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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 

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. 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

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. 

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 

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, 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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

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 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

DATES: 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. 

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 

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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