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The ceramic pipe fragments were Officials of the Diegueno of ; discovered during the curation process. Archaeological Center have determined Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission In 1988, 1989, and 1995, the site that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, designated CA-SDI–10998, also known the 14 cultural items described above California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno as the Waldo site, located in the City of are specific ceremonial objects needed Mission Indians of California; and Lemon Grove, San Diego County, CA, in by traditional Native American religious Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan the floodplain of Spring Valley, was leaders for the practice of traditional Grande Band of Mission Indians of the excavated by California Department of Native American religions by their Viejas Reservation, California may Transportation staff as part of the present-day adherents. Officials of the proceed after that date if no additional archeological testing for State Routes 54 San Diego Archaeological Center also claimants come forward. and 125. One sucking tube or cloud have determined that, pursuant to 25 The San Diego Archaeological Center blower pipe, two natural quartz crystals, U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship is responsible for notifying the one stone projectile point, and two of shared group identity that can be Cultural Repatriation pieces of red ochre were part of the reasonably traced between the sacred Committee; Barona Group of Capitan collections received by the San Diego objects and the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Archaeological Center on August 8, Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Campo 2000, and on November 15, 2000. Site Barona Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of CA SDI–10998 is described in the Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo , archeology report as a short-term the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of habitation site of the late Prehistoric California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Inaja period. The site is thought to be a Kumeyaay Indians, California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of satellite or component of the contact- Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, period village of Meti and falls within the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; of the traditional Kumeyaay (Tipai) California; Jamul Indian Village of California; La Posta Band of Diegueno territory. The cultural items were California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian discovered by San Diego Archaeological Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band Center staff while they prepared the Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the collection for permanent curation. The of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa cultural items were described in the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission archeological report as part of a Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, shaman’s cache, although they were Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of found dispersed throughout the site. California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; In 2000, the site designated CA-SDI– Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 14788, located near South Chollas Creek Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, in southern San Diego County, CA, was Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno excavated by Tierra Environmental California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; and Services as part of the development of Mission Indians of California; and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan the property. One quartz crystal was Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the among the collection taken to the San Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California that this Diego Archaeological Center in Viejas Reservation, California. notice has been published. September 2000 for curation. The crystal was discovered during Representatives of any other Indian Dated: January 28, 2004. preparation of the collection for tribe that believes itself to be culturally John Robbins, curation. Monitoring and some data affiliated with the sacred objects should Assistant Director, Cultural Resources. recovery was conducted pursuant to the contact Cindy Stankowski, Director, San [FR Doc. 04–6645 Filed 3–24–04; 8:45 am] California Environmental Quality Act. Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San BILLING CODE 4310–50–S Radiocarbon dates place habitation of Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA the site between about 650 years B.P. 92027, before April 26, 2004. and the modern period (1940–1950). Repatriation of the sacred objects to the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Archeological evidence, including Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation artifacts typical of the late Prehistoric Committee on behalf of the Barona National Park Service period (3500 B.P. to circa A.D. 1700) Group of Capitan Grande Band of indicates that the sites described above Mission Indians of the Barona Notice of Inventory Completion: San are Native American. The sacred nature Reservation, California; Campo Band of Diego Archaeological Center, San of the objects is indicated by Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Diego, CA archeological and historical literature, Indian Reservation, California; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. as well as oral historical evidence Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay ACTION: Notice. presented during consultation. Ceramic Indians, California; Inaja Band of pipes, shaman’s caches, natural quartz Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja Notice is here given in accordance crystals, stone sucking tubes or cloud and Cosmit Reservation, California; with the Native American Graves blower pipes, long-bodied stone Jamul Indian Village of California; La Protection and Repatriation Act projectile points, and red ochre are used Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the in sacred ceremonies by the Kumeyaay. of the La Posta Indian Reservation, completion of an inventory of human Archeological and historical literature California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno remains and associated funerary objects and oral historical evidence presented Mission Indians of the Manzanita in the possession of San Diego during consultation confirms that all of Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA. the sites described above are located Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of The human remains and associated within traditional and historical the Mesa Grande Reservation, funerary objects were removed from six Kumeyaay territory. California; San Pasqual Band of sites in San Diego County, CA.

