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Community, Wisconsin may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin; and Delaware Tribe of 

Indians, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 10, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–23696 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the San Diego 

Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, 

that meet the definition of ‘‘sacred 

objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 1978, a steatite sucking tube was 

removed from archeological site W–569 

in San Diego County, CA, as part of an 

archeological excavation performed in 

compliance with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

This site is located in the west part of 

San Diego County in the City of 

Oceanside, which is adjacent to Rancho 

Guajome. On June 29, 2007, the 

collection was accessioned by the San 

Diego Archaeological Center, and 

assessed for objects eligible for 

repatriation in accordance with 

NAGPRA. 

The archeological site W–569 falls 

within traditional Luiseno territory, and 

the reporting archeologists determined 

it to be of the Late Holocene, Late 

Milling Period, which has been 

associated with the cultural antecedents 

of the Luiseno Nation in the region. 

Steatite sucking tubes are known to be 

used by the Luiseno in sacred rites. 

In 1989, cultural items were removed 

from archeological site CA-SDI–11,068A 

in San Diego County, CA, as part of an 

archeological excavation performed in 

compliance with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

This site is located in the northern part 

of San Diego County in the City of San 

Marcos, adjacent to Twin Oaks Valley. 

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. The cultural 

items are known to be used by the 

Luiseno in sacred rites and were 

removed from Luiseno traditional 

territory. The 66 sacred objects are 45 

pieces of ochre, 1 piece of hematite, 2 

quartz crystals, 3 tourmaline crystals, 10 

effigy fragments, 4 ceramic pipe 

fragments, and 1 raptor talon. 

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; Twenty-Nine Palms 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 

California; and San Luis Rey Band of 

Mission Indians, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Officials of the San Diego 

Archaeological Center have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), 

the 67 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 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 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; TwentyNine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of California; and San Luis Rey 

Band of Mission Indians, a nonfederally recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred 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 sacred objects to 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; TwentyNine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of California; and San Luis Rey 

Band of Mission Indians, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, 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; and 

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of California; and San 

Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, a 

non-federally recognized Indian group, 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 12, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–23690 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: San Diego Archaeological 

Center, San Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

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