[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 19946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09304]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027713; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at University of 
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles 
(UCLA) has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should 
submit a written request to the Fowler Museum at UCLA. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Fowler Museum at UCLA at the address in this notice by June 6, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864, 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 Fowler Museum at University of California Los 
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from site CA-
INY-3826 in Inyo 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. 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 Fowler 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of Lone 
Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as the Paiute-Shoshone 
Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, 
California) and the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as the 
Death Valley Timbi-sha Shoshone Tribe and the Death Valley Timbi-Sha 
Shoshone Band of California), hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In May 1991, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from CA-INY-3826 (Pagunda) in Inyo County, CA. This 
collection was excavated by George Gumerman IV as part of a UCLA 
Archaeology Survey project. It was taken with him for analysis to 
Northern Arizona University, where he taught, and was transferred to 
the Fowler Museum at UCLA in 2017. Radiocarbon dates from the site 
provide a range from A.D. 1140 to 1370, although the site is recorded 
in the late 1800s as an occupied village by Shoshone people. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Pagunda is an ethnographically documented village near Little Lake. 
During 1870, it was occupied primarily by Western Shoshone people 
(approximately 50-70). Culturally, the archeological materials 
recovered from the site are consistent for the Owens Valley Western 
Shoshone people who continue to live in the region. Both the Lone 
Paiute Shoshone Tribe and the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe of Death Valley 
include descendants from this village.

Determinations Made by the Fowler Museum at University of California 
Los Angeles

    Officials of the Fowler Museum at University of California Los 
Angeles have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 The Tribes.

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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Wendy G. 
Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 
90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864, email [email protected], by 
June 6, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Fowler Museum at UCLA is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 16, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-09304 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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