[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14465-14467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6561]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Riverside Metropolitan Museum,
Riverside, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside,
CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
San Diego County, CA.
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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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Riverside Metropolitan Museum professional staff in consultation with
the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the
Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission
Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band
of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel,
California; Inaja Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Inaja
and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of California;
La Posta Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian
Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission
Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of
California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; and Viejas (Baron Long)
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from an unknown cremation site in the Mason
Valley, San Diego County, CA. In 1966, the Riverside Metropolitan
Museum purchased the human remains from Fred Bates of Riverside, CA. No
known individuals were identified. The 88 associated funerary objects
are 1 stone mano, 6 bone awls, 59 shell beads, 1 burnt fiber, 4 metal
items, 7 stone artifacts, 4 shells, 3 stone beads, 2 worked wood
artifacts, and 1 pipe fragment.
It was determined through collections research and the geographic
location that the human remains and associated funerary objects are of
Kumeyaay/Diegueno origin. Museum records indicate ``Indian Cremation
Remains.'' The Mason Valley is now divided into San Diego and Imperial
Counties, as well as Baja Norte. While the nation of original
inhabitants has been called Southern Diegueno, Diegueno-Kamia, Ipai-
Tipai and Mission Indians, the tribes prefer to be called Kumeyaay. The
Kumeyaay are a federation of autonomous, self-governing bands, that
have clearly defined territories. Descendants of the Kumeyaay are
represented by the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission
Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation,
California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay
Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of Diegue[ntilde]o
Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul
Indian Village of California; La Posta Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission
Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band
of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation,
California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the
Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of California; Sycuan Band of the
Kumeyaay Nation; and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band
of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California.
Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials
of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 88 objects described above 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. Lastly, officials of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum have
determined that, 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 associated funerary
objects and the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians
of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegue[ntilde]o
Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California;
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa
Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of
the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of
California; La Posta Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the La
Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegue[ntilde]o
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande
Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of
California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; and Viejas (Baron Long)
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Ennette Morton, Museum Director, Riverside
Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501,
telephone (951) 826-5273, before April 26, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Barona Group of
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation,
California; Campo Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Campo
Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians,
California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation,
California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La Posta Band of
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation,
California; Manzanita Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the
Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegue[ntilde]o
Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual
Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of California; Sycuan Band of
the Kumeyaay Nation; and/or Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande
Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Riverside Metropolitan Museum is responsible for notifying the
Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona
Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians
of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of
Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California;
Inaja Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit
Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La Posta
Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian
Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueo Mission Indians of
the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of
Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegue[ntilde]o Mission Indians of
California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; and Viejas (Baron Long)
Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California, and the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation
Committee, a non-Federally recognized Indian group, that this notice
has been published.
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Dated: March 2, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-6561 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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