Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office, Reno, NV, 59958-59960 [2013-23818]
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professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Michigan State University Museum,
East Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Michigan State
University Museum (MSUM) has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the MSUM. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the MSUM at the address
in this notice by October 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Jaclyn Lillis-Warwick,
MSUM, 409 West Circle Drive, East
Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517)
432–4339, email lillisja@msu.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of
the MSUM. The human remains were
removed from Jackson County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
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SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the MSUM
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History and Description of the Remains
In September and October of 1978,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 10 individuals were removed
from the Sanuskar Site (20JA150) in
Pulaski Township, Jackson County, MI.
Prior to the excavation, the private
property owner had performed
extensive earthmoving on his property,
primarily cutting and grading to obtain
fill materials. During subsequent
cutwork, the property owner
encountered bone, and removed a
human cranium from the site. The
Jackson Post of the Michigan State
Police was contacted on September 20,
1978, and an investigative team visited
the property. When human materials
were identified as prehistoric, Dr. Saur
at Michigan State University (MSU) was
contacted. A team of MSU archeologists
excavated the site and, upon completion
of the project, the MSUM curated the
human remains.
Four individual burials were
identified. Individual 1 was a virtually
complete, flexed burial and was
identified as a mid-adult female.
Individual 2 was a virtually complete,
except for arms and legs, extended
burial and was identified as a late-adult
female. Individual 3 was a fragmented
burial identified as an adult male.
Individual 4 was a fragmented burial
identified as a young-adult male. The
remaining human remains, representing
at minimum six additional individuals,
included a cranial piece, four ribs, five
long bone fragments, four tarsal
fragments, and numerous other
unidentifiable bone fragments. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains date to the Late
Prehistoric era based on the structure of
the mortuary domain being consistent
with burial practices.
Determinations Made by the Michigan
State University Museum
Officials of the MSUM have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American, based on age and
burial practices.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 10
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
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Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana and the
Grand River Band of Odawa Indians
(GRBOI), a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana and the
Grand River Band of Odawa Indians
(GRBOI), a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Jaclyn Lillis-Warwick,
MSUM, 409 West Circle Drive, East
Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517)
432–4339, email lillisja@msu.edu, by
October 30, 2013. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana, may proceed.
The MSUM is responsible for
notifying the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 21, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Nevada State
Office, Reno, NV
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Nevada State Office has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the BLM. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
SUMMARY:
Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the BLM Nevada State Office
at the address in this notice by October
30, 2013.
DATES:
Mark Hall, Native American
Coordinator, Bureau of Land
Management, Winnemucca District
Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd.,
Winnemucca, NV 89445, telephone
(775) 623–1529, email mehall@blm.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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 under the control of the
BLM Nevada State Office, Reno, NV.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Elephant Mountain Cave, in Humboldt
County, NV.
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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by the BLM Nevada State
Office professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Bridgeport
Indian Colony (previously listed as the
Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of
California); Fort McDermitt Paiute and
Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt
Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon;
Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL
Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout,
Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek
Rancherias); Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
of the Pyramid Lake Reservation,
Nevada; and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
of Nevada. The following tribes were
invited to consult, but did not respond:
Alturas Indian Rancheria, California;
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley
(previously listed as the Big Pine Band
of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone
Indians of the Big Pine Reservation,
California); Bishop Paiute Tribe
(previously listed as the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony,
California); Burns Paiute Tribe
(previously listed as the Burns Paiute
Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony
of Oregon); Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the
Fort Bidwell Reservation of California;
Fort Independence Indian Community
of Paiute Indians of Fort Independence
Reservation, Califonia; Klamath Tribes;
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
(previously listed as the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Lone Pine
Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California); Lovelock
Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian
Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony,
Nevada; Walker River Paiute Tribe of
the Walker River Reservation, Nevada;
and the Winnemucca Indian Colony of
Nevada.
