Notice2022-05059
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us (Formerly the San Diego Museum of Man), San Diego, CA
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March 10, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Museum of Us. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13752-13754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05059]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033498; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us (Formerly the San
Diego Museum of Man), San Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request to the Museum of Us. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Museum of Us at the address in this
notice by April 11, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara Vetter, Director of Cultural
Resources, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
92101, telephone (619) 239-2001 Ext. 44, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f2effcededfcebd9f4eceafcecf4f6ffeceab7f6ebfe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ff4e9faebebfaeddff2eaecfaeaf2f0f9eaecb1f0edf8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the Museum of Us, San
Diego, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from San Diego and Imperial Counties, 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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Museum
of Us professional staff in consultation with representatives of 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 [previously listed as Santa Ysabel
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation];
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 (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Between April 7, 1968 and January 8, 1969, human remains
representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from site W-340
(aka CA-SDI-17391) in San Diego, CA, by Emma Lou Davis. Davis, an
anthropologist, conducted reconnaissance and salvage excavations on
behalf of the Museum of Us (formerly the Museum of Man) throughout San
Diego County in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This museum-sponsored
excavation focused on salvaging archeological information after the
landowner reported having unearthed lithic artifacts during excavation
for a development. No known individuals were identified. The 848
associated funerary objects are one modified faunal bone, 97 unmodified
faunal bones, five bifaces, 10 choppers, 44 cores, nine core tools,
five projectile points, 14 scrapers, 50 utilized flakes, 288 unworked
flake, 47 manos, one metate, one mortar, one groundstone abrader, four
pestles, one insect cocoon, three organic plants, 105 ecofacts, two
modified shells, 120 lots of unmodified shell, five soil samples, nine
midden samples, 11 battered stones, eight fire-affected stones, one
piece of organic yellow ochre, and six pieces of organic red ochre.
Between October 23 and November 4, 1968, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual, were removed by Emma Lou
Davis from W-380, an archeological site located in Poway, San Diego
County, CA. This museum-sponsored excavation focused on salvaging
archeological information after the landowner reported having unearthed
many metates in her backyard over the years and also having encountered
``pothunters'' on her property. The age and sex of this individual are
unknown. No known individual was identified. The 177 associated
funerary objects are 11 unmodified faunal bones, one ceramic pendant,
seven undecorated ceramic body sherds, two undecorated ceramic rim
sherds, two bifaces, five choppers, 19 cores, 11 core tools, one ground
stone sucking tube, 12 projectile points, 28 scrapers, 19 unworked
flakes, 11 utilized flakes, 12 manos, two historic ceramic, five pieces
of charcoal, 12 ecofacts, two modified shells, eight unmodified shells,
two battered stones, and five fire-affected rocks.
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Between June 27 and August 10, 1969, human remains representing, at
minimum, 11 individuals were removed by Emma Lou Davis from W-384 and
W-384B, two archeological sites located in Julian, San Diego County,
CA. These sites are referred to as Lamp Site A and Lamp Site B (after
the property owners, who consented to the museum-sponsored excavation).
The limited extant documentation identifies the ``Culture Type'' at
these sites as ``Diegue[ntilde]o,'' which, if true, would date their
origins to approximately 1,300 years before present. No known
individuals were identified. The 840 associated funerary objects are
three modified faunal bones, 144 unmodified faunal bones, four ceramic
pendants, five ceramic pipe fragments, three decorated ceramic body
sherds, six decorated ceramic rim sherds, 17 lots of undecorated
ceramic body sherds, 42 undecorated ceramic body sherds, four lots of
undecorated ceramic rim sherds, 113 undecorated rim sherds, two
bifaces, 14 cores, 48 projectile points, 22 scrapers, 27 lots of
unworked flakes, 56 unworked flakes, four lots of utilized flakes, 75
utilized flakes, 20 manos, one metate, five ground stone pendants, one
discoid, one pestle, three shaft straighteners, 73 pieces of historic
period glass, three lots of historic period metal, 35 pieces of
historic period metal, five pieces of historic period organic material,
four lots of charcoal, 22 pieces of organic material, 37 pieces of
plant material, 29 pieces of wood material, three ecofacts, two
modified shells, four unmodified shells, and three fire-affected rocks.
