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Banks, president of the American
Institute for Exploration. No known
individuals were identified. The 2,152
associated funerary are 131 hammer
stones; 17 stone lamps; 1,184 stone
flakes; 5 lithic cores; 49 lithic scrapers;
34 slate knives; 44 projectile points; 23
net sinkers; 203 fired cracked rocks; 25
stone abraders; 36 harpoon points; 169
bone tools; 1 bottle of whale amber; 1
quartz crystal; 1 channel coal fragment;
1 stone maul; 1 bone seal effigy; 1 stone
effigy; 1 stone human effigy; 1 ground
stone discoidal; 3 labrets; 1 bone
fishhook; 205 bags of fish, shell, animal,
and sea mammal bone; and 15 charcoal,
wood, and soil samples.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from a
35–foot mound. This mound was the
result of multiple dumping episodes
from a succession of native villages. The
funerary objects were found with the
human remains and are consistent with
other associated funerary objects
reported from other locations in this
region. The human remains and
associated funerary objects have been
determined to be prehistoric.
Consultation with the Qawalangin
Tribe of Unalaska, the Ounalashka
Corporation, as well as academic expert
opinions provided by the Alaska State
Archaeologist and anthropology
professors at the University of Alaska,
are unanimous in identifying the
current residents of Unalaska Island to
be the descendants of the prehistoric
people who occupied the site. Amaknak
Island and the surrounding area have
been inhabited for over 8,000 years by
Aleut (Unangan) people. Based on
geographic location, oral history and
archeological evidence, the human
remains and associated funerary objects
from Amaknak Island are determined to
be Native American and ancestors of
members of the Ounalashka Corporation
and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of a
minimum of 15 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Bureau of Land Management have also
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 2,152 objects described
above 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. Lastly, officials of the Bureau
of Land Management have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
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remains and associated funerary objects
and the Ounalashka Corporation and
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State
NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land
Management, 222 W. 7th Ave., Box 13,
Anchorage, AK 99513–7599, telephone
(907) 271–5510, before January 8, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Ounalashka Corporation and
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Alaska State Office, Bureau of
Land Management is responsible for
notifying the Ounalashka Corporation
and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 13, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, Los Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and an associated funerary
object in the possession of the
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, Los Angeles, CA.
The human remains and associated
funerary object were removed from
either Inyo or Tulare County, CA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian at the
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Autry National Center of the American
West professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada, which
is representing the Great Basin InterTribal NAGPRA Coalition, a nonFederally recognized Indian coalition,
consisting of the Inter-Tribal Council of
Nevada, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, and the following
Federally-recognized Indian tribes:
Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe
(Constituent band of the Te-Moak Tribe
of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada); Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater
Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone
Tribe of Nevada; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada;
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop
Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; South Fork Band (Constituent
band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada);
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California;
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Indians of Nevada; Washoe Tribe of
Nevada and California; and Yomba
Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada. Additional tribes
consulted were the Alturas Indian
Rancheria, California; Big Pine Band of
Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Burns
Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria,
California; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of
the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of
California; Elko Band (Constituent band
of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada); 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; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern
Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
(Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-
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Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine
Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California; Pit River Tribe,
California; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of
the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of
Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada;
Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the
Benton Paiute Reservation, California;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker
River Reservation, Nevada; and
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington
Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
In an unknown year, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a cave at
R.M. Fuller’s ranch in Round Valley, in
either Inyo or Tulare County, CA. R.M.
Fuller did not remove the human
remains until the grave was vandalized.
On June 28, 1952, R.M. Fuller donated
the human remains and associated
funerary object to the museum. No
known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is a stone
point fragment.
Museum records are inconclusive
concerning the county from which the
human remains and point fragment
originated. Museum records indicate
R.M. Fuller’s ranch was located ‘‘west of
the crest of the Sierras across from Little
Lake and probably in Tulare (rather than
Inyo) County.’’ Based on museum
records and consultation, museum
officials locate the cave near the
intersection of Inyo and Tulare
Counties, across from Little Lake.
Therefore, the human remains and
associated funerary object are from the
very lower portion of Owens Valley.
Consultation with local museums and
Federal agencies confirms the existence
of cave burials in the Little Lake area.
A cave burial and the associated
funerary object demonstrates that, more
likely than not, the human remains are
Native American. The Paiute and
Shoshone have occupied the lower
portion of Owens Valley both
prehistorically and historically.
