The local Kumeyaay elders sent mediators to work with me on repatriating or  
reburial of ritual objects and human remains exposed during archaeology 
testing  and salvage during construction of Interstate 8 in San Diego, California 
between  1971 and 1973. Under the duress of the moment, information exchanged 
that  normally would not have been divulged. Local native tobacco and white sage 
were  burned in abalone shells and words said to keep the spirits back as we 
moved the  remains to the right-of-way and returned them to the ground. Later, 
after all  the Anglos left, pots were dropped on the site and rituals done to 
keep the  spirits from returning. All those people who were involved, save 
me, have passed  away now. I no longer retain the words in my mind.
 
Ron