[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87793-87794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27797]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037091; 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 unknown 
locations.

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

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, nine individuals were 
removed from unknown locations, identified by the following accession 
numbers AHUR 33 (Unknown Site), AHUR 71 (Unknown Site), AHUR 132 
(Unknown Site), AHUR 134A (Unknown Site), AHUR 134B (Unknown Site), 
AHUR 145 (Unknown Site), AHUR 147X (Unknown Site), AHUR 1280 (Unknown 
Site), FHUR 16 (Unknown Site), and FHUR 70 (Unknown Site). The six 
associated funerary objects include pottery sherds, a worked stick, 
matting, leather, and beads.

Aboriginal Land

    Based on the collection history of the University of Nevada, Las 
Vegas, the human remains and associated funerary objects were likely 
removed from 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 University of 
Nevada, Las Vegas has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of nine 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 likely 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; Ak-Chin Indian Community; 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; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono 
Indians of California; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado 
River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes 
of Siletz Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 
Reservation, Nevada; 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; Ely Shoshone 
Tribe of Nevada; 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; Fort Sill 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River 
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai 
Reservation, Arizona; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, California; Hualapai Indian 
Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; 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;

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Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Klamath Tribes; 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; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the 
Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; 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; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 
Reservation, New Mexico; 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; Navajo Nation, 
Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; 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); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, 
Nevada; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 
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 & 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 the Rincon Reservation, California); Robinson Rancheria; 
Round Valley Indian Tribes, Round Valley Reservation, California; Salt 
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, 
Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, 
Arizona; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; 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; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 
Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 
Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians, California; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; 
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; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tolowa Dee-ni' 
Nation; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; 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; Ute Indian Tribe of the Unitah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; 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); White Mountain Apache Tribe of 
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Wilton Rancheria, California; 
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; Wiyot Tribe, California; Yavapai-
Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & 
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California; Yomba 
Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada; 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 January 
18, 2024. 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 
10.11.

    Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27797 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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