Notice2022-27526
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
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Published
December 20, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2019. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated funerary objects listed in the previous notice, as well as their cultural affiliation in a collection removed from San Diego County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77886-77887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27526]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035041; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Museum of Us, San
Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego
Museum of Man) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published
in the Federal Register on May 3, 2019. This notice amends the minimum
number of individuals and the number of associated funerary objects
listed in the previous notice, as well as their cultural affiliation in
a collection removed from San Diego County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 19, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA Repatriation
Manager, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101,
telephone (619) 239-2001 Ext. 42, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2d1dfddc1ded7cbf2dfc7c1d7c7dfddd4c7c19cddc0d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5c6c8cad6c9c0dce5c8d0d6c0d0c8cac3d0d68bcad7c2">[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
Museum of Us. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
the Museum of Us.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (84 FR 19109-19111, May 3,
2019). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory
Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the counts of the
minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary
objects, and the cultural affiliation as listed in the original notice.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one additional individual, and
18 additional associated funerary objects were added to the inventory
from the site cluster complex CA-SDI-149 & CA-SDI-4935A (W-198 & W-
186), located east of Rancho Santa Fe, near the south bank of the San
Dieguito River in San Diego County, CA. One additional associated
funerary object was added to the inventory from a location near Fox
Point (Woodley), now Leucadia Boulevard, in Carlsbad, San Diego County,
CA. Five additional Indian Tribes are determined to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary objects
listed in this amended notice.
Human Remains
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Original
Site number of Amended number
individuals of individuals
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Site cluster complex: CA-SDI-149 & CA- 3 4
SDI-4935A (W-198 and W-186,
respectively) in San Diego County, CA
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Associated Funerary Objects
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Original Amended
Site number number Amended description
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Unknown location near Fox Point 20 21 one soil sample, five ecofacts, one lot
(Woodley), which is now Leucadia of unmodified shell, one unmodified
Boulevard, in Carlsbad, San Diego shell, three chipped stone core tools,
County CA. two utilized flakes, two chipped stone
unworked flakes, three chipped stone
scrapers, one metate, one groundstone
with asphaltum, and one mano fragment.
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Site cluster complex: CA-SDI-149 & CA- 2,713 2,731 one lot of mixed and human faunal bones,
SDI-4935A (W-198 and W-186, one modified faunal bone, 63 unmodified
respectively) in San Diego County, CA. faunal bones, 60 lots of faunal bone,
two undecorated ceramic body sherds, 17
lots of undecorated body sherds, five
undecorated ceramic rim sherds, three
lots of undecorated ceramic rim sherds,
94 chipped stone biface tools, 61
chipped stone choppers, 40 chipped
stone cores, 28 chipped stone core
tools, one stone drill, two stone
crescents, 15 projectile points, 174
stone scrapers, 947 unworked flakes,
633 lots of unworked flakes, 71
utilized flakes, 23 lots of utilized
flakes, 30 manos, five metates, 16
historic ceramic sherds, seven lots of
historic ceramic sherds, 28 fragments
of historic glass, 35 lots of historic
glass fragments, one metal clover
ornament, one metal earring, one metal
pig figurine, 71 lots of metal
including nails, bail bearings, pins,
buttons, bullets and various fragments;
one spoon, three lots of wood, one lot
of brick fragments, 11 lots of
charcoal, two lots of plastic, four
lots of leather sole fragments, six
lots of seeds, one lot of pieces of
rubber, 11 ecofacts, seven lots of
ecofacts, one lot of red ochre, one
modified shell, 23 unmodified shells,
51 lots of unmodified shell, 98 lots of
soil, 38 pollen samples, 29
hammerstones, six battered stones, and
one fire affected stone.
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Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Museum of Us has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this amended notice
represent the physical remains of 17 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 3,528 objects described in this amended 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and Campo Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Capitan Grande
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of Captain
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 Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California (previously
listed as La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla
Reservation); 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 (previously listed as 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 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
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Soboba Band of
Luiseno Indians, California; and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 19, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Museum of Us
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The Museum of Us is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: December 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27526 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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