Notice2024-26080
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Published
November 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89038-89040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26080]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038998; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, San
Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after December 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jaime Lennox, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile
Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, telephone (619) 594-4575, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771d1b121919180f370413040259121302"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e54525b505051467e4d5a4d4b105b5a4b">[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
SDSU, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Collections
BIOANTH-003 (B94), BIOANTH-004 (#9094), and BIOANTH-005 (#9093) each
contain human remains representing one individual, were acquired at an
unknown time, received from unknown individuals, and were removed under
unknown circumstances from unknown locations. Two of the individuals
(BIOANTH-004 and BIOANTH-005) are coated in a clear shellac or resin of
unknown substance, applied at an unknown time by an unknown individual.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Agua Caliente Band of
Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California;
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Barbareno Band of
Chumash Indians; Barbareno/Ventureno Band of Mission Indians; Big Pine
Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Cabazon Band of
Cahuilla Indians (previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,
California); Cahuilla Band of Indians; Calaveras Band of Mi-Wuk
Indians; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; California Valley
Miwok Tribe (Sheep Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of CA); Campo Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California;
Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona
Group of the 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);
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Chumash
Council of Bakersfield; Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation; Cocopah
Tribe of Arizona; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California;
Fernandeno Tatviam Band of Mission Indians; Fort Independence Indian
Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation,
California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada;
Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians--Kizh Nation;
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Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians; Gabrielino/
Tongva Nation; Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council;
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California;
Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit
Reservation, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jamul Indian Village of California; Juaneno Band of Mission Indians;
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation--Belardes; Juaneno
Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation 84A; Kern Valley Indian
Community; Kitanemuk & Yowlumne Tejon Indians; Kwaaymii Laguna Band of
Mission Indians; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; La Posta
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation,
California; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes Band of
Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 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; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; Nashville
Enterprise Miwok-Maidu-Nishinam Tribe; Northfork Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California; North Valley Yokuts Tribe (Northern Valley
Yokut/Ohlone Tribe); Northern Chumash Tribal Council; Pala Band of
Mission Indians; 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); Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian
Reservation, California & Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California;
Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation,
California; San Fernando Band of Mission Indians; San Luis Obispo
County Chumash Council; San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians; San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California;
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California; Serrano Nation of Mission Indians; Soboba Band
of Luiseno Indians, California; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Sycuan
Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Torres Martinez
Desert Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the
Tule River Reservation, California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians of California; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson
Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, &
Washoe Ranches); Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band; Xolon-Salinan
Tribe; and yak tityu tityu yak tihini--Northern Chumash Tribe.
The following Indian Tribes and Groups responded to the invitations
to consult: Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Barbareno/
Ventureno Band of Mission Indians; Cahuilla Band of Indians; Campo Band
of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation,
California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
California (Barona Group of the 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); Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians,
California; Fernandeno Tatviam Band of Mission Indians; Fort
Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort
Independence Reservation, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel,
California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and
Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of California;
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation 84A; Kern Valley
Indian Community; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, 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; Pala Band
of Mission Indians; 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 Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians;
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Soboba Band of
Luiseno Indians, California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; and
the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California.
Additionally, the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California independently reached out to SDSU.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological,
archaeological, biological, geographical, historical, other relevant
information, expert opinion, and Native American traditional knowledge.
The information, including the results of consultation, identified
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian
Reservation, California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of California (Barona Group of the 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; 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 as an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
connected to the human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
SDSU has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by
any lineal
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descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization who shows, by
a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after December 12, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, SDSU must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. SDSU is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any
consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: October 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26080 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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