[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 42744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14077]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036104; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Edge of the Cedars State Park 
Museum, Blanding, UT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum 
(ECSPM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined 
that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any 
Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Utah.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 2, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Chris Hanson, Manager, Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, 
660 W 400 N, Blanding, UT 84511-4000, telephone (435) 678-2238, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
ECSPM. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the ECSPM.

Description

    Human remains of 13 individuals were inadvertently discovered in 
the State of Utah by the public. These human remains were recovered by 
local law enforcement agencies and transferred to the Utah State 
Medical Examiner's Office throughout the decade of the 1980s. Very 
little information is known concerning the human remains other than the 
counties where they were recovered. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic 
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more 
Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the 
aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the ECSPM has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; 
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of 
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and 
Shivwits Band of Paiutes); and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 
Ouray Reservation, Utah.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after August 2, 2023. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, the ECSPM must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The ECSPM is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 
10.11.

    Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14077 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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