Literature and consultation evidence
with tribal representatives from the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA
Coalition indicate that the Paiutes and
Shoshone have been known to use caves
for burial practices. Ethnography,
geography, and consultation with the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA
Coalition, local Federal agencies and
museums, supports cultural affiliation
of the human remains as Paiute and/or
Shoshone.
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Officials of the Southwest Museum of
the American Indian at the Autry
National Center of the American West
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the one object described
above is 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. Lastly, officials of the
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
and the Battle Mountain Shoshone
Tribe; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony
of California; Duckwater Shoshone
Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation,
Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada;
Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the
Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada;
Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock
Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation, Nevada; PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; South Fork
Band; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Washoe
Tribe of Nevada and California; and
Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada, which are part of
the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA
Coalition, a non-Federally recognized
Indian coalition. Additional culturally
affiliated tribes are the Big Pine Band of
Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Burns
Paiute Tribe; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
of the Chemehuevi Reservation,
California; Confederated Tribes of the
Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah;
Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band
of California; Elko Band; 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
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and Oregon; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern
Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah;
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone
Pine Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California; Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake
Reservation, Nevada; San Juan Southern
Paiute Tribe of Arizona; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Skull Valley Band
of Goshute Indians of Utah; Summit
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Utu Utu
Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton
Paiute Reservation, California; Walker
River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River
Reservation, Nevada; and Yerington
Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
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contact LaLena Lewark, Senior
NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwest
Museum of the American Indian at the
Autry National Center of the American
West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los
Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323)
667–2000, ext. 220, or Steven M. Karr,
Ph.D., Ahmanson Curator of History and
Culture and Interim Executive Director
for the Southwest Museum of the
American Indian at the Autry National
Center of the American West, 234
Museum Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90065,
telephone (323) 221–2164, ext. 234,
before January 8, 2010. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary object to the Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada, representing the Great
Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a
non-Federally recognized Indian
coalition, and its members, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Southwest Museum of the
American Indian at the Autry National
Center of the American West is
responsible for notifying the Alturas
Indian Rancheria, California; Battle
Mountain Shoshone Tribe; Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone;
Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of
California; Burns Paiute Tribe;
Cedarville Rancheria, California;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the
Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of
California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada;
Elko Band; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian
Community of the Fort Bidwell
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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; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada;
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Northwestern Band of the
Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone
Pine Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California; Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah; Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; Pit River
Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake Paiute
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony,
Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
South Fork Band; Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of
Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada; 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 and California; Yerington Paiute
Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yomba
Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada; the Great Basin
Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a nonFederally recognized Indian coalition,
and the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 13, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Graham,
Pinal, and Yavapai Counties, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Colorado Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
On an unknown date prior to 1961,
human remains representing a
minimum of five individuals were
removed from Pima, Graham County,
AZ, by G.W. Hoofnagle. No known
individuals were identified. The five
associated funerary objects are one
unknown brownware jar, one Maverick
Mountain black-on-red jar, one Nantack
Polychrome jar, one San Carlos red-onbrown jar, and one brownware jar with
knobby protrusions.
Burial practices, associated funerary
objects, and the geographic location
support Salado and Hohokam cultural
determinations.
On an unknown date prior to 1961,
human remains representing a
minimum of five individuals were
removed from a midden site near
Safford, Graham County, AZ, by G.W.
Hoofnagle. No known individuals were
identified. The six associated funerary
objects are one lot of bird bones, two
Maverick Mountain black-on-red jars,
one unknown red slip brownware jar,
one Gila Polychrome jar, and one San
Carlos red-on-brown jar.
Burial practices, associated funerary
objects, and the geographic location
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support Salado and Hohokam cultural
determinations.
On an unknown date prior to 1980,
human remains representing a
minimum of two individuals were
removed from Burial Site 140, in the
Gila-Salt area near Phoenix, Maricopa
County, AZ, by an unknown individual.
At one point, they were part of the
Charles Petrat Collection. In February
1980, Asa Maxson donated them to the
museum. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary
objects are a Sacaton red-on-buff jar and
an unknown brownware jar.
Burial practices, associated funerary
objects, and the geographic location
support Salado and Hohokam cultural
determinations.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Los
Robles Wash, Pinal County, AZ, by an
unknown individual. No known
individuals were identified. The five
associated funerary objects are one lot of
undecorated buffware pottery sherds,
one lot of lithics, one lot of non-human
mammal bone and tooth fragments, and
two lots of animal bone.
Burial practices, associated funerary
objects, and the geographic location
support Hohokam cultural
determination. Los Robles Wash
Archaeological District is comprised of
Hohokam-Salado sites on the National
Register of Historic Places.
