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sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in 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 PMAE 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 PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038954; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Us, San Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 cmosley@

museumofus.org. 

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: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• 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. 

• 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038967; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Nebraska State Museum, 

Lincoln, NE 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Nebraska State Museum 

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: Taylor Ronquillo, 

University of Nebraska State Museum, 

645 N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, 

telephone (402) 472–6592, email 

Tronquillo2@unl.edu and Susan Weller, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, University of 

Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th 

Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone 

(402) 472–0577, email sweller2@

unl.edu. 

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 University of 

Nebraska State Museum, and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of the 

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. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

1. The mourning lock was donated to 

UNSM in 1909 by Major W.J. Turner 

2. The 2 mourning locks were donated 

to UNSM at an unknown time and date 

3. Patrick Ryan originally donated the 

scalp lock. He acquired the lock from 

the Manderson Indian Collection, which 

was in turn acquired by the Omaha 

Public Library (OPL). OPL loaned the 

item to the Joslyn Art Museum in 1949. 

The Joslyn then loaned the collection to 

the UNSM in 1974. The collection was 

transferred to the UNSM in May 2021. 

4. The rattle with a scalp lock was 

donated to UNSM in 1909 by Major W. 

J. Turner 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of the consultation, 

cultural affiliation is reasonably 

identified by the geographical location 

or acquisition history of the human 

remains described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The University of Nebraska State 

Museum has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains described 

in this notice and the Standing Rock 

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota. 

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 University of Nebraska 

State Museum 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 University of 

Nebraska State Museum 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. 

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