Notice2023-20196
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 Nye County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64461-64462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20196]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036579; 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 Nye
County, NV.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9edc8c7c0ccc587ebccc7d0dac1ccc2e9dcc7c5df87cccddc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="591d3837303c35771b3c37202a313c32192c37352f773c3d2c">[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 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, 12 individuals were removed
from Nye County, NV (Accession #s A200 (Bowman Site), AHUR 24 (Bowman
Site), AHUR 25 (Bowman Site), AHUR 26 (Bowman Site), AHUR 27 (Bowman
Site), AHUR 63 (Bowman Site), AHUR 64 (Bowman Site), AHUR 65 (Bowman
Site), AHUR 72 (Bowman Site), AHUR 129 (Pahrump Valley Site), and FHUR
63 (Unknown Site)). The 52 associated funerary objects include pottery
sherds, stone tools, stone flakes, turquoise, faunal bone, shell,
mineral, bone awls, sandstone, ochre, charcoal, shell disc beads, a
bone tube, organic material, worked bones, lithics, lithic knives,
projectile points, burned bone, obsidian flakes, a lithic drill, square
shell beads, round shell beads, a flaked obsidian tool, flaked
quartzite fragment, chert flakes, CCD flakes, flaked limestone, and
mother of pearl.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations in Nye County, NV. 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 University of
Nevada, Las Vegas has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 52 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 Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Fort
Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort
Independence Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and
Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and
Oregon; 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; 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); Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony, Nevada; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada
(Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork
Band; and Wells Band); Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada.
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
10.11.
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Dated: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-20196 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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