[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44704-44705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11091]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037943; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Great Basin National Park, Baker, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Great Basin National Park (GRBA) has completed 
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after June 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Ashley Adams, Superintendent, Great Basin National Park, 100 
Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV 89311, telephone (775) 234-7502, 
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 
Superintendent, GRBA, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the inventory or related records.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 11 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. Archeological excavations were conducted 
in 1937, 1938, and 1963 at the Lehman Caves Natural Entrance site 
located in White Pine County, NV. Human remains representing at least 
21 individuals were reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion 
published in the Federal Register on April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19940-19942) 
and were repatriated in 1998 by GRBA. A 2018 review of faunal materials 
reasonably identified additional fragmentary human remains 
representing, at least, 11 individuals. The following types of 
information were used to determine cultural affiliation: 
anthropological, archeological, geographic, historical, oral tradition, 
and Native American traditional knowledge. These human remains have not 
been treated with hazardous substances.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    GRBA has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of 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); and the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under 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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after June 20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, GRBA must determine the most appropriate requestor prior 
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains 
are considered a single request and not competing requests. GRBA is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 
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Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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