Notice2024-04671
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office, Winnemucca, NV
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Published
March 6, 2024
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Washoe County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16019-16020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04671]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037543; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office, Winnemucca, 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, Bureau
of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed
from Washoe County, NV.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Cedric Streater, Bureau of Land Management, 5100 E.
Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca, NV 89445, telephone (775) 623-1595,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#690a1a1d1b0c081d0c1b290b0504470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0839394928581948592a0828c8dce878f96">[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
Winnemucca District Office. 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 Winnemucca District Office.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from Washoe County, NV. The human remains consisted of five
incomplete individuals: one adult male; one young adult male
approximately 20-35 years old; one young adult male; one youth,
possibly male, approximately 15-20 years old; and one child. These
human remains were originally cataloged by the Hearst Museum under
Accession 1030 and their catalog number is 12-8369. At the request of
the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, these human remains were transferred to
the Nevada State Museum (NSM) in 2012. The NSM catalog numbers for the
human remains are AHUR 6019 through 6023.
The Bureau of Land Management recently became aware of Native
American human remains collected prior to November 16, 1990, on lands
administered by the BLM. The human remains were reported as culturally
unidentifiable on June 19, 2003, by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology (Hearst Museum). In November 2011, the BLM became aware of
previously unreported Native American human remains through a letter
from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe requesting BLM involvement in
assisting with the repatriation of remains being held at the Hearst
Museum. The remains were collected sometime in 1947-1948 near
Winnemucca Lake Caves in Nevada and received by the Hearst Museum in
1948. According to the records of the Hearst Museum, this material was
reported in their Washoe County Inventory, dated June 28, 2000. In a
closer review of the locality documentation, it was determined the
material is under the control of the BLM.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: geographical information and
expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Winnemucca District Office has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<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 Bishop Paiute Tribe;
Bridgeport Indian Colony; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria,
California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon; 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; Klamath Tribes; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Lovelock
Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; 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-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Battle Mountain Band, Nevada; Te-Moak Tribe of
Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Battle Mountain Band); Utu Utu
Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, Nevada; Walker
River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca
Indian Colony of Nevada; and the Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after April 5, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Winnemucca District Office must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The Winnemucca District Office is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
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Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04671 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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