[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66892-66893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21242]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036644; 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 California.

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, four individuals were 
removed from an unknown county or counties in California (Accession #s 
AHUR 116A (Unknown Site), AHUR 116B (Unknown Site), AHUR 117 (Unknown 
Site), AHUR 118A (``Arroyo Rockshelter Site'')). While the ancestral 
remains of one of these individuals are attributed to a named site, we 
are unable to identify this site and, consequently, we are unable to 
identify the county or counties from which the human remains were 
removed. The 10 associated funerary objects are four moccasins (two 
pairs), one lot consisting of faunal bones, one lot consisting of 
pottery sherds, an Elko side-notched point, a Parowan point, one lot 
consisting of stone flakes, and one lot consisting of shells.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from a known geographic location (i.e., the State of 
California). 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 four individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 10 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 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 
Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Bear River Band of the 
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu 
Indians of California; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of 
California; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Buena Vista 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla 
Indians (Previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 
California); Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cahto Tribe of the 
Laytonville Rancheria; Cahuilla Band of Indians; California Valley 
Miwok Tribe, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 
Campo Indian Reservation, California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of Captain Grande Band of 
Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Viejas (Baron 
Long) Group of Captain Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas 
Reservation, California); Cedarville Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi 
Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Cher-Ae Heights 
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; Colorado River Indian Tribes

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of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; 
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon; Coyote Valley Band of 
Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, 
California; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 
Wyoming; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank 
Rancheria, California; Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Enterprise 
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 
Indians, California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; 
Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of 
California; 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 McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe 
of Arizona, California & Nevada; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Hopland 
Band of Pomo Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, 
California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and 
Cosmit Reservation, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of 
California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Jamul Indian Village of 
California; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 
Reservation, Arizona; Karuk Tribe; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the 
Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; Klamath Tribes; Kletsel Dehe 
Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria (Previously listed as Kletsel 
Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); Koi Nation of Northern California; La 
Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Las 
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; 
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and 
Cupeno Indians, California; Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester 
Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, California; Manzanita 
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, 
California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; Mesa 
Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, 
California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Moapa 
Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; 
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Morongo Band of 
Mission Indians, California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band, Kanosh Band, 
Koosharem Band, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of 
Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, 
Nevada; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 
of California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & 
Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously 
listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California); Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 
California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California; Pit River Tribe, 
California (Includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 
Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Potter Valley Tribe, California; 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; 
Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of 
California; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 
California and Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Redding 
Rancheria, California; Redwood Valley or Little River Band of Pomo 
Indians of the Redwood Valley Rancheria, California; Reno-Sparks Indian 
Colony, Nevada; Resighini Rancheria, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno 
Indians (Previously listed as Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 
Rincon Reservation, California); Robinson Rancheria; Round Valley 
Indian Tribes, Round Valley Reservation, California; (California), San 
Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band 
of Cahuilla Indians, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Scotts Valley Band 
of Pomo Indians of California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 
California; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Sycuan Band of the 
Kumeyaay Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon Indian Tribe; Te-Moak 
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: 
Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells Band); 
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation; Torres Martinez Desert 
Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission 
Indians of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn 
Rancheria of California; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton 
Paiute Reservation, California; 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); Wilton Rancheria, California; Wiyot Tribe, California; 
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, 
Nevada; Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California; Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel 
Nation (Previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 
California); and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California.

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 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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