[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44703-44704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11093]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037947; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, Battle Mountain, 
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 Bureau of Land Management, Battle 
Mountain District (BLM) intends to carry out the disposition of human 
remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, 
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for 
disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after June 20, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by May 21, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains.

ADDRESSES: Jon D. Sherve, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 
Battle Mountain District, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, NV 89820, 
telephone (775) 635-4056, 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 
BLM, and additional information on the human remains or cultural items 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for 
the identifications in this notice.

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Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. The remains were reported in Reese River 
Valley in February 1976 on lands managed by the BLM in Lander County, 
Nevada. The Lander County Sheriff's Office was notified of the remains. 
The human remains were fully exhumed by the BLM and the Yomba Shoshone 
Tribe on July 20, 2009, and the remains were sent to the University of 
Nevada, Reno (UNR) on June 22, 2010. The remains are still housed at 
UNR.

Determinations

    The BLM has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada 
has priority for disposition of the human remains described in this 
notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by May 21, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization 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 they have priority for disposition. 
Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after 
June 20, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are received, the 
BLM must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. 
Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The BLM is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any 
other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11093 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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