Notice2022-24554
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
November 10, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside (UCR) 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 Clark County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24554]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034848; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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, Riverside
(UCR) 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 Clark
County, NV.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 12, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cba6aeacaaa5e5a6beb9bba3b28bbea8b9e5aeafbe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="600d0507010e4e0d1512100819201503124e050415">[email protected]</span></a>.
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, Riverside. 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, Riverside.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Clark County, NV. Subsequently, these
human remains were part of a collection kept at the UCR Radiocarbon
Laboratory and under the direction of Dr. R. Ervin Taylor. When Taylor
retired in 2003, the lab was decommissioned, and Taylor removed the
records and remaining sample materials to his private residence. When
Dr. Taylor passed away in 2019, these records and samples were
transferred to the UCR Library, whereupon these human remains were
discovered among the samples. Not until September of 2021 were UCR
NAGPRA Staff able to find documentation concerning the removal of these
human remains. Radiocarbon dates suggest a date of A.D. 1220 +/- for
the remains. No known individual was identified. The 12 associated
funerary objects are two ash samples, one lot of carbonized corn cobs,
three flaked-stone chips, four animal bones, one lot of pollen samples,
and one lot of charcoal.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, oral traditional, and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, Riverside has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 12 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.
<bullet> 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 Moapa Band of Paiute Indians
of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada.
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 December 12, 2022.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Riverside 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, Riverside is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations 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: November 2, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24554 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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