Notice2023-21241
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Published
September 28, 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 or counties in Nevada.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66886-66887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21241]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036643; 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 or counties in Nevada.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after October 30, 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#e6a287888f838ac8a483889f958e838da693888a90c8838293"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="feba9f90979b92d0bc9b90878d969b95be8b909288d09b9a8b">[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, 10 individuals were removed
from an unknown county or counties in Nevada (accession #s AHUR 32
(``Rocking Horse Ranch Site''), AHUR 137x (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR
138x (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 139x (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 140x
(``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144ax (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144bx
(``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144cx (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144dx
(``Rockwell Site''), and FHUR 43 (``Unknown Site'')). While some of
these ancestral remains are attributed to named sites, we are unable to
identify these sites and, consequently, we are unable to identify the
county or counties from which the human remains were removed. The six
associated funerary objects are vegetable fibers, chert flakes, and
pottery sherds.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from a known geographic location (i.e., the State of
Nevada). 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 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The six 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
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation,
Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation,
Nevada; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Ely Shoshone Tribe of 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; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona,
California & Nevada; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the
Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock
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; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians
of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band;
South Fork Band; and Wells Band); Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart
Community, & Washoe Ranches); Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada;
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
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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
30, 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 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21241 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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