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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. 2023–20197 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036586; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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, Berkeley 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of objects 

of cultural patrimony and that have a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural items were 

removed from Sutter County, Yuba 

County, and western Placer County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 19, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Government 

and Community Relations (Chancellor’s 

Office), University of California, 

Berkeley. 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 the University of 

California, 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 summary or related records held 

by the University of California, 

Berkeley. 

Description 

During the period from 1864 through 

1957, 13 objects of cultural patrimony 

were removed from multiple identified 

sites in western Placer County, CA—CAPla-14, CA-Pla-17, CA-Pla-39, CA-Pla-4, 

and CA-Pla-414—and nine unknown 

locations in that county. Through 12 

separate accessions, these objects were 

donated to the Lowie Museum (Phoebe 

A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) at 

the University of California, Berkeley, 

by Darius Ogden Mills, Ellinor C. 

Davidson, Elmer J. Dawson, Franklin 

Fenenga, Robert Fleming Heizer, John 

Campbell Merriam, L. M. Layton, Loring 

J. Barker, Mrs. J. C. Hawver, the National 

Park Service, and Ralph L. Beals, as well 

as through the University of California 

Archaeological Survey, University 

appropriation, and other University 

collections. The 13 objects of cultural 

patrimony are one lot consisting of 

beads, one lot consisting of cartridges, 

one lot consisting of ceramics and glass, 

one lot consisting of clothing and textile 

components, one lot consisting of faunal 

remains, one lot consisting of floral 

remains, one lot consisting of metal, one 

lot consisting of nails, one lot consisting 

of ornaments, one lot consisting of 

plastic fragments, one lot consisