Federal Register / Vol. 60 No. 153 / Wednesday, August 9, 1995 /
Notices Page 40600 & 40601
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession
of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of
California, Berkeley, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 of the intent to
repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA that meet
the definition of "unassociated funerary object" under 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B).
The items consist of an olla (1-22476) and an amulet (1-255409)
collected from sites in the Vallecitos Valley of San Diego
County, CA.
The catalogue information for the olla (1-22476) states that it
is a "mortuary olla" and that it was collected for the Heye
Museum of American Indians, which subsequently exchanged it to
the University of California in 1920. It was collected on
October 26, 1920 by Edward H Davis from Vallecitos, San Diego
County, California. The olla is whole, made of ceramic and is
colored light brown with patches of black fired areas. It is
approximately 30 centimeters tall. The shape of the vessel is
stylistically similar to ollas found throughout the aboriginal
territory of the Diegueno/Tipai-Ipai, as it is outlined in the
Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 8, pp 592-609.
Based on the above information, Museum Officials have determined
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3) (B) that the olla is reasonably
believed to have been intentionally placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony of a culture.
The amulet (1-266409) was found in a cremation in Vallecitos
Valley, San Diego County, California and is part of the Ben L.
Squier collection. The catalogue record for the amulet states
that it is made of clay with mica inclusions into the shape of a
thunderbird. Its dimensions are 6 cm long and 2 cm in width at
its widest point. The amulet is cracked in three places at its
base, has a black surface, was finished by burnishing and has a
hole through the body for stringing. The catalogue card further
states "California, San Diego, Vallecito Valley" "Cremation
assoc. w/ 16 small carved beads." The amulet was donated to the
University of California in 1984 by the Oregon Historical Society
without the cremation or beads.
Based on the above information museum officials have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), that the amulet is reasonably
believed to have been intentionally placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony of a culture.
Available evidence does not allow identification of a single
Indian tribe as being culturally affiliated with these cultural
objects. Recent assessment studies in consultation with Indian
tribes indicate basic similarities in crematory practices,
ceramics, and geographic location between known archaeological
traditions from which similar objects have been recovered and
groups believed to be ancestral to the contemporary Diegueno.
Based on the above information museum officials have determined
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), that there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
olla and amulet and contemporary Diegue¤o descendants, including
the San Pasqual Band of Indians, the Cuyapaipe Band of Mission
Indians, Viejas Tribal Council, Manzanita General Council, Campo
Band of Mission Indians, Jamul Band of Mission Indians, Sycuan
Business Committee, Barona General Business, La Posta Band of
Mission Indians, Inaja and Cosmit Band of Mission Indians, Mesa
Grande Band of Mission Indians, and the Santa Ysabel Band of
Mission Indians. The San Pasqual Band of Indians expressed an
interest in repatriating these cultural items.
This notice has been sent to officials of the San Pasqual Band of
Indians, the Cuyapaipe Band of Mission Indians, Viejas Tribal
Council, Manzanita General Council, Campo Band of Mission
Indians, Jamul Band of Mission Indians, Sycuan Business
Committee, Barona General Business, La Posta Band of Mission
Indians, Inaja and Cosmit Band of Mission Indians, Mesa Grande
Band of Mission Indians, and the Santa Ysabel Band of Mission
Indians. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes
itself to be culturally affiliated with these cultural items
should contact Fritz Stern, NAGPRA Project Coordinator,
University of California, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone
(510) 643-7833 before September 8, 1995. Repatriation of these
cultural items to the San Pasqual Band of Indians may begin after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 3, 1995
Veletta Canouts
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist, and
Acting Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR Doc. 95-19606 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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