Sometime in 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from archeological sites W-460 (aka CA-SDI-
6084) and W-461 (aka CA-SDI-6085) in Poway, San Diego County, CA,
during a surface collection conducted at the Carmel Mountain East
Housing Development. The limited extant documentation identifies the
``Culture Type'' at these sites as ``San Dieguito II,'' which, if true,
would date their origins to approximately 12,000-9,000 years before
present. Additional documentation indicates that W-461 is ``a probable
extension of W-460'' (the two sites lie near each other). No known
individual was identified. The 79 associated funerary objects are six
decorated ceramic body sherds, one undecorated ceramic body sherd,
three undecorated rim sherds, nine bifaces, one projectile point, 12
scrapers, 23 unworked flakes, 19 utilized flakes, one mano, one
historic period ceramic piece, one piece of organic plant material, one
unmodified shell, and one fire-affected rock.
Sometime between 1920 and 1950, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed from C-151, an archeological site
in McCain Valley, CA, by Malcolm J. Rogers. Rogers, a geologist,
conducted reconnaissance excavations on behalf of the Museum of Us
(formerly the Museum of Man) throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties
County in the late 1920s and early 1950s. A site file identifies the
``Culture Type'' at this site as East Diegue[ntilde]o Yuman III Period,
which would date its origins to approximately 1,300 years before
present. No known individual was identified. The 160 associated
funerary objects are one unmodified faunal bone fragment, two ceramic
pipe fragments, three ceramic vessels, two lots of mixed ceramic
sherds, six decorated ceramic body sherds, 10 decorated rim sherds, 14
undecorated ceramic body sherds, 105 undecorated rim sherds, two
bifaces, one projectile point, eight scrapers, two manos, one pestle,
one piece of organic wood material, one ecofact, and one battered
stone.
Sometime between 1920 and 1950, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual, were removed by Malcolm J. Rogers from C-153,
an archeological site in McCain Valley, CA, during a museum-sponsored
excavation. A site file identifies the ``Culture Type'' at this site as
East Diegue[ntilde]o Yuman III Period, which, if true, would date its
origins to approximately 1,300 years before present. No known
individual was identified. The 1551 associated funerary objects are two
unmodified faunal bones, 11 incomplete ceramic vessels, 347 decorated
ceramic body sherds, eight decorated ceramic rim sherds, 987
undecorated ceramic body sherds, 155 undecorated ceramic rim sherds,
two bifaces, three choppers, four projectile points, five scrappers,
two unworked flakes, three utilized flakes, three manos, one pestle, 15
pieces of organic plant material, and three historic period paper
materials.
Sometime between 1920 and 1950, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed by Malcolm J. Rogers from C-155
and C-155A, a cluster of archeological sites in McCain Valley, CA,
during a museum-sponsored excavation. A site file identifies the
``Culture Type'' at this site as North and East Diegue[ntilde]o, which,
if true, would date its origins to approximately 1,300 years before
present. No known individual was identified. The 418 associated
funerary objects are two ceramic pipe fragments, 19 ceramic pendant
fragments, 24 decorated ceramic body sherds, two decorated ceramic rim
sherds, 91 undecorated ceramic body sherds, five various undecorated
ceramic sherds, 214 undecorated ceramic rim sherds, seven bifaces, two
core tools, 38 projectile points, two scrapers, four unworked flakes,
one stone paint pallet, one historic period ceramic piece, two pieces
of historic period glass, one piece of organic wood material, one
ecofact, and two modified shells.
All of the above listed sites are located within the traditional
ancestral territory of the Kumeyaay Nation, and based on archeological,
geographical, ethnographic, anthropological (burial practices), and
oral historical information, all the above listed human remains are
connected to the Kumeyaay. Today, the Kumeyaay are represented by The
Tribes.
Determinations Made by the Museum of Us
Officials of the Museum of Us have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 20 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 4,073 objects
described in this notice 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.
<bullet> 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 associated funerary objects and The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Kara Vetter, Director of Cultural Resources,
Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101,
telephone (619) 239-2001 Ext. 44, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4bfa2b1a0a0b1a694b9a1a7b1a1b9bbb2a1a7fabba6b3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef84998a9b9b8a9daf829a9c8a9a8280899a9cc1809d88">[email protected]</span></a>, by
April 11, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Museum of Us is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: March 2, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-05059 Filed 3-9-22; 8:45 am]
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