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1980s, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were illegally excavated
from Elephant Mountain Cave in
Humboldt County, NV. The human
remains were recovered by State of
Oregon law enforcement during the
course of an investigation in 1995.
Oregon law enforcement turned over the
human remains, associated funerary
objects, and other artifacts removed
from the cave to the BLM Nevada State
Office in 1999 and 2007. These
materials were deposited in the Nevada
State Museum by the BLM in 1999 and
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2007. No historically known individuals
were identified. The 22 associated
funerary objects include 2 baskets, 4
nets/net fragments, 2 rattles or bracelets
made of perforated artiodactyl hooves
and sinew string, 7 moccasins, 5 bifaces,
1 jasper flake, and 1 shell pendant.
One set of human remains (NSM
AHUR 6009) consists of a nearly
complete skeleton of a child aged 6–8
years old. The sex of the individual
could not be determined. The basket in
which this individual was buried in
dates to 2060 ± 60 years before present
(bp). The other set of human remains
(NSM AHUR 6010) consists of a nearly
complete skeleton of a female, 9–12
years old. The basket in which this
individual was buried dates to 2080 ±
60 years bp.
The human remains were determined
to be Native American based on the
geographical location, age, biological
information, and the nature of the
associated funerary objects, which relate
to other similar archeological and
anthropological evidence of Native
Americans in the northern Great Basin
and nearby areas.
Multiple lines of evidence—guided by
tribal consultations—including
geographic, oral tradition, archeological,
genetic, and aboriginal land claims,
demonstrate a shared group identity
between these human remains and some
of the modern-day tribes of the Northern
Paiutes. In addition, final judgments of
the Indian Claims Commission show
that the land from which the Native
American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of some
of the Northern Paiutes. Today, the
culturally affiliated tribes of the
Northern Paiutes are: the Alturas Indian
Rancheria, California; Big Pine Paiute
Tribe of Owens Valley (previously listed
as the Big Pine Band of Owens Valley
Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine
Reservation, California); Bishop Paiute
Tribe (previously listed as the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop
Community of the Bishop Colony,
California); Bridgeport Indian Colony
(previously listed as the Bridgeport
Paiute Indian Colony of California);
Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as
the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns
Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon);
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; Fort
Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort
Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort
Independence Indian Community of
Paiute Indians of Fort Independence
Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada
and Oregon; Klamath Tribes; Lone Pine
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously
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listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of
the Lone Pine Community of the Lone
Pine Reservation, California); Lovelock
Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian
Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of
the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada;
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker
River Reservation, Nevada; and the
Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
Determinations Made by the BLM
Nevada State Office
Officials of the BLM Nevada State
Office have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 22 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.
• 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 objects
and The Tribes.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Mark Hall, Native
American Coordinator, Bureau of Land
Management, Winnemucca District
Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd.,
Winnemucca, NV 89445, telephone
(775) 623–1529, email mehall@blm.gov,
by October 30, 2013. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The BLM Nevada State Office is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 12, 2013.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Colorado State University has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to Colorado State University,
Department of Anthropology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Colorado State University,
Department of Anthropology at the
address in this notice by October 30,
2013.
SUMMARY:
Christopher Green,
Colorado State University, B–218 Clark
Building, c/o Christopher Green, 1787
Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO
80525, telephone (970) 213–3060, email
cg99@rams.colostate.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of
Colorado State University, Department
of Anthropology, Fort Collins, CO. The
human remains were removed from
unknown locations, most likely from the
state of Colorado.
