[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89033-89034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26084]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038989; 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 associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after December 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Sandoval, Executive Director, The San Diego 
Archaeological Center, 16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, 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 one individual has been reasonably identified and a Notice of 
Inventory Completion was published in the Federal Register on October 
7, 2008 (73 FR 58628). The 49 additional associated funerary objects 
related to these human remains are ceramic effigy, figurines, and pipe 
fragments; faunal bone bird talon; ground stone figurine fragment; 
crystals; ochre and hematite fragments. The site was excavated in 1989 
by CRM firm ERC Environmental and Energy Services Co. as part of a 
cultural assessment program before development of the property. 
Artifacts were found and excavated in compliance with mitigation as 
required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 
The site was described in the report as a village. The report does not 
reference an individual Native American monitor who served the project 
but refers to the assistance of Luise[ntilde]o representatives from the 
Rincon reservation in the completion of the project. During the 
project, researchers met with three Rincon elders for an interview 
concerning several artifacts. The site report states that the site 
falls within the traditional Luise[ntilde]o territory.

Cultural Affiliation

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

Determinations

    The San Diego Archaeological Center has determined that:
    <bullet> The 49 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 reasonable connection between the associated 
funerary objects 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; Soboba 
Band of Luiseno Indians, California; and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of 
Mission Indians of California.

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Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after December 12, 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 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 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26084 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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