[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19689-19690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7875]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks
and Recreation, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The California Department of Parks and Recreation has
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the California
Department of Parks and Recreation. Repatriation of the human remains
to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants
come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human should contact the California
Department of Parks and Recreation at the address below by May 2, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, California
Department of Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room 902,
Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (916) 653-8893.
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 under
the control of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The
human remains were removed from three sites located in San Diego
County, 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. 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
California Department of Parks and Recreation professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine
Band of Cahuilla Indians, California (formerly the Augustine Band of
Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation); Cabazon Band of
Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the
Cahuilla Reservation, California; 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,
and 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 (formerly
the 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; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno
Indians, California (formerly the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno
Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation); 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 (formerly the
Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation);
Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California (formerly the Ramona Band or
Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California); San Pasqual Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla
Indians, California (formerly the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission
Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay
Nation; and Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California
(formerly the Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of
California) (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
The human remains were removed from three sites located in San
Diego County, CA. The geographical location of these sites indicates
that the human remains were recovered within the historically
documented territory shared by the Cahuilla and the Kumeyaay. Northern
areas of the Anza Borrego
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Desert State Park, such as the San Felipe Creek drainage, Culp Valley,
Pinyon Ridge, the Borrego Badlands, and the Borrego Valley, may have
formed a so-called ``transitional zone'' between the Cahuilla and the
Kumeyaay. The two groups would have used the areas jointly or, as
convenient, for subsistence or ceremonial needs.
The traditional territory of the Kumeyaay includes a significant
portion of present-day San Diego County up to the Aqua Hedionda area
and inland along the San Felipe Creek (just south of Borrego Springs).
Bound to the east by the Sand Hills in Imperial County and includes the
southern end of the Salton Basin and all of the Chocolate Mountains,
the territory extends southward to Todos Santos Bay, Laguna Salada and
along the New River in northern Baja California. The central and
southern portions of Anza Borrego Desert State Park lie within the
traditional territory of the Kumeyaay.
The traditional aboriginal territory of the Cahuilla, as defined by
anthropologist Lowell John Bean, encompasses a geographically diverse
area of mountains, valleys and low desert zones. The southernmost
boundary approximately followed a line from just below Borrego Springs
to the north end of the Salton Basin and the Chocolate Mountains. The
eastern boundary ran along the summit of the San Bernardino Mountains.
The northern boundary stood within the San Jacinto Plain near
Riverside, while the base of Palomar Mountain formed the western
boundary. According to Bean and archeologist William D. Strong, the
northern end of Anza Borrego Desert State Park lies within the
traditional territory of the Cahuilla and includes the areas of Borrego
Palm Canyon, Coyote Canyon, Clark Valley, the Santa Rosa Mountains,
Jackass Flat, Rockhouse Canyon and Horse Canyon.
At an unknown date in the 1930s, a human incisor representing, at
minimum, one individual was collected by Harry D. Ross from an
unidentified site and added to the Harry D. Ross Collection. The Harry
D. Ross collection, consisting primarily of flaked tools collected from
Lower Borrego, Cuyamaca and Harper Flat, were later donated to the
Bigole Archaeological Research Center in Borrego Springs, CA. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The age of the human remains is unknown. Given the lack of specific
provenience, the geographical location of the site is impossible to
determine. Based on the provenience of other objects in the Harry D.
Ross Collection, it can be reasonably assumed that these remains were
collected from the same geographic region as other objects in the
collection.
At an unknown date in the 1970s, cremated human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were collected by archeologist
William Seidel from an unidentified site northwest of the Borrego Sink
in Borrego Springs, CA. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present. The age of the human remains
is unknown.
At an unknown date prior to 1977, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed by an unidentified individual from
an unidentified site in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park and were
donated to California State Parks by Lloyd T. Findley in 1977. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The age of the human remains is unknown.
At an unknown date prior to 1976, cremated human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by an
unidentified individual from an unidentified site in the Anza Borrego
Desert State Park in San Diego County, CA, and were donated anonymously
to California State Parks in 1976. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present. The age of the human
remains is unknown.
At an unknown date prior to the 1970s, cremated human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by an
unidentified individual from an unidentified site in the Borrego Valley
area of Anza Borrego Desert State Park. The cremated human remains were
included in the DuVall Collection, which was later donated to
California Department of Parks and Recreation in the 1970s. The DuVall
Collection represents cultural materials collected on and around an
early settlers' ranch in Borrego Valley. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The age of the
human remains is unknown. Given the lack of specific provenience, the
geographical location of the site is impossible to determine. Based on
the provenience of the other objects from the DuVall Ranch in Borrego
Valley, it can be reasonably assumed that these remains were collected
from the same geographic region.
The human remains listed above were stored at facilities within the
Colorado Desert District of the California Department of Parks and
Recreation until an inventory effort was begun in 2004. Since then, the
remains have been stored at the Bigole Archaeological Research Center
(BARC-2) in Borrego Springs, CA.
Determinations made by the California Department of Parks and
Recreation
Officials of the California Department of Parks and Recreation have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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 The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Rebecca
Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, California Department of Parks and
Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room 902, telephone (916) 653-8893, before
May 2, 2012. Repatriation of the human remains to The Tribes may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible
for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 28, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-7875 Filed 3-30-12; 8:45 am]
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