Notice2024-11091
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV
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Published
May 21, 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, Great Basin National Park (GRBA) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44704-44705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11091]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037943; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Great Basin National Park, Baker, 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, Great Basin National Park (GRBA) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ashley Adams, Superintendent, Great Basin National Park, 100
Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV 89311, telephone (775) 234-7502,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c7d6f74707965437d787d716f5c726c6f327f7371"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="79180a11151c0026181d18140a3917090a571a1614">[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, GRBA, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the inventory or related records.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, 11 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. Archeological excavations were conducted
in 1937, 1938, and 1963 at the Lehman Caves Natural Entrance site
located in White Pine County, NV. Human remains representing at least
21 individuals were reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19940-19942)
and were repatriated in 1998 by GRBA. A 2018 review of faunal materials
reasonably identified additional fragmentary human remains
representing, at least, 11 individuals. The following types of
information were used to determine cultural affiliation:
anthropological, archeological, geographic, historical, oral tradition,
and Native American traditional knowledge. These human remains have not
been treated with hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
GRBA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; 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); and the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 June 20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, GRBA 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. GRBA 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11091 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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