In 1953, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from four miles south of
Toltec, Pinal County, AZ, by Mr. J.
Whitman of Phoenix, AZ. In 1953,
Herbert W. Dick, Trinidad State Junior
College, Trinidad, CO, obtained them
and negotiated a trade with the
museum. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a Santa Cruz red-on-buff jar.
Burial practices, the associated
funerary object, and the geographic
location support Hohokam cultural
determination.
On an unknown date prior to 1967,
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were
removed from near Florence, Pinal
County, AZ, by Edward H. Eiberger. No
known individual was identified. The
associated funerary object is one lot of
non-human bone fragments.
Burial practices and the geographic
location support Hohokam cultural
determination.
On an unknown date prior to 1980,
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were
removed from Maxson site 125, Verde
River Ruin, north of Phoenix, Yavapai
County, AZ, by an unknown individual.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles,
CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary
object in the possession of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian
at the Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary object were removed from either
Inyo or Tulare County, CA.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation
and Colony, Nevada, which is representing the Great Basin Inter-Tribal
NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally recognized Indian coalition,
consisting of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, and the following Federally-recognized Indian
tribes: Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe (Constituent band of the Te-Moak
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada); Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; South Fork Band (Constituent band of the
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada); Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; and Yomba Shoshone Tribe
of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada. Additional tribes consulted were the
Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Big Pine Band of Owens Valley
Paiute Shoshone; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria, California;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Elko Band (Constituent
band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada); 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; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes);
Paiute-
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Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California; Pit River Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; San Juan Southern
Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the
Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
In an unknown year, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a cave at R.M. Fuller's ranch in Round
Valley, in either Inyo or Tulare County, CA. R.M. Fuller did not remove
the human remains until the grave was vandalized. On June 28, 1952,
R.M. Fuller donated the human remains and associated funerary object to
the museum. No known individual was identified. The one associated
funerary object is a stone point fragment.
Museum records are inconclusive concerning the county from which
the human remains and point fragment originated. Museum records
indicate R.M. Fuller's ranch was located ``west of the crest of the
Sierras across from Little Lake and probably in Tulare (rather than
Inyo) County.'' Based on museum records and consultation, museum
officials locate the cave near the intersection of Inyo and Tulare
Counties, across from Little Lake. Therefore, the human remains and
associated funerary object are from the very lower portion of Owens
Valley.
Consultation with local museums and Federal agencies confirms the
existence of cave burials in the Little Lake area. A cave burial and
the associated funerary object demonstrates that, more likely than not,
the human remains are Native American. The Paiute and Shoshone have
occupied the lower portion of Owens Valley both prehistorically and
historically. Literature and consultation evidence with tribal
representatives from the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition
indicate that the Paiutes and Shoshone have been known to use caves for
burial practices. Ethnography, geography, and consultation with the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, local Federal agencies and
museums, supports cultural affiliation of the human remains as Paiute
and/or Shoshone.
Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the
Autry National Center of the American West have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian at
the Autry National Center of the American West also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object described above
is 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. Lastly, officials of the Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of the American West have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary
object and the Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe; Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California;
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; South Fork Band; Susanville Indian
Rancheria, California; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; and Yomba Shoshone Tribe
of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada, which are part of the Great Basin
Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally recognized Indian
coalition. Additional culturally affiliated tribes are the Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Burns Paiute Tribe; Chemehuevi
Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Confederated
Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbi-
Sha Shoshone Band of California; Elko Band; 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; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine
Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, California; Pyramid Lake Paiute
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
of Idaho; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton
Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker
River Reservation, Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington
Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact LaLe[ntilde]a Lewark, Senior NAGPRA Coordinator,
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027,
telephone (323) 667-2000, ext. 220, or Steven M. Karr, Ph.D., Ahmanson
Curator of History and Culture and Interim Executive Director for the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, 234 Museum Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90065, telephone
(323) 221-2164, ext. 234, before January 8, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary object to the Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada, representing the
Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally recognized
Indian coalition, and its members, may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National
Center of the American West is responsible for notifying the Alturas
Indian Rancheria, California; Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe; Big Pine
Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony
of California; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria, California;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Elko Band; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell
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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; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians
of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the
Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Northwestern Band of the
Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie); Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation,
California; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; Pit River Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks
Indian Colony, Nevada; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; South Fork Band; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Te-
Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; 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
and California; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation,
Nevada; the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition, a non-Federally
recognized Indian coalition, and the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 13, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-29300 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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