Notice2023-21391
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Published
September 29, 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 Clark County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67353-67354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21391]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036676; 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 Clark
County, NV.
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#460227282f232a680423283f352e232d0633282a3068232233"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5216333c3b373e7c10373c2b213a373912273c3e247c373627">[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, 24 individuals were removed
from Clark County, Nevada (Accession #s A240 (Berger Site), AHUR 1
(Goodsprings Site), AHUR 2 (New St. Joseph Site), AHUR 5 (Miracle Mile
Trailer Park), AHUR 29 (Unknown Site), AHUR 35 (Steve Perkins Site),
AHUR 36 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 59 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 60 (Burial
Hill Site), AHUR 61 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 66 (Burial Hill Site),
AHUR 67 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 68 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 122
(Burial Hill Site), AHUR 125(Burial Hill Site), AHUR 126 (Steve Perkins
Site), AHUR 135X (Pueblo Point Site), AHUR 530 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR
1275 (Overton Site), AHUR 1279 (Steve Perkins Site), FHUR 13 (Tule
Springs Site), FHUR 56 (Unknown Site)). The 32 associated funerary
objects include faunal bones, cloth, a button, seeds, a gray ware jar,
beads, a pendant, a woven mat, worked bones, stone flakes, burnt bones,
shell disc beads, charcoal, a burned corn cob, gravel, a stone tool,
pottery sherds, textile pieces, ceramic pieces, bone beads, wood
sticks, vegetable fibers (matting), rope, and lithic flakes.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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 University of
Nevada, Las Vegas has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 24 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 32 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
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the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort
Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort
Independence Reservation, California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of
Arizona, California & Nevada; 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; and the 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).
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
10.11.
Dated: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21391 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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