Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, CA, 2906-2907 [2019-01617]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2906-2907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01617]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027195; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Diego Museum 
of Man, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The San Diego Museum of Man, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or 
objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written 
request to the San Diego Museum of Man. If no additional claimants come 
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the San Diego Museum of Man at 
the address in this notice by March 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Ben Garcia, San Diego Museum of Man, 1350 El Prado, San 
Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-2001, email 
bgarcia@museumofman.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, CA, that meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and 
objects of cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    In 1928, one cultural item was bequeathed to the San Diego Museum 
of Man by Abbie Warren Goodale Boutelle. The item was collected by Mrs. 
Boutelle from an unknown context. Beginning in 1895, Mrs. Boutelle and 
her husband acquired extensive collections of cultural items made by 
California indigenous communities. At the time of her death, Mrs. 
Boutelle left more than 300 Native American cultural resources to the 
San Diego Museum of Man. The one object of cultural patrimony is a 
storage basket.
    In 1931, three cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum 
of Man by Mrs. Stewart Kendall. These items were collected from an 
unknown context by the donor's father-in-law, most likely between 1890 
and 1906. The two sacred objects are a basket cap, and an apron made of 
twisted strands of yellow and brown colored grass and decorated with a 
band of seed pods. The one object of cultural patrimony is a basket 
tray.
    In 1931, 13 cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Commander and Mrs. Earl B. Brix. These items were collected from 
an unknown context by Mrs. Brix's father, Dr. William L. Kneedler, a 
U.S. Army surgeon whose various Army appointments enabled him to 
collect cultural items from various locales. The one unassociated 
funerary object is a basket cap. The six sacred objects are basket 
caps. The six objects of cultural patrimony are four mush baskets, one 
storage basket, and one burden basket.
    In 1936, two cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Dr. J. H. Mallery. These items were collected from an unknown 
context by Dr. Mallery. The two objects of cultural patrimony are one 
burden basket and one baby basket.
    In 1939, one cultural item was donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Mrs. Herbert Doolittle. This item was collected from an unknown 
context. The sacred item is a basket cap.
    In 1941, one cultural item was donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Mrs. Emma A. Davis. This item was collected from an unknown 
context. The sacred item is a basket cap.
    In 1945, two cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Ruth Ingersoll Baily. These items were collected from an unknown 
context. The two objects of cultural patrimony are one cooking basket 
and one burden basket.
    In 1946, three cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum 
of Man by the heirs of Edith H. Williams. These items were collected by 
Mrs. Williams from an unknown context. The two sacred objects are 
basket caps. The one object of cultural patrimony is a mush basket.
    In 1951, one cultural item was donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Dr. Henry Stoever. These items were collected from an unknown 
context. The object of cultural patrimony is a mush basket.
    In 1953, two cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Mrs. Irving T. Snyder. These items were collected by Mrs. Snyder 
from an unknown context prior to 1935, but most likely around 1900. The 
one unassociated funerary object is a puberty basket. The one sacred 
objects is a basket cap.
    In 1956, one cultural item was purchased by the San Diego Museum of 
Man from Fred T. Wheeler Curios. This item was collected from an 
unknown context. The sacred item is a drum. The drum is rawhide 
stretched over a square wooden frame with a braided leather loop handle 
at top. The drum is painted red with black and yellow geometric 
designs.
    In 1956, one cultural item was received by the San Diego Museum of 
Man as part of an exchange with the Denver Museum of Art. The item was 
collected by Grace Nicholson at an unknown date and from an unknown 
context. The sacred item is a headband. The headband is made of white 
buckskin adorned with red woodpecker scalps, woodpecker feathers, 
cormorant or mallard feathers, and white deer hair. When not in use, 
the headband is wrapped on a cylindrical log of wood.
    In 1957, seven cultural items were received at the San Diego Museum 
of Man as part of an exchange with the State Indian Museum. These 
objects were acquired by the State Indian Museum through an unknown 
context. The three sacred items are one headdress, one set of feather 
plumes, and one otter-skin quiver. The four unassociated funerary 
objects are two obsidian blades and two steatite pipes. The headdress 
is a buckskin hoop stuffed with bark fiber and covered with woodpecker 
and duck feathers, as well as deer hair. Small slits on either side of 
the hoop are for the holding ceremonial feather plumes. The 
accompanying feather plumes are of

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great blue heron feathers attached with sinew to a pointed stick.
    In 1961, one cultural item was purchased by the San Diego Museum of 
Man from Ralph Altman of Altman Antiques. No additional information 
exists as to the context from which this item was collected. The sacred 
object is a buckskin and abalone shell dress with glass beading.
    In 1963, two cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Dr. Janice Kelly. These objects were collected by the donor's 
mother from an unknown context sometime around 1900. The two objects of 
cultural patrimony are one storage basket and one basket tray.
    In 1964, six cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Mr. Robert Whitson Jr. These objects were collected from an 
unknown context by the donor's grand-father, Mr. W. W. Whitson, who 
operated a curio shop in Coronado, CA prior to 1900. The one sacred 
object is a basket cap. The five objects of cultural patrimony are one 
hopper basket, three mush baskets, and one basket tray.
    In 1969, one cultural item was donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by the Serra Museum, San Diego Historical Society. This object was 
collected by the Serra Museum from an unknown context. The object of 
cultural patrimony is a storage basket.
    In 1975, one cultural resource was donated to the San Diego Museum 
of Man by Mrs. I. Norman Lawson. This item was collected by Mrs. Lawson 
sometime around 1925 from an unknown source in the Santa Fe area of New 
Mexico. The sacred item is a basket cap.
    In 1984, one cultural item was donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Dorothy Copeland and Walter D. Cannon, Jr. This item was 
collected by the donors' parents, Walter and Lucia Cannon, around 1916. 
The Cannons were prolific basket collectors in Southern California 
between 1906 and 1942, and operated a general store in Campo, CA 
beginning in 1932. They regularly traded goods and commodities with 
local indigenous people in exchange for cultural items. The one sacred 
item is a basket cap.
    In 1989, three cultural items were donated to the San Diego Museum 
of Man by Mrs. Margaret Barlow. These items were collected from an 
unknown context. The three sacred items are basket caps.
    In 2002, one cultural item was donated to the San Diego Museum of 
Man by Ira Feinswog. This item was collected from an unknown context. 
The one sacred item is a basket cap.
    Sometime, prior to 1957, and most likely around 1929, one cultural 
item was donated to the San Diego Museum of Man by a Mrs. Carter. No 
additional information exists as to the context from which the item was 
collected. The one object of cultural patrimony is a mush basket.
    At an unknown date, the San Diego Museum of Man acquired four 
cultural objects that lack information and documentation concerning the 
donor or the context of collection. The three unassociated funerary 
objects are one mush basket, one obsidian blade, and one cluster of 
deer hooves. The one object of cultural patrimony is a mush basket.
    Information provided during consultation between the San Diego 
Museum of Man and the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the 
Smith River Rancheria, California) documented and confirmed the 
identification and affiliation of these cultural items. Representatives 
from the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River 
Rancheria, California) informed the Museum that the items identified 
above as sacred objects are needed by present-day religious leaders for 
use in modern day religious ceremonies by the Tolowa Dee-ni' adherents, 
including the Naa-yvlh-sri-nee-dash (World Renewal Feather Dance), the 
Ch'a~lh-day wvn Srdee-yvn (Flower Dance), and the Shin-chu Nee-dash 
(Summer solstice Nee-dash).
    Certain indicators on the items identified above as unassociated 
funerary objects show they are funerary, and to have been buried with 
individual human remains at the time of death as part of the death rite 
of the Tolowa Dee-ni' culture. As the San Diego Museum of Man does not 
possess or control any human remains of Tolowa Dee-ni, these objects 
are unassociated funerary objects.
    Those items identified above as objects of cultural patrimony were 
shown by Tolowa Dee-ni' representatives to have an ongoing and 
historical cultural importance to the people of the Nation. The Tolowa 
Dee-ni' consider these objects to be communally owned by the Tolowa 
Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, 
California) and to be inalienable by any individual.

Determinations Made by the San Diego Museum of Man

    Officials of the San Diego Museum of Man have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the nine cultural items 
identified above as unassociated funerary objects 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 and 
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed 
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 26 cultural items 
identified above as sacred objects are specific ceremonial objects 
needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the 
practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day 
adherents.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 24 cultural items 
identified above as objects of cultural patrimony have ongoing 
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native 
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an 
individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural 
patrimony and the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith 
River Rancheria, California).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Ben Garcia, San Diego Museum of Man, 1350 El 
Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-2001, email 
bgarcia@museumofman.org, by March 11, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of 
unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural 
patrimony to the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith 
River Rancheria, California) may proceed.
    The San Diego Museum of Man is responsible for notifying the Tolowa 
Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, 
California) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 17, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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