[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 798-799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00067]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19846; PCU00RP14.R50000-PPWOCRDN0]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 
has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. 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 should submit a written 
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: 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 should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs at the address in this notice by February 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, 
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 under 
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the Arizona 
State Museum, Tucson, AZ. The human remains were removed from areas 
around Pyramid Lake, Washoe 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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. 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 U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs professional staff 
in consultation with representatives of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 
of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from a site located on the Northwest corner of Pyramid 
Lake in Washoe County, NV, by F.A. Riddell (State of California 
Division of Beaches and Parks) and H. Norcross, and donated to the 
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. At the request of the Pyramid 
Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the 
Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    At an unknown date prior to 1955, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from a small cave in ``Paul 
Bunyan's Corral'' located on the east side of Pyramid Lake in Washoe 
County, NV. They were donated by M. Wheat to the Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology in 1955. At the request of the Pyramid Lake 
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the Arizona 
State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date prior to 1922, human remains representing, at 
minimum, two individuals were removed from the east side of Pyramid 
Lake in Washoe County, NV, by Peterson Pancho and donated to the Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1922. At the request of the Pyramid 
Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the 
Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    At an unknown date prior to 1923, human remains representing, at 
minimum, five individuals were removed from south of Pyramid Lake in 
Washoe County, NV, by Peterson Pancho and donated to the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1923. At the request of the Pyramid 
Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the 
Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs

    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on physical characteristics 
including cranial and dental morphology.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 11

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individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (15), the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the tribal land of the 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid 
Lake Reservation, Nevada.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA 
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone 
(703) 390-6343, email [email protected], by February 8, 2016. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the 
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, may proceed.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs is 
responsible for notifying the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid 
Lake Reservation, Nevada, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 23, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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