[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 141 (Friday, July 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18466]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the Nevada State 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, Reno, NV

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the control of the Nevada State Office, Bureau of 
Land Management, Reno, NV. This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 
43 CFR 10.2 (c). The determinations within this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of these Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations within this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Nevada 
State Office Bureau of Land Management professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of 
the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.
    In 1961, human remains representing four individuals were recovered 
from Kramer Cave in Washoe County, NV, during a legally permitted 
archeological excavation by R. Shutler, Jr. and D. R. Touhy, of the 
Nevada State Museum. The remains and associated funerary items have 
been curated at the Nevada State Museum since that time. No known 
individuals were identified. The four associated funerary items consist 
of small fragments of tule cordage, grass matting warps and wefts, and 
basketry warps and wefts.
    Historical, ethnographic, and oral records indicate that these 
human remains and associated funerary objects are reasonably believed 
to be associated with the Northern Paiute Tribes. Historical documents, 
ethnographic sources, and consultation with representatives of the 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada 
indicate that the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake 
Reservation, Nevada has occupied this area since at least the early 
19th century. The tribe's oral history supports this affiliation.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management, Nevada State Office have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office also 
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the cultural 
objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Nevada State Office has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the 
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; the Paiute-Shoshone 
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; the Lovelock Paiute 
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; the Walker River Paiute 
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; the Yerington Paiute 
Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the Fort 
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian 
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon. Representatives of any other Indian 
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should contact Cynthia Ellis, 
NAGPRA Coordinator, Nevada State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV, 89520-0006, telephone (775) 861-6469, before 
August 21, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake 
Reservation, Nevada may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: June 14, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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