[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86359-86360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25192]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038963; 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 has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains 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 Road, Escondido, CA 
92027, telephone (760) 291-0370, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f5c455c4e414b40594e436f5c4e414b464a48404e5d4c474e4a404340485601405d48"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9eedf4edfff0faf1e8fff2deedfff0faf7fbf9f1ffecfdf6fffbf1f2f1f9e7b0f1ecf9">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The

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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 one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects have been identified. This site is in the northwest 
part of San Diego County near the City of Vista. The site (CA-SDI-5775) 
is on a property located at N3668457 E476305 and was surveyed 06/06/
1978. The site was tested in June 1980 by CRM firms Mooney, Jones, and 
Stokes and in 1978 by RECON (M.J. Hatley and Carol Walker) as part of a 
cultural assessment program before development of the property. The 
report described the site as measuring about 50 meters north-south and 
40 meters east-west, consisting of dark midden of at least 12-18 inches 
in depth with flaked lithic tools, flakes and debitage, faunal shell 
and bone, and ceramics. The collection was brought to the San Diego 
Archaeological Center on 08/26/2006 for curation. The human remains 
were identified while preparing the collection for permanent curation. 
To confirm that it was human, the bone was inspected by the San Diego 
County Office of the Medical Examiner. The items were removed from the 
collection and placed in the Center's NAGPRA Vault awaiting Tribal 
notification and possible repatriation following their determination 
that they were human.

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 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 one individual of Native American 
ancestry.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians; Pala 
Band of Mission Indians; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians 
(previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 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. 2024-25192 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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