Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 64455-64456 [2023-20198]
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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, three individuals were
removed from Lincoln County, NV
(Accession #s AHUR 119B (Mt. Irish
Site), AHUR 172 (Cathedral Gorge Site),
and FHUR 14 (Crystal Spring Ranch
Site)). No associated funerary objects are
present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice
were removed from known geographic
locations. These locations are 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
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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 three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and any
Indian Tribe.
• The human remains described in
this notice were removed from the
aboriginal land of the Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians of the Moapa River Indian
Reservation, 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);
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Indians of Nevada (Four constituent
bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko
Band; South Fork Band; and Wells
Band); and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe
of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains 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.
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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
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 19, 2023.
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 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: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–20199 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036581;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las
Vegas, NV
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and any Indian Tribe.
The human remains were removed from
Mineral County, NV.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 19, 2023.
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
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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, one individual were removed
from Mineral County, NV (Accession #
AHUR 7 (Unknown Site)). No associated
funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice
were removed from a known geographic
location (i.e., Mineral County, NV). This
location is the aboriginal land 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 one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
Indian Tribe.
• The human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice
were removed from the aboriginal land
of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; 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; 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; Yerington
Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony &
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the
Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains in this notice must be
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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
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 19, 2023.
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 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: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–20198 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036573;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of California, Davis, Davis,
CA, and University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) and the University of California,
Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and have
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Solano County, CA.
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Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
October 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA
Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One
Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752–8501, email
mnoble@ucdavis.edu and Alex Lucas,
University of California, Berkeley,
Office of Government and Community
Relations, 200 California Hall, Berkeley,
CA 94720, telephone (510) 570–0964,
email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.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 UC Davis and UC
Berkeley. 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 UC Davis and UC
Berkeley.
DATES:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 107 individuals were
removed from Solano County, CA. In
1965, CA–SOL–11 (UC Davis Accession
16) was excavated by Walt Brown and
Jay Ruby as a part of two UC Davis Field
Schools. The 3,263 associated funerary
objects are comprised of 3,219 objects
that can be located in the collections
and 44 objects that cannot be located at
this time. The 3,219 locatable associated
funerary objects are 50 lots consisting of
worked shells (including beads and
pendants); 27 lots consisting of worked
bones (awls, pendants, and other
worked bones); 19 lots consisting of
worked stone (pendants, beads, and
other worked stone); 25 projectile
points; 167 lots consisting of
groundstones; 1,602 lots consisting of
stone debitage; 128 lots consisting of
chipped stones (bifaces, scrapers, cores,
and flake tools); 17 lots consisting of
fired clay/ceramics; 643 lots consisting
of unmodified animal bones; 446 lots
consisting of unmodified shells; 25 lots
consisting of charcoal; four lots
consisting of plant materials (seeds,
nuts, acorn caps); 18 lots consisting of
ochre; 26 lots consisting of ash; two lots
consisting of miscellaneous minerals;
and 20 lots consisting of unmodified
stones. The 44 currently missing
associated funerary objects are one lot
consisting of worked shells; two lots
consisting of worked bones; two
projectile points; two lots consisting of
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groundstones; 11 lots consisting of stone
debitage; seven lots consisting of
chipped stones; two lots consisting of
miscellaneous pieces of fired clay; six
lots consisting of unmodified animal
bones; one lot consisting of unmodified
shells; two lots consisting of charcoal;
one lot consisting of unmodified stones;
and seven lots consisting of unknown
materials.
During May–June of 1946, University
of California, Berkeley student William
Clifford Massey removed three
associated funerary objects from CA–
SOL–11, which were subsequently
appropriated by the University and
accessioned into the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology collection.
The three associated funerary objects are
a stone point, one lot of stone flakes,
and one lot of shells.
On October 1, 1949, as part of the
California Archaeological Survey,
University of California, Berkeley
student Arnold R. Pilling removed three
associated funerary items from CA–
SOL–11, which were subsequently
appropriated by the University and
accessioned into the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology. The three
associated funerary objects are a scraper,
a blade, and a mortar.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, biological, geographical,
historical, linguistic, and oral
traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UC Davis and UC
Berkeley have determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 107 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 3,269 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036581; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Las Vegas, 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 University of Nevada, Las Vegas has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian
Tribe. The human remains were removed from Mineral County, NV.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Daniel Benyshek, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S
Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, telephone (702) 895-2070, 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
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, one individual were removed
from Mineral County, NV (Accession # AHUR 7 (Unknown Site)). No
associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from a known
geographic location (i.e., Mineral County, NV). This location is the
aboriginal land 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 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; 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; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the
Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe
of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be
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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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after October 19, 2023. 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 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 Sec.
10.11.
Dated: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-20198 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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