placed 
in the Center's secure NAGPRA Vault, awaiting Tribal notification, 
consultation, and repatriation. The project reports state that these 
sites fall within the traditional Kumeyaay territory. No known 
potentially hazardous substances have been used to treat any of the 
human remains nor associated funerary objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The San Diego Archaeological Center has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least three individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
    <bullet> After consultation with the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation 
Committee (KCRC) it was determined that the approximately 17,056 
associated funerary 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 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 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 San Diego 
Archaeological Center 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 San Diego Archaeological Center 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. 2024-25188 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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