[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27148]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16762; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Nevada State Museum, Carson City, 
NV

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Nevada State Museum, Carson City (NSM) has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the NSM. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the NSM at the address in this notice by 
December 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Rachel K. Malloy, Anthropology Collections Manager and 
NAGPRA Coordinator, Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson Street, Carson 
City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 687-4810 x229, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the NSM. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Charlie 
Gomes Site (26CH473), 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 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 objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the NSM 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Paiute-
Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the Charlie Gomes Site in Churchill County, NV. The 
site is located in the Carson Sink and on land held in trust by 
Churchill County. In the early 1980s, the Carson Sink was subjected to 
years of flooding and after the water receded, a section of the Charlie 
Gomes site was exposed. In June of 1988, a group of volunteers, 
including professional archeologists, surveyed the site and recovered 
human remains and associated funerary objects, which were then curated 
at the NSM.
    Burial 1A represents one set of human remains of an adult of 
unknown sex. Burial 1B represents one set of human remains of a young 
adult, 16 to 23 years. The determination of sex on the young adult is 
not conclusive. No known individuals were identified. The 213 
associated funerary objects are 56 shell fragments, 30 faunal bone 
fragments, 4 lithics, 4 ground stone fragments, 2 natural or fire 
cracked rocks, 1 seed, 1 bottle glass fragment, 5 soil samples, 2 ochre 
fragments, and 108 shell beads.

Determinations Made by the Nevada State Museum

    Officials of the NSM have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 213 objects 
described in this notice 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.
     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 objects and the Paiute-
Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Rachel K. Malloy, Anthropology Collections 
Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator, Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson 
Street, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 687-4810 x229, email 
[email protected], by December 17, 2014. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 
of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada may proceed.
    The NSM is responsible for notifying the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of 
the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: September 22, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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