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This notice is published as part of the known individual was identified. The Committee have determined that the National Park Service’s administrative 26 associated funerary objects are remains are likely to be human. No responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 fragments of fossilized nonhuman bone, other items subject to NAGPRA were U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations shells, and stone flakes. found in the collection. No known within this notice are the sole In 1973, human remains representing individual was identified. No associated responsibility of the museum, a minimum of one individual were funerary objects are present. institution, or Federal agency that has removed from site CA-SDI–5699 in In 1995, human remains representing control of the Native American human Santee, San Diego County, CA, during a minimum of one individual were remains and associated funerary objects excavations conducted by removed from site CA-SDI–9273 in the The National Park Service is not Archaeological Consulting Technology, southeastern part of San Diego County, responsible for the determinations Inc. (ACT), for Time For Living, Inc., a CA, near the United States- within this notice. residential development. The collection border and the city of Tecate, Mexico. A detailed assessment of the human of archeological materials from the site Site CA-SDI–9273 was excavated in remains was made by San Diego was stored by ACT until 1998, when it 1995 by Caltrans’s District 11 Archaeological Center professional staff was donated to the San Diego Environmental Analysis Branch as part in consultation with representatives of Archaeological Center. No other items of a cultural resources assessment prior the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation subject to NAGPRA were found in the to development of the property. The site Committee, which is the authorized collection. No known individual was was described in a Caltrans report as NAGPRA representative of the Barona identified. No associated funerary containing a human cremation feature, Group of Capitan Grande Band of objects are present. Other human ceramic and lithic scatter, faunal Mission Indians of the Barona remains from site CA-SDI–5699 were material, and other artifacts associated Reservation, California; Campo Band of repatriated to the Cuyapaipe with village life. The report also Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Community of Diegueno Mission mentions discovery of inhumations and Indian Reservation, California; Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, the proposed reburial of the human Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay now known as Ewiiaapaayp Band of remains, which would occur after Indians, California; Inaja Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California, in 1973, project completion. The collection of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and unassociated funerary objects from archeological materials was brought to and Cosmit Reservation, California; the site were reported in a notice of the San Diego Archaeological Center on Jamul Indian Village of California; La intent to repatriate published in the August 11, 2001, and the cremated Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Federal Register on May 23, 2000 (FR human remains were discovered while of the La Posta Indian Reservation, Doc. 00–12850, pages 33352–33353). preparing the collection for permanent California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno The San Diego Archaeological Center is curation. No other items subject to Mission Indians of the Manzanita currently engaged in the long-term NAGPRA were found in the collection. Reservation, California; Mesa Grande processing of this poorly documented The collection also includes 108 Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of collection. cataloged items, including chipped the Mesa Grande Reservation, In or around 1978, human remains stone, and faunal and Historic-period California; San Pasqual Band of representing a minimum of one artifacts. No known individual was Diegueno Mission Indians of California; individual were removed from site CA- identified. No associated funerary Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission SDI–4765 in southern San Diego objects are present. Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, County, CA, during excavations In 1996–1997, human remains California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno conducted by Archaeological Consulting representing a minimum of two Mission Indians of California; and Technology, Inc. (ACT) for a private individuals were removed from CA- Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan subdivision project. The collection of SDI–4530, also known as the Salt Creek Grande Band of Mission Indians of the archeological materials from the site Ranch site, in southern San Diego Viejas Reservation, California. was stored by ACT until 1998, when it County, CA. Site CA-SDI–4530 lies On February 4, 1971, human remains was donated to the San Diego partially within the Bonita-Miguel representing a minimum of one Archaeological Center. No other items National Register District, northwest of individual were discovered by a private subject to NAGPRA were found in the the upper Otay Reservoir and across individual on his property at the far collection. No known individual was Proctor Road. Site CA-SDI–4530 was western end of Batiquitos Lagoon, identified. No associated funerary excavated for Pacific Bay Homes in Leucadia, San Diego County, CA. The objects are present. 1996–1997 by Brian F. Smith & human remains were removed by the In 1993 or 1994, human remains Associates. Native American consultant individual and kept in his possession representing a minimum of one Clarence Brown monitored the until 2004. Examination of the human individual were removed from site CA- excavation. A partial copy of the site remains by the San Diego County Sheriff SDI–9243 in Santee, San Diego County, report indicates that the site was confirmed that they are ancient and, CA, during excavations undertaken by excavated at an earlier unknown date by based on the age of the human remains, the California Department of ERC, an environmental company. The shape of the teeth, and the provenience, Transportation (Caltrans). When the collection of archeological materials experts at local museums confirmed that collection of archeological materials excavated in 1996–1997 was they are Native American. On January from site CA-SDI–9243 was accessioned accessioned by the San Diego 13, 2004, the human remains were by the San Diego Archaeological Center Archaeological Center in August 1999. donated to the San Diego Archaeological as part of the Caltrans District 11 No other items subject to NAGPRA were Center by the private landowner, and collection, bones were found with a found in the collection. No known were accessioned at that time. Stone note that they had been identified by an individuals were identified. No tools, perhaps associated with the expert at the San Diego Museum of Man associated funerary objects are present. burial, and reported in a 1971 as ‘‘possibly human.’’ San Diego newspaper article, are no longer in the Archaeological Center staff in Archeological evidence, including individual’s possession and the location consultation with representatives of the artifacts typical of the late Prehistoric of the stone tools is unknown. 