Notice2023-14077
Notice of Inventory Completion: Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, UT
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Published
July 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum (ECSPM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Utah.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 42744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14077]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036104; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum, Blanding, UT
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 Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
(ECSPM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined
that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any
Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Utah.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Chris Hanson, Manager, Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum,
660 W 400 N, Blanding, UT 84511-4000, telephone (435) 678-2238, email
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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
ECSPM. 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 ECSPM.
Description
Human remains of 13 individuals were inadvertently discovered in
the State of Utah by the public. These human remains were recovered by
local law enforcement agencies and transferred to the Utah State
Medical Examiner's Office throughout the decade of the 1980s. Very
little information is known concerning the human remains other than the
counties where they were recovered. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more
Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the
aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the ECSPM has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation;
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes); and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah &
Ouray Reservation, Utah.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 2, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, the ECSPM must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The ECSPM 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 and
10.11.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14077 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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