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believed, by a preponderance of the ; Sycuan Band of Diegueno responsibility of the museum, evidence, to have been removed from a of California; and institution, or Federal agency that has specific burial site of a Native American Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan control of the cultural items. The individual. Officials of the Grande Band of Mission Indians of the National Park Service is not responsible Archaeological Center also have Viejas Reservation, California may for the determinations within this determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. proceed after that date if no additional notice. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of claimants come forward. The 14 cultural items are 7 ceramic shared group identity that can be The San Diego Archaeological Center pipe fragments, 3 natural quartz reasonably traced between the is responsible for notifying the crystals, 1 stone sucking tube or cloud unassociated funerary objects and the Cultural Repatriation blower pipe, 1 stone long-bodied Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band Committee; Barona Group of Capitan projectile point, and 2 pieces of red of Mission Indians of the Barona Grande Band of Mission Indians of the ochre, which were excavated from 5 Reservation, California; Campo Band of Barona Reservation, California; Campo archeological sites in San Diego County, Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of CA. , California; the , In 1991, site CA-SDI–5075 was Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of excavated as part of a subdivision Indians, California; Inaja Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Inaja project near the community of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Olivenhain, Carlsbad, in northern San and Cosmit Reservation, California; the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, Diego County, CA. Artifacts from the of California; La California; Jamul Indian Village of excavation were taken to the San Diego Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Archaeological Center in November of the La Posta Indian Reservation, Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian 2000. When preparation for curation of California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Reservation, California; Manzanita Band the collection began in 2003, two Mission Indians of the Manzanita of Diegueno Mission Indians of the ceramic pipe fragments were discovered Reservation, California; Mesa Grande Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa among the other items. Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Grande Band of Diegueno Mission the Mesa Grande Reservation, Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, In 1973, site CA-SDI–5699 was California; San Pasqual Band of California; San Pasqual Band of excavated as part of a development Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Diegueno Mission Indians of California; project in the City of Santee, in Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission southeastern San Diego County, CA. Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, Artifacts from the excavation were taken California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno California; Sycuan Band of Diegueno to the San Diego Archaeological Center, Mission Indians of California; and Mission Indians of California; and and were accessioned on October 12, Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan 1998. One ceramic pipe fragment was Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Grande Band of Mission Indians of the discovered in the collection from site Viejas Reservation, California. Viejas Reservation, California that this CA-SDI–5699. The San Diego Representatives of any other Indian notice has been published. Archaeological Center is currently tribe that believes itself to be culturally Dated: January 28, 2004. engaged in long-term processing of this affiliated with the unassociated funerary John Robbins, poorly documented collection and objects should contact Cindy Assistant Director, Cultural Resources. periodically notifies tribes after cultural Stankowski, Director, San Diego [FR Doc. 04–6644 Filed 3–24–04; 8:45 am] items subject to NAGPRA are discovered. Archaeological Center, 16666 San BILLING CODE 4310–50–S Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA On October 21, 1998, the San Diego 92027, before April 26, 2004. Archaeological Center received a Repatriation of the unassociated DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR collection including one ceramic pipe funerary objects to the Kumeyaay fragment from a site designated CA-SDI– Cultural Repatriation Committee on National Park Service 8022. There was no documentation with behalf of the Barona Group of Capitan the collection and the only location Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural name that is associated with this site is Barona Reservation, California; Campo Items: San Diego Archaeological ‘‘Vista Serrena,’’ which is in the San Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Center, San Diego, CA Pasqual Valley area of San Diego the Campo Indian Reservation, AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. County, CA. Preparation of the California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of collection for curation began in 2003, ACTION: Notice. Kumeyaay Indians, California; Inaja and the ceramic pipe fragment was Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of Notice is here given in accordance discovered at that time. the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, with the Native American Graves In 1994, the site designated CA-SDI– California; Jamul Indian Village of Protection and Repatriation Act 11453, located near the village of California; La Posta Band of Diegueno (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent Sunnyside, San Diego County, CA, 1.4 Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian to repatriate cultural items in the km south of the Sweetwater Dam and Reservation, California; Manzanita Band possession of the San Diego 0.6 km east of the Sweetwater River was of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, excavated by Brian F. Mooney & Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa that meet the definition of sacred objects Associates for the California Department Grande Band of Diegueno Mission under 25 U.S.C. 3001. of Transportation as part of the Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, This notice is published as part of the proposed State Route 125. Three California; San Pasqual Band of National Park Service’s administrative ceramic pipe fragments were part of the Diegueno Mission Indians of California; responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 collection from CA-SDI–11453, Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations accessioned by San Diego Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, within this notice are the sole Archaeological Center in August 2000.

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The ceramic pipe fragments were Officials of the San Diego Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 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 Kumeyaay 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 Indian Reservation, 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; Jamul Indian Village 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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