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circa A.D. 1700), indicates that the sites Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA Dated: January 29, 2004. described above were either burial or 92027, telephone (760) 291–0370, before John Robbins, habitation sites of Native Americans. April 26, 2004. Assistant Director, Cultural Resources. Some of the human remains show Repatriation of the human remains to [FR Doc. 04–6648 Filed 3–24–04; 8:45 am] evidence of cremation, which was the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation BILLING CODE 4310–50–S typical of the burial practices during Committee on behalf of the Barona this cultural period. The human remains Group of Capitan Grande Band of were likely interred before the arrival of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Europeans in the area. Archeological Mission Indians of the Barona and historical literature, and oral Reservation, California; Campo Band of National Park Service historical evidence presented during Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo consultation, confirm that all of the sites Indian Reservation, California; Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural described above are located within Cuyapaipe Community of Diegueno Items: U.S. Department of Defense, traditional and historical Kumeyaay Mission Indians of the Cuyapaipe Department of the Army, U.S. Army territory. Reservation, California; Inaja Band of Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, Officials of the San Diego Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja Fort Huachuca, AZ Archaeological Center have determined and Cosmit Reservation, California; AGENCY: that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), Jamul Indian Village of California; La National Park Service, Interior. the human remains listed above Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians ACTION: Notice. represent the physical remains of a of the La Posta Indian Reservation, Notice is here given in accordance minimum of seven individuals of Native California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno with the Native American Graves American ancestry. Officials of the San Mission Indians of the Manzanita Protection and Repatriation Act Diego Archaeological Center also have Reservation, California; Mesa Grande (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.8 (f), of the intent determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of to repatriate cultural items in the 3001 (3)(A), the 26 objects described the Mesa Grande Reservation, possession of the U.S. Department of above are reasonably believed to have California; San Pasqual Band of Defense, Department of the Army, U.S. been placed with or near individual Diegueno Mission Indians of California; human remains at the time of death or Army Intelligence Center and Fort Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, AZ, that later as part of the death rite or Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, ceremony. Lastly, officials of the San meet the definition of unassociated California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Diego Archaeological Center also have funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001 Mission Indians of California; and determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. (3)(B). 3001 (2), there is a relationship of Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan This notice is published as part of the shared group identity that can be Grande Band of Mission Indians of the National Park Service’s administrative reasonably traced between the Native Viejas Reservation, California may responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR American human remains and proceed after that date if no additional 10.8 (f). The determinations within this associated funerary objects and the claimants come forward. notice are the sole responsibility of the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band The San Diego Archaeological Center museum, institution, or Federal agency of Mission Indians of the Barona is responsible for notifying the that has control of the cultural items. Reservation, California; Campo Band of Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation The National Park Service is not Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Committee; Barona Group of Capitan responsible for the determinations within this notice. Indian Reservation, California; Grande Band of Mission Indians of the The eight unassociated funerary Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Barona Reservation, California; Campo objects are one group of shell Indians, California; Inaja Band of Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of ornaments, two ceramic vessels, one Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja the Campo Indian Reservation, ceramic dice cup, one ceramic figurine, and Cosmit Reservation, California; California; Cuyapaipe Community of two stone effigies, and one stone rasp. Jamul Indian Village of California; La Diegueno Mission Indians of the Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; Inaja The funerary objects were recovered of the La Posta Indian Reservation, Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno in association with a cremation burial the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, from excavations at the Garden Canyon Mission Indians of the Manzanita California; Jamul Indian Village of Reservation, California; Mesa Grande site, AZ EE:11:13 (ASM), Fort California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Huachuca, AZ, conducted by a Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian the Mesa Grande Reservation, University of Arizona graduate student Reservation, California; Manzanita Band California; San Pasqual Band of in 1964 with permission from Fort Diegueno Mission Indians of California; of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Huachuca. Between 1964 and July 2003, Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa the funerary objects and human remains Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, Grande Band of Diegueno Mission were curated at the Fort Huachuca California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, History Museum. Mission Indians of California; and California; San Pasqual Band of When collections from the Fort Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Huachuca History Museum were Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission transferred to the Environmental and Viejas Reservation, California. Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, Natural Resources Division at Fort Representatives of any other Indian California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno Huachuca in July 2003, the human tribe that believes itself to be culturally Mission Indians of California; and remains could not be located. affiliated with the human remains and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan The context and style of artifacts associated funerary objects should Grande Band of Mission Indians of the recovered from the Garden Canyon site contact Cindy Stankowski, Director, San Viejas Reservation, California that this are representative of the archeological Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San notice has been published. Hohokam culture as defined in the

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