Notice2024-15835
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
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Published
July 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58410-58411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15835]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038290; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us has completed an inventory
of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after August 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: 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#c1a2acaeb2ada4b881acb4b2a4b4acaea7b4b2efaeb3a6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ffcf2f0ecf3fae6dff2eaecfaeaf2f0f9eaecb1f0edf8">[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, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
The 77 associated funerary objects are from two sites. The 18
associated funerary objects removed from Elliot Mound (CV-7; CA-SAC-88)
in Sacramento County, CA, include 18 spool-shaped baked clay items. The
59 associated funerary objects removed from Willow Mound (CV-18) in
Sacramento County, CA include 14 bone beads, one bone tube, seven
Haliotis ornaments, two strings of clam shell beads, one string
Olivella beads, two strings glass trade beads, one lot loose beads, one
carbonized hair and textile material fragment, five charmstone
fragments, three pieces miscellaneous stone; six pieces miscellaneous
material, five perforated stone discoidals, one obsidian projectile
point, two brass buttons, one brass buckle, and seven metal objects.
Between 1930 and 1936, the 77 associated funerary objects were
removed by Henry Gibbs, a private collector and looter. In 1937, Paul
A. Walker purchased Gibbs' Central Valley, California archeological
collection. Walker was an amateur archeologist and collector who worked
by himself and with other amateur archeologists, and in collaboration
with the University of California and Sacramento Junior College. Over
the course of his life, Walker amassed an extensive archeological
collection from California's Central Valley and smaller collections
from Northern and Southern California, and outside of California.
In1968, Walker's private archeological collection was acquired by the
San Diego Museum of Man (now Museum of Us) through a purchase/donation
transaction with Walker's widow, Bessie B. Walker.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Museum of Us has determined that:
<bullet> The 77 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the Wilton Rancheria,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 19, 2024. 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 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 and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15835 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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