88 FR 242 pgs. 87793-87794 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 242Pages: 87793 - 87794
Pages: 87793, 87794Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037091; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-27797 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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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.
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 Daniel.Benyshek@unlv.edu.
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.
[top] • 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;
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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