Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 15070-15071 [2023-04897]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 15070 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Notices the processing of withdrawal applications, and the Secretary of the Interior makes a recommendation to Congress on applications for withdrawals of this size for defense purposes, Congress will decide whether to extend the existing withdrawal for the Yukon Training Area and Donnelly Training Areas East and West. This notice invites the public to comment on the application for withdrawal extension and notifies the public that a public meeting will occur. The Army is preparing a legislative environmental impact statement (EIS) in support of the legislative proposal and published a notice of intent to conduct public scoping under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in the Federal Register on September 24, 2021 (86 FR 53038). The Army conducted a virtual public scoping meeting on October 13, 2021, and accepted comments on potential alternatives, potential environmental impacts, information, and analyses relevant to the proposed action. The NEPA scoping period ended on October 25, 2021. The BLM is participating as a cooperating agency in the preparation of the legislative EIS, and the draft legislative EIS is anticipated to be published soon. Information on the environmental review process can be viewed at the Army’s project website at https:// www.aklweleis.com/. For a period until June 8, 2023, all persons who wish to submit comments in connection with the withdrawal application may present their comments in writing to the Alaska State Director at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section earlier. All comments received will be considered before the Secretary of the Interior makes any recommendation for withdrawal to Congress. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. In addition, BLM and Army will host public meetings on Monday, April 10, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel and Conference Center, Yukon Room, 813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, Alaska, and on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Delta Junction Community Center, 2287 Deborah Street, Delta Junction, Alaska. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 The withdrawal extension application will be processed in accordance with MLWA, and to the extent consistent with MWLA, the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4 and subject to section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, (16 U.S.C. 3120). (Authority: 43 CFR 2310.4.) Steven M. Cohn, Alaska State Director. [FR Doc. 2023–04988 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4331–10–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035446; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: 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 e7trujillo@ ucsd.edu. SUMMARY: 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a location near Oceanside, located on the north side of the Loma Alta Valley, in San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ‘‘1963:III:31(A).’’ In 1963, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs, an employee of the University of California, San Diego/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, removed the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site and incorporated them into what became known as the ‘‘Hubbs Collection.’’ The eight associated funerary objects are one lot of charcoal, one lot of chipped stone cores, one lot of chipped stone scrapers, one lot of river rock, one lot of organic residue, one lot of unmodified shell, one lot of unworked flakes, and one lot of utilized flakes. Dr. Hubbs bequeathed the Hubbs Collection to the Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man) in 1973. 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 MoU. In June of 2020, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) became aware of the Hubbs Collection and, in December of 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: oral tradition, archeological information, and geographical information. 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 one individual of Native American ancestry. E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 • The eight 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 Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California (previously listed as La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation); 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; Pala Band of Mission Indians (previously listed as Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California); Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 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, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 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. [FR Doc. 2023–04897 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035451; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from a site between Matamoras and Dingman’s Ferry in Pike County, Pennsylvania. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Julia McCarthy, Interim Director of Collections, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, telephone (617) 369–3499, email jmccarthy@mfa.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15071 responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the MFA. 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 summary or related records held by the MFA. Description The 11 cultural items were removed in 1962 from the property of Marie Zimmermann, located between Matamoras and Dingman’s Ferry, in Pike County, Pennsylvania. The site was excavated by Lenape Chapter 12 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. During these excavations, 22 Native American graves were uncovered. The objects listed in this notice were kept by an amateur archeologist working at the site. His widow sold them to a New Jersey dealer who, in turn, sold them to the MFA in 1993. The 11 unassociated funerary objects are seven earthenware vessels (MFA accession nos. 1993.611–1993.616 and 1993.621), two earthenware pipes (1993.617–1993.618), one stone bowl (1993.619), and one stone plumb bob (1993.620). They have been dated to about A.D. 1340 based on their appearance. Cultural Affiliation The cultural items 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: archeological, geographical, and historical. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the MFA has determined that: • The 11 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035446; 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 a location near Oceanside, located on the north side of the Loma 
Alta Valley, in San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as 
Hubbs site number ``1963:III:31(A).'' In 1963, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs, 
an employee of the University of California, San Diego/Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography, removed the human remains and associated 
funerary objects from the site and incorporated them into what became 
known as the ``Hubbs Collection.'' The eight associated funerary 
objects are one lot of charcoal, one lot of chipped stone cores, one 
lot of chipped stone scrapers, one lot of river rock, one lot of 
organic residue, one lot of unmodified shell, one lot of unworked 
flakes, and one lot of utilized flakes.
    Dr. Hubbs bequeathed the Hubbs Collection to the Museum of Us 
(formerly the San Diego Museum of Man) in 1973. 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 MoU. In June of 2020, the University 
of California, San Diego (UCSD) became aware of the Hubbs Collection 
and, in December of 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: oral tradition, archeological 
information, and geographical information.

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 one individual of Native American ancestry.

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     The eight 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 Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California (previously 
listed as La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla 
Reservation); 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; 
Pala Band of Mission Indians (previously listed as Pala Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California); Pauma Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 
Pechanga Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band 
of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, California; San 
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians, 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-04897 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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