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
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American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Colorado State
University, Department of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapaho Tribe of
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
(previously listed as the CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah. The following tribes
were also invited to participate but were
not involved in the consultations: Crow
Tribe of Montana; Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously
listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota);
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; 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) (formerly Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes)); Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Shoshone Tribe of Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
of North & South Dakota; Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; and the Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
(hereafter all tribes listed in this section
are referred to as ‘‘The Consulted and
Notified Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
For the cases listed in this notice, the
human remains were catalogued and
curated by Colorado State University
after the date of removal. The age of the
human remains and the skeletal wear
are consistent with Native American
ancestry. Colorado State University, as
regular practice, retained only Native
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office, Reno, NV
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Nevada State Office has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
BLM. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the BLM Nevada State Office at the address in
this notice by October 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Mark Hall, Native American Coordinator, Bureau of Land
Management, Winnemucca District Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd.,
Winnemucca, NV 89445, telephone (775) 623-1529, email mehall@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the BLM Nevada State
Office, Reno, NV. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Elephant Mountain Cave, in Humboldt County, NV.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by the BLM Nevada State Office professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Bridgeport Indian Colony
(previously listed as the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of
California); Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Pit River Tribe,
California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery
Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of
Nevada. The following tribes were invited to consult, but did not
respond: Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Big Pine Paiute Tribe of
Owens Valley (previously listed as the Big Pine Band of Owens Valley
Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California);
Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians
of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California); Burns Paiute
Tribe (previously listed as the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute
Indian Colony of Oregon); Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort
Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort Independence Indian Community
of Paiute Indians of Fort Independence Reservation, Califonia; Klamath
Tribes; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as the
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine
Reservation, California); Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian
Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Walker River Paiute
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and the Winnemucca
Indian Colony of Nevada.
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1980s, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were illegally excavated from Elephant Mountain Cave in
Humboldt County, NV. The human remains were recovered by State of
Oregon law enforcement during the course of an investigation in 1995.
Oregon law enforcement turned over the human remains, associated
funerary objects, and other artifacts removed from the cave to the BLM
Nevada State Office in 1999 and 2007. These materials were deposited in
the Nevada State Museum by the BLM in 1999 and 2007. No historically
known individuals were identified. The 22 associated funerary objects
include 2 baskets, 4 nets/net fragments, 2 rattles or bracelets made of
perforated artiodactyl hooves and sinew string, 7 moccasins, 5 bifaces,
1 jasper flake, and 1 shell pendant.
One set of human remains (NSM AHUR 6009) consists of a nearly
complete skeleton of a child aged 6-8 years old. The sex of the
individual could not be determined. The basket in which this individual
was buried in dates to 2060 60 years before present (bp).
The other set of human remains (NSM AHUR 6010) consists of a nearly
complete skeleton of a female, 9-12 years old. The basket in which this
individual was buried dates to 2080 60 years bp.
The human remains were determined to be Native American based on
the geographical location, age, biological information, and the nature
of the associated funerary objects, which relate to other similar
archeological and anthropological evidence of Native Americans in the
northern Great Basin and nearby areas.
Multiple lines of evidence--guided by tribal consultations--
including geographic, oral tradition, archeological, genetic, and
aboriginal land claims, demonstrate a shared group identity between
these human remains and some of the modern-day tribes of the Northern
Paiutes. In addition, final judgments of the Indian Claims Commission
show that the land from which the Native American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of some of the Northern Paiutes. Today,
the culturally affiliated tribes of the Northern Paiutes are: the
Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens
Valley (previously listed as the Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute
Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California); Bishop
Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California); Bridgeport Indian
Colony (previously listed as the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of
California); Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Burns Paiute
Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon); Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Fort Bidwell Indian
Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort
Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of Fort Independence
Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of
the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Klamath
Tribes; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously
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listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the
Lone Pine Reservation, California); Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the
Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and
the Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
Determinations Made by the BLM Nevada State Office
Officials of the BLM Nevada State Office have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 22 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.
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 objects and The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Mark Hall, Native American Coordinator,
Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office, 5100 East
Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 89445, telephone (775) 623-1529, email
mehall@blm.gov, by October 30, 2013. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The BLM Nevada State Office is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 12, 2013.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-23818 Filed 9-27-13; 8:45 am]
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