Notice2025-04199
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA
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Published
March 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, Naval Weapons Station (NAVWPNSTA) Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook (DET Fallbrook) intends to carry out the disposition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12357-12358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04199]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039423; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Defense, Navy,
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook, Fallbrook, 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), U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, Naval
Weapons Station (NAVWPNSTA) Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook (DET
Fallbrook) intends to carry out the disposition of unassociated
funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony
removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in
this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or
after April 16, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by March
17, 2026, the cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed
cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Scott Mattingly, Cultural Resources Manager, Naval Weapons
Station Seal Beach, 800 Seal Beach Blvd., B230, Seal Beach, CA 90740,
telephone (562) 626-6067, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f182929e8585df90df9c908585989f969d88df929887b18482df9f908788df9c989d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ceffff3e8e8b2fdb2f1fde8e8f5f2fbf0e5b2fff5eadce9efb2f2fdeae5b2f1f5f0">[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
NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach, and additional information on the cultural items
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for
the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, one lot of unassociated
funerary objects, and one lot of sacred objects/objects of cultural
patrimony have been collected from DET Fallbrook. The objects include
tourmaline crystals, a quartz crystal, ceramic pipe fragments, and
shell beads.
In 1992, eight tourmaline crystals were excavated and collected
during a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluation of site
CA-SDI-12205. In 1997, two Olivella shell beads and two Tizon Brown
Ware ceramic pipe fragments were excavated and collected during an NRHP
evaluation of site CA-SDI-10158. In 2013, one quartz crystal was
excavated and collected during an NRHP evaluation of site CA-SDI-14374.
All three sites are located at DET Fallbrook, in San Diego County,
California. At the time that the cultural items were collected, no
Tribal Nations were notified because these items were not known to be
NAGPRA cultural items. The cultural items are currently curated at the
San Diego Archaeological Center.
Determinations
NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach has determined that:
<bullet> The one lot of unassociated funerary objects described in
this notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally
with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native
American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge
of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a
preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation
to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The one lot of sacred objects/objects of cultural
patrimony described in this notice is, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, a specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical,
traditional, or
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cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any
constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial
society, or other subdivision).
<bullet> The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, 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 the Rincon Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of
Luiseno Indians, California have priority for disposition of the
cultural items described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the cultural items in this notice
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by March 17,
2026, the cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed cultural
items. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or
after April 16, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are received,
the NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach must determine the most appropriate claimant
prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the cultural
items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The
NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: January 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04199 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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