[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14036-14037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05062]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033497; 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 has completed an 
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
Tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes. 
Representatives of any Indian Tribe not identified in this notice that 
wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should 
submit a written request to the Nevada State Museum, Carson City. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Indian Tribes stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe 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 Nevada State Museum, Carson City at the address in this 
notice by April 11, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna J. Camp, Nevada State Museum, 600 
North Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 687-4810 
Ext. 261, 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 Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV. The human 
remains were removed from the shore of the American River near Watt 
Avenue, in Sacramento, Sacramento 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) 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 Nevada 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Shingle 
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 
Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn 
Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California. The 
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California was invited to 
consult but did not participate. Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes 
listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited 
Tribes''.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the banks of the American River near Watt Avenue, in 
Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA. The human remains include one 
complete cranium of an approximately 40-year-old Native American male. 
The cranium is complete, and five of the maxillary teeth are present. 
The cranium was donated to the Churchill County Museum in 1963. 
Sometime in the 1990s, it was transferred to the Nevada State Museum. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Determinations Made by the Nevada State Museum, Carson City

    Officials of the Nevada State Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on morphological analyses by a 
biological anthropologist.
     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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Shingle 
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 
Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn 
Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of The Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Tribes.

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 J. Camp, Nevada

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State Museum, Carson City, 600 North Carson Street, Carson City, NV 
89701, telephone (775) 687-4810 Ext. 261, email 
[email protected], by April 11, 2022. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Nevada State Museum, Carson City is responsible for notifying 
The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 2, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-05062 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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