[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67758-67759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28858]


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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 Possession of the University of 
Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, 
CO

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 possession of the University of Denver 
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO.
    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 University 
of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology 
professional staff and a contract physical anthropologist in 
consultation with representatives of the 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; 
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and 
the Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch, 
Nevada.
    In 1949, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from near Fallon, Churchill County, NV. At an unknown date an unknown 
individual donated the remains to the museum. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The geographical location and physical anthropological 
characteristics indicate that these remains are Native American. The 
archeological, ethnological, and oral historical evidence demonstrates 
that the area around Fallon, NV, has been the ancestral territory of 
the Northern Paiute since at least A.D. 1000. Evidence presented during 
consultations indicates that the Northern Paiute inhabitants of this 
area are presently represented by the 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; 
and the Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, 
Nevada.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the 
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Also, officials of the 
University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of 
Anthropology have 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 the 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; and the Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker 
River Reservation, Nevada.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the 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; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, 
Nevada; and the Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and 
Campbell Ranch, Nevada. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Jan I. Bernstein, Collections Manager and NAGPRA 
Coordinator at the University of Denver Department of Anthropology and 
Museum of Anthropology, 2000 Asbury, Sturm Hall S-146, Denver, CO 
80208-2406, email [email protected], telephone (303) 871-2543, before 
December 13, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the 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; and the Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker 
River Reservation, Nevada, may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.


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    Dated: October 30, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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