Notice2023-21242
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Published
September 28, 2023
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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 California.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66892-66893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21242]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036644; 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 California.
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#2c684d42454940026e4942555f4449476c5942405a02494859"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="286c4946414d44066a4d46515b404d43685d46445e064d4c5d">[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, four individuals were
removed from an unknown county or counties in California (Accession #s
AHUR 116A (Unknown Site), AHUR 116B (Unknown Site), AHUR 117 (Unknown
Site), AHUR 118A (``Arroyo Rockshelter Site'')). While the ancestral
remains of one of these individuals are attributed to a named site, we
are unable to identify this site and, consequently, we are unable to
identify the county or counties from which the human remains were
removed. The 10 associated funerary objects are four moccasins (two
pairs), one lot consisting of faunal bones, one lot consisting of
pottery sherds, an Elko side-notched point, a Parowan point, one lot
consisting of stone flakes, and one lot consisting of shells.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from a known geographic location (i.e., the State of
California). 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 four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Agua Caliente Band of
Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California;
Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Bear River Band of the
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of
California; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla
Indians (Previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,
California); Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cahto Tribe of the
Laytonville Rancheria; Cahuilla Band of Indians; California Valley
Miwok Tribe, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of Captain Grande Band of
Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Viejas (Baron
Long) Group of Captain Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas
Reservation, California); Cedarville Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi
Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Colorado River Indian Tribes
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of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California;
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon; Coyote Valley Band of
Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians,
California; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank
Rancheria, California; Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Enterprise
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay
Indians, California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California;
Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of
California; 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 McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
of Arizona, California & Nevada; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Hopland
Band of Pomo Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel,
California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and
Cosmit Reservation, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of
California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Jamul Indian Village of
California; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Karuk Tribe; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the
Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; Klamath Tribes; Kletsel Dehe
Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria (Previously listed as Kletsel
Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); Koi Nation of Northern California; La
Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Las
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada;
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and
Cupeno Indians, California; Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester
Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, California; Manzanita
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation,
California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; Mesa
Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Moapa
Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada;
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Morongo Band of
Mission Indians, California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band, Kanosh Band,
Koosharem Band, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
of California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma &
Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously
listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga
Reservation, California); Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California; Pit River Tribe,
California (Includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery
Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Potter Valley Tribe, California;
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of
California; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation,
California and Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Redding
Rancheria, California; Redwood Valley or Little River Band of Pomo
Indians of the Redwood Valley Rancheria, California; Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony, Nevada; Resighini Rancheria, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno
Indians (Previously listed as Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of
Rincon Reservation, California); Robinson Rancheria; Round Valley
Indian Tribes, Round Valley Reservation, California; (California), San
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band
of Cahuilla Indians, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Scotts Valley Band
of Pomo Indians of California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians,
California; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Sycuan Band of the
Kumeyaay Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon Indian Tribe; Te-Moak
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands:
Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells Band);
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation; Torres Martinez Desert
Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton
Paiute Reservation, California; 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); Wilton Rancheria, California; Wiyot Tribe, California;
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,
Nevada; Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California; Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel
Nation (Previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians,
California); and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California.
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
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. 2023-21242 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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