[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89038-89040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038998; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, 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), San Diego State University (SDSU) has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after December 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jaime Lennox, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile 
Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, telephone (619) 594-4575, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f55535a515150477f4c5b4c4a115a5b4a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b11171e151514033b081f080e551e1f0e">[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 
SDSU, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Collections 
BIOANTH-003 (B94), BIOANTH-004 (#9094), and BIOANTH-005 (#9093) each 
contain human remains representing one individual, were acquired at an 
unknown time, received from unknown individuals, and were removed under 
unknown circumstances from unknown locations. Two of the individuals 
(BIOANTH-004 and BIOANTH-005) are coated in a clear shellac or resin of 
unknown substance, applied at an unknown time by an unknown individual.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Barbareno Band of 
Chumash Indians; Barbareno/Ventureno Band of Mission Indians; Big Pine 
Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Cabazon Band of 
Cahuilla Indians (previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 
California); Cahuilla Band of Indians; Calaveras Band of Mi-Wuk 
Indians; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; California Valley 
Miwok Tribe (Sheep Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of CA); Campo Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; 
Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona 
Group of the 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); 
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; 
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Chumash 
Council of Bakersfield; Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation; Cocopah 
Tribe of Arizona; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; 
Fernandeno Tatviam Band of Mission Indians; Fort Independence Indian 
Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, 
California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; 
Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians--Kizh Nation;

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Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians; Gabrielino/
Tongva Nation; Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council; 
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; 
Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit 
Reservation, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; 
Jamul Indian Village of California; Juaneno Band of Mission Indians; 
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation--Belardes; Juaneno 
Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation 84A; Kern Valley Indian 
Community; Kitanemuk & Yowlumne Tejon Indians; Kwaaymii Laguna Band of 
Mission Indians; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; La Posta 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, 
California; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes Band of 
Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 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; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; Nashville 
Enterprise Miwok-Maidu-Nishinam Tribe; Northfork Rancheria of Mono 
Indians of California; North Valley Yokuts Tribe (Northern Valley 
Yokut/Ohlone Tribe); Northern Chumash Tribal Council; 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); Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian 
Reservation, California & Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; 
Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, 
California; San Fernando Band of Mission Indians; San Luis Obispo 
County Chumash Council; San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians; San 
Manuel Band of Mission Indians; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; 
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 
Reservation, California; Serrano Nation of Mission Indians; Soboba Band 
of Luiseno Indians, California; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Sycuan 
Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Torres Martinez 
Desert Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the 
Tule River Reservation, California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission 
Indians of California; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson 
Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & 
Washoe Ranches); Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band; Xolon-Salinan 
Tribe; and yak tityu tityu yak tihini--Northern Chumash Tribe.
    The following Indian Tribes and Groups responded to the invitations 
to consult: Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Barbareno/
Ventureno Band of Mission Indians; Cahuilla Band of Indians; Campo Band 
of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, 
California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 
California (Barona Group of the 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); Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, 
California; Fernandeno Tatviam Band of Mission Indians; Fort 
Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort 
Independence Reservation, 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; 
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation 84A; Kern Valley 
Indian Community; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, 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; 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 
Rincon Reservation, California; San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians; 
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians, California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; and 
the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California. 
Additionally, the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn 
Rancheria of California independently reached out to SDSU.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological, 
archaeological, biological, geographical, historical, other relevant 
information, expert opinion, and Native American traditional knowledge. 
The information, including the results of consultation, identified
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
    2. Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 
Reservation, California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 
Indians of California (Barona Group of the 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 as an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
connected to the human remains.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be 
reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    SDSU has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
    <bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

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 
any lineal

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descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization who shows, by 
a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after December 12, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, SDSU 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. SDSU is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any 
consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    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. 2024-26080 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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