[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66886-66887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21241]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036643; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 
Las Vegas, NV

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 University of Nevada, Las Vegas has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an 
unknown county or counties in Nevada.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after October 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Daniel Benyshek, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S 
Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, telephone (702) 895-2070, 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 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 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 University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals were removed 
from an unknown county or counties in Nevada (accession #s AHUR 32 
(``Rocking Horse Ranch Site''), AHUR 137x (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 
138x (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 139x (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 140x 
(``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144ax (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144bx 
(``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144cx (``Rockwell Site''), AHUR 144dx 
(``Rockwell Site''), and FHUR 43 (``Unknown Site'')). While some of 
these ancestral remains are attributed to named sites, we are unable to 
identify these sites and, consequently, we are unable to identify the 
county or counties from which the human remains were removed. The six 
associated funerary objects are vegetable fibers, chert flakes, and 
pottery sherds.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from a known geographic location (i.e., the State of 
Nevada). This location is the aboriginal land 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 University of 
Nevada, Las Vegas has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The six objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at 
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 
Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, 
Nevada; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 
Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort Independence Indian Community of 
Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California; Fort 
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian 
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; 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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock 
Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 
Indian Reservation, Nevada; 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); Paiute-Shoshone 
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian 
Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians 
of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; 
South Fork Band; and Wells Band); Walker River Paiute Tribe of the 
Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California 
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart 
Community, & Washoe Ranches); Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; 
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, 
Nevada; and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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

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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 and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 
30, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
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 Sec.  
10.11.

    Dated: September 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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