[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58605-58606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18508]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036471; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Los 
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Los Angeles has 
completed an inventory of human remains (hereafter referred to as 
``ancestors'') in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the ancestors and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The ancestors were removed from 
Clark County, NV.

DATES: Repatriation of the ancestors in this notice will occur on or 
after September 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California State University, 5151 State 
University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2440, 
email [email protected]; Amira Ainis, California State University, 
5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 
343-2449, 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 
California State University, Los Angeles. 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

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in the inventory or related records held by California State 
University, Los Angeles.

Description

    A minimum of two ancestors were removed from Clark County, NV. 
Sometime in the mid-1970s (the exact date is unclear), California State 
University, Los Angeles conducted excavations at the CK2003 Mill Point 
#1 site, also referred to as the Fremont Point site. The descriptions 
of the two burials are based on a 1994 osteological report from Judy M. 
Suchey of the Department of Anthropology at California State 
University, Fullerton and a 2005 NAGPRA inventory, likely completed by 
Patricia Martz of the Department of Anthropology at California State 
University, Los Angeles. Burial 1 is a nearly complete burial of an 
estimated female over 30 years of age who was between 4' 11'' and 5' 
2'' in stature. Marked vertebral lipping and heavy dental attrition and 
alveolar resorption were noted. Burial 2 is a nearly complete burial of 
an estimated female over 30 years of age who was between 5' 4'' and 5' 
7'' in stature. Heavy vertebral lipping on the lower thoracic and 
lumbar vertebrae and minimal dental attrition on the maxillary teeth 
were noted. None of the current faculty at California State University, 
Los Angeles has conducted any analyses on these ancestors. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on documentation in the Department of Anthropology, 
California State University, Los Angeles, officials at California State 
University, Fullerton determined that the CK2003 Mill Point #1 site 
dates to A.D. 530-1070. A site report from 1979 by R.F. Perkins 
indicates a radiocarbon-14 date of A.D. 680.

Cultural Affiliation

    The ancestors in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, archeological, 
expert opinion, and other information.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, California State University, Los Angeles has determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the ancestors described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals 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 ancestors described in this notice and the Colorado River 
Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and 
California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon; Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the 
Fort Independence Reservation, California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of 
Arizona, California & Nevada; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the 
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians 
of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of 
the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; and the 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).

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the ancestors in this notice 
must be sent to the Responsible Officials identified in ADDRESSES. 
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations 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.
    Repatriation of the ancestors in this notice to a requestor will 
occur on or after September 27, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, California State University, Los Angeles 
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the ancestors are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. California State University, 
Los Angeles 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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