Notice2023-24530
Notice of Inventory Completion: Nevada Historical Society, Reno, NV
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Published
November 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Nevada Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Churchill County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76847-76848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24530]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036872; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Nevada Historical Society, Reno,
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 Nevada Historical Society has completed
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
The human remains were removed from Churchill County, NV.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after December 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Anna J. Camp, Nevada State Museum, Carson City, 600 North
Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 687-4810, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb8a888a869bab858e9d8a8f8a889e879f9e998ec584998c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="325351535f42725c574453565351475e464740571c5d4055">[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
Nevada Historical Society. 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 Nevada
State Museum, Carson City.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals were removed
from Churchill County, NV. The ancestral remains were removed from two
surface locations--Sites 8 and 13--in the Humboldt Sink (an
intermittent dry lakebed) by L.L. Loud, who conducted research for the
University of California, Berkeley between April 1 and August 1, 1912.
Site 8 was located at the end of a ridge near Humboldt Lake and Site 13
was uncovered by drifting sands and/or a rise in lake water. The Nevada
Historical Society (NHS) received approval to purchase part of the
objects collected by Loud in 1912. The collection arrived in Reno in
the summer of 1918. Institutional history and documentation indicate
that one third of the collection was purchased by the Nevada Historical
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Society and there is some information showing that one third was
retained by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). The remaining
third purportedly was retained by the Heye Museum of the American
Indian, but according to Loud and Harrington (1924), ``[t]he collection
was divided between the University of California and the Nevada
Historical Society.'' Consequently, we believe that the collection was
split in half between UCB and NHS. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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
aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or
the United States Court of Claims.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Nevada Historical
Society has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock
Indian Colony, Nevada.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after December 7, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, the Nevada Historical Society must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Nevada State Museum, Carson
City is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribe 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: October 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-24530 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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