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Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Cindy Stankowski, San Diego 

Archaeological Center, 16666 San 

Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 

92027–7001, telephone (760) 291–0370, 

before November 6, 2008. Repatriation 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Kumeyaay 

Nation, on behalf of the Barona Group 

of Capitan Grande Band of Mission 

Indians of the Barona Reservation, 

California; Campo Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 

Reservation, California; Capitan Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of 

Kumeyaay Indians, 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; 

Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, 

California; Sycuan Band of the 

Kumeyaay Nation (formerly the Sycuan 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California); and Viejas (Baron Long) 

Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The San Diego Archaeological Center 

is responsible for notifying the Barona 

Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Barona 

Reservation, California; Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian Reservation, California; Capitan 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Ewiiaapaayp Band 

of Kumeyaay Indians, 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; 

Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, 

California; Sycuan Band of the 

Kumeyaay Nation (formerly the Sycuan 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California); and Viejas (Baron Long) 

Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas 

Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, 

TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department, Austin, TX. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Lake 

Quitman, Wood County, TX. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations 

in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

In the 1960s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from a known 

Caddo cemetery site (41WD60), at the 

Quitman Lake Dam area in Wood 

County, TX, by person(s) unknown. At 

some point thereafter, the collection 

came into the possession of the Wood 

County Commissioners Court. On 

January 14, 1976, the Wood County 

Commissioners Court donated the 

collection to the Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department. No known 

individual was identified. The 22 

associated funerary objects are 19 

ceramic vessels, 2 arrow points, and a 

group of ceramic sherds (approximately 

2,249). 

The Caddo Indians historically 

occupied northeast Texas, northwest 

Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and 

southeast Oklahoma. The Caddo have a 

long history in northeast Texas, with the 

earliest identifiable Caddo sites dating 

to around A.D. 800, and developed 

directly out of the Woodland period 

populations of this region. The Caddo 

Indians were forcibly removed from 

Texas in the 19th century. 

On July 6 and 7, 2005, Texas Parks 

and Wildlife Department archeologists 

and Caddo Nation representatives made 

an assessment of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

found the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are affiliated 

with the Caddo. Aside from one 

untyped vessel, the complete vessels in 

this collection have been identified as 

LaRue Neck Banded (n=1), Womack 

Engraved (n=1), McKinney Plain (n=2), 

and Ripley Engraved (n=14), each of 

which are associated with the Late 

Caddo Period in northeast Texas. 

Specifically, LaRue Neck Banded 

ceramics have been dated to A.D.1430– 

1680. Ripley Engraved ceramics date to 

A.D. 1430–1680 and are typical of the 

Titus Phase in northeast Texas. Perttula 

(2004:401- 404) identifies Ripley 

Engraved as a common ceramic in Titus 

Phase burials and since these are 

complete vessels (although in some 

cases reconstructed) lends itself to this 

interpretation. LaRue Neck Banded 

ceramics are generally considered 

utilitarian vessels, although better 

examples of this ceramic type may have 

been traded. Although LaRue Neck 

Banded and McKinney Plain ceramics 

are not specifically singled out as 

mortuary items, their being relatively 

intact and removed from what has been 

identified as a Caddo cemetery indicate 

that they were intentionally interred, 

probably as a mortuary offering. 

Officials of the Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of at 

least one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Texas Parks 

and Wildlife Department also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the 22 objects described 

above are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Texas 

Parks and Wildlife Department have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

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shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Aina Dodge, Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith 

School Road, Austin, TX 78744, 

telephone (512) 389–4876, before 

November 6, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 

is responsible for notifying the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–23680 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: San 

Diego Archaeological Center, San 

Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the San 

Diego Archaeological Center, San Diego, 

CA. The human remains were removed 

from the archeological site CA-SDI– 

11,068A, San Diego County, CA. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations 

in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by San Diego 

Archaeological Center professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Luiseno Nation, on behalf of the La 

Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 

the La Jolla Reservation, California; Pala 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pala Reservation, California; Pauma 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 

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 

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of California. 

In 1989, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from archeological site CASDI–11,068A, San Marcos, San Diego 

County, CA, as part of an archeological 

excavation performed in compliance 

with the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA). On May 10, 2006, 

the collection was accessioned by the 

San Diego Archaeological Center, and 

assessed for objects eligible for 

repatriation in accordance with 

NAGPRA. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

No lineal descendants have been 

identified. Geographic affiliation is 

consistent with the historically 

documented Luiseno Nation traditional 

tribal area. The burials have been 

attributed to the proto-historic period 

that has been associated with the 

cultural antecedents of the Luiseno 

Nation in the region. The Luiseno 

Nation is represented by the La Jolla 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

La Jolla Reservation, California; Pala 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pala Reservation, California; Pauma 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 

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 

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of California. 

Officials of the San Diego 

Archaeological Center have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the San Diego 

Archaeological Center also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and the 

Luiseno Nation, which is represented by 

the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, 

California; Pala Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, 

California; Pauma Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima 

Reservation, California; 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 Twenty-Nine 

Palms Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 

of California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Cindy Stankowski, San 

Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San 

Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 

92027–7001, telephone (760) 291–0370, 

before November 6, 2008. Repatriation 

of the human remains to the Luiseno 

Nation, on behalf of the La Jolla Band 

of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La 

Jolla Reservation, California; Pala Band 

of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala 

Reservation, California; Pauma Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma 

& Yuima Reservation, California; 

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 

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of California may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The San Diego Archaeological Center 

is responsible for notifying the La Jolla 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

La Jolla Reservation, California; Pala 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pala Reservation, California; Pauma 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 

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; TwentyNine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of California; and San Luis Rey 

Band of Mission Indians, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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