[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87800-87801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27795]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037089; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Los Angeles has 
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on August 28, 2023. This notice amends the number of 
associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Clark County, 
NV.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California State University, 5151 State 
University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2440, 
email [email protected] and 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 the 
California State University, Los Angeles. The National Park Service is 
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records held by the California State University, Los Angeles.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 58605-58606, August 
28, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of 
associated funerary objects as listed in the original notice. Upon the 
rehousing of ancestors at the request of the Indian Tribes, additional 
associated funerary objects were discovered.
    From the CK2003 Mill Point #1 site (also referred to as the Fremont 
Point site) in Clark County, NV, the two associated funerary objects 
(no associated funerary objects were previously listed) include one 
bird humerus and one chipmunk or ground squirrel distal left tibia. 
Both associated funerary objects were found with Burial 2.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the California State University, Los Angeles has 
determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The two associated funerary objects described in this 
amended 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects 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, and 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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 human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 18, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California 
State University, Los Angeles must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. The 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, 
0.13, and 10.14.


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    Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27795 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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