[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65142-65144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29300]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles,
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 an associated funerary
object in the possession of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian
at the Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary object were removed from either
Inyo or Tulare County, CA.
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 in 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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation
and Colony, Nevada, which is representing the Great Basin Inter-Tribal
NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally recognized Indian coalition,
consisting of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, and the following Federally-recognized Indian
tribes: Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe (Constituent band of the Te-Moak
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada); Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; South Fork Band (Constituent band of the
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada); Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; and Yomba Shoshone Tribe
of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada. Additional tribes consulted were the
Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Big Pine Band of Owens Valley
Paiute Shoshone; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria, California;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Elko Band (Constituent
band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of 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; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
Paiute-
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Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California; Pit River Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; San Juan Southern
Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the
Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
In an unknown year, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a cave at R.M. Fuller's ranch in Round
Valley, in either Inyo or Tulare County, CA. R.M. Fuller did not remove
the human remains until the grave was vandalized. On June 28, 1952,
R.M. Fuller donated the human remains and associated funerary object to
the museum. No known individual was identified. The one associated
funerary object is a stone point fragment.
Museum records are inconclusive concerning the county from which
the human remains and point fragment originated. Museum records
indicate R.M. Fuller's ranch was located ``west of the crest of the
Sierras across from Little Lake and probably in Tulare (rather than
Inyo) County.'' Based on museum records and consultation, museum
officials locate the cave near the intersection of Inyo and Tulare
Counties, across from Little Lake. Therefore, the human remains and
associated funerary object are from the very lower portion of Owens
Valley.
Consultation with local museums and Federal agencies confirms the
existence of cave burials in the Little Lake area. A cave burial and
the associated funerary object demonstrates that, more likely than not,
the human remains are Native American. The Paiute and Shoshone have
occupied the lower portion of Owens Valley both prehistorically and
historically. Literature and consultation evidence with tribal
representatives from the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition
indicate that the Paiutes and Shoshone have been known to use caves for
burial practices. Ethnography, geography, and consultation with the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, local Federal agencies and
museums, supports cultural affiliation of the human remains as Paiute
and/or Shoshone.
Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the
Autry National Center of the American West have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian at
the Autry National Center of the American West also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object described above
is 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 Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of the American West 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 the Native American human remains and associated funerary
object and the Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe; Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; South Fork Band; Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; and Yomba Shoshone Tribe
of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada, which are part of the Great Basin
Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally recognized Indian
coalition. Additional culturally affiliated tribes are the Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Burns Paiute Tribe; Chemehuevi
Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Confederated
Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbi-
Sha Shoshone Band of California; Elko Band; 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; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine
Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California; Pyramid Lake Paiute
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
of Idaho; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton
Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker
River Reservation, 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 the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact LaLe[ntilde]a Lewark, Senior NAGPRA Coordinator,
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027,
telephone (323) 667-2000, ext. 220, or Steven M. Karr, Ph.D., Ahmanson
Curator of History and Culture and Interim Executive Director for the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, 234 Museum Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90065, telephone
(323) 221-2164, ext. 234, before January 8, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary object to the Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada, representing the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally recognized
Indian coalition, and its members, may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National
Center of the American West is responsible for notifying the Alturas
Indian Rancheria, California; Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe; Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony
of California; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria, California;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Elko Band; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell
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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; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians
of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the
Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Northwestern Band of the
Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation,
California; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; Pit River Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks
Indian Colony, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; South Fork Band; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Te-
Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute
Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada
and California; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation,
Nevada; the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally
recognized Indian coalition, and the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 13, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-29300 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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