Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 15077-15078 [2023-04896]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15077-15078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04896]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035443; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San 
Diego, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California San Diego has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from San Diego County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Eva Trujillo, University of California San Diego, 9500 
Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, telephone (858) 414-4609, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
University of California San Diego. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held 
by the University of California San Diego.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from the Shumway Lot of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego 
County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number 
``1958:XII:13 (A) SEA. (Scripps Estates) Shumway Lot.'' In 1958, Dr. 
Carl Leavitt Hubbs, an employee of the University of California, San 
Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD), removed the human 
remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 19 
associated funerary objects are one lot of chipped stone, one lot of 
modified faunal material, five lots of modified shell, one lot of 
pebbles, one lot of plant leaf fragments, one lot of soil, two lots of 
unmodified faunal material, and seven lots of unmodified shell.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Spindrift Drive of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego 
County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number 
``1961:IX:28A Dec 6'' and ``Spindrift Drive Midden Dec VI (W-1).'' In 
1961, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and 
associated funerary objects from the site. The five associated funerary 
objects are one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of charcoal, one lot of 
stone, one lot of unmodified faunal material, and one lot of unmodified 
shell.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Holter's Lot of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, 
CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ``1964:IV:Holters 
Lot Box 6.'' In 1964, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human 
remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The five 
associated funerary objects are one lot of chipped stone, one fishing 
weight, one metate fragment, one lot of pebbles and gravel, and one lot 
of unmodified shell.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This 
location is identified as Hubbs site number ``SMT 2 (maybe SMT 1) and 
Isaac's Lot.'' In 1958-1959, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the 
human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 17 
associated funerary objects are one chipped stone biface, two lots of 
lithics, two lots of plant matter, one small volcanic stone, one lot of 
stones, four lots of unmodified faunal material, and six lots of 
unmodified shell.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This 
location is identified as Hubbs site number ``SDI-525 Pit 6.'' In 1958-
1959, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and 
associated funerary objects from the site. The 14 associated funerary 
objects are one lot of modified faunal material, three lots of pebbles, 
three lots of plant matter, one shell

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pendant, two lots of unmodified faunal material, and four lots of 
unmodified shell.
    The human remains and associated funerary objects listed in this 
notice were incorporated into what became known as the ``Hubbs 
Collection.'' In 1973, Dr. Hubbs bequeathed the Hubbs Collection to the 
Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man). In March of 2004, 
the Museum of Us (MoU) deaccessioned the Hubbs Collection and donated 
it to the University of San Diego (USD) Anthropology Department, 
although some of the collection remained at the MoU. In June of 2020, 
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) became aware of the 
Hubbs Collection and, in December 2020, given the scope of the 
collection and complexities related to provenance, UCSD, MoU, and USD 
reached an agreement to work together to facilitate NAGPRA compliance.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects described in this 
notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, 
tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group 
identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 
cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. The following types of information were used to 
reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological information, 
archeological information, geographical information, historical 
information, and oral tradition.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of California San Diego, CA, has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 60 objects described in this notice 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the 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; 
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 
(previously listed as 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; Manzanita Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, 
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 
and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 10, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California San Diego must determine the most appropriate requestor 
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. The University of California San Diego is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 
identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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