Notice2024-00125
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, NV
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Published
January 8, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Clark County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 955-956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00125]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037196; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Clark County, NV.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Mike Gauthier, Superintendent, Lake Mead National Recreation
Area, 601 Nevada Way, Boulder City, NV 89005, telephone (760) 252-6103,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f2226242a10282e3a3b27262a3d0f213f3c61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="187571737d477f796d6c70717d6a5876686b367f776e">[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
Superintendent, LAKE. Additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by LAKE.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Lost City site (26CK007) in Clark County, NV, in the early to
mid-1960s by amateur archeologist R.V. Seeley during his exploration of
the site. The collection was donated by Mr. Seeley to the Burke Museum
at the University of Washington in 1965 and later transferred to LAKE
in 2002. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic
sherds and one lot of lithic fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, archeological information,
geographical information, and historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, LAKE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The two 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California
& Nevada; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of
the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico, & Utah; 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); Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma
Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 7, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, LAKE must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. LAKE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00125 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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