[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57514-57515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20297]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034562; 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 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. 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 at the address in this notice by 
October 20, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nevada State Museum, 600 North Carson 
Street, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (530) 249-5745 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 Town of Minden in Douglas 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 Nevada 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville 
Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches).

History and Description of the Remains

    In 2010, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a house in Douglas County, NV. In 2010, the human 
remains--crania and mandible fragments--were donated to the Nevada 
State Museum by an anonymous donor. Museum professionals analyzed the 
human remains and determined that the individual was Native American. 
The human remains belong to an individual of undetermined age and sex. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Determinations Made by the Nevada State Museum

    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 cranial morphology.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice

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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 Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville 
Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches).
     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 Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California 
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart 
Community, & Washoe Ranches).
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson 
Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & 
Washoe Ranches).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 
Anna Camp, Nevada State Museum, Carson City, 600 North Carson Street, 
Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 687-4810 Ext. 261, email 
[email protected], by October 20, 2022. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson 
Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & 
Washoe Ranches) may proceed.
    The Nevada State Museum is responsible for notifying the Washoe 
Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, 
Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches) that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: September 14, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-20297 Filed 9-19-22; 8:45 am]
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