Notice2023-20194
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Published
September 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown county in Utah.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64462-64463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20194]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036577; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Las Vegas, NV
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 Nevada, Las Vegas has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an
unknown county in Utah.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after October 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Daniel Benyshek, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S
Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, telephone (702) 895-2070, 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
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 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 Nevada, Las Vegas.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from an unknown county in Utah. (Accession # AHUR 145 (Judd
Ranch Site)). While these ancestral remains are attributed to a named
site, we are unable to identify this site and, consequently, we are
unable to identify the county from which the human remains were
removed. The eight associated funerary objects are one lot consisting
of faunal bones, a ring, a glass fragment, a broche, one lot consisting
of stone flakes, a stone tool, a snail shell, and a tool.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from a known geographic location (i.e., the State of
Utah). This location is the aboriginal land 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 University of
Nevada, Las Vegas has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah;
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada;
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Northwestern Band
of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Ute
Tribe.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October
19, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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 Sec.
10.11.
Dated: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-20194 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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