[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41012-41014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17273]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from a site 
in Churchill County, NV.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
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 Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California; 
Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; 
Cedarville Rancheria, California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Reservation of Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the 
Fort

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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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock 
Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone 
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine 
Reservation, California; 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-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; 
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the 
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
    In 1952, human remains representing at least one individual were 
removed by excavation from site NV-Ch-86, Churchill County, NV, by 
Gordon L. Grosscup, who donated them to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology in the same year. No known individual was identified. The 
90 associated funerary objects are 14 leather bridle fragments, 75 
trade beads and cloth fragments, and one corroded metal bell.
    The circumstances of burial identify the human remains as Native 
American. The presence of associated funerary objects of Euroamerican 
origin date the burial to a post-European contact time period. 
Historical records and consultation evidence indicate that the 
geographical area that includes site NV-Ch-86 was inhabited by Paiute 
culture groups at the time of European contact. The current descendants 
of these groups are the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California; 
Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; 
Cedarville Rancheria, California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Reservation of Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; 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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe 
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, 
California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the 
Lone Pine Reservation, California; 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-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; 
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the 
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
    Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above represent the physical remains of at least one 
individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 90 objects described 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 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 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 Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California; Burns 
Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; Cedarville 
Rancheria, California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 
Reservation, Nevada; 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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock 
Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone 
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine 
Reservation, California; 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-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; 
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the 
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact C. 
Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, 
telephone (510) 642-6096, before August 8, 2003. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Bridgeport Paiute 
Indian Colony of California; Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute 
Indian Colony of Oregon; Cedarville Rancheria, California; Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone 
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; 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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; 
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop 
Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of 
the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California; 
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-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 
Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation, Nevada; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville 
Indian Rancheria, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker 
River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; and 
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada 
may proceed

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after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California; Burns 
Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; Cedarville 
Rancheria, California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 
Reservation, Nevada; 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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock 
Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone 
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; 
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine 
Reservation, California; 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-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; 
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the 
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: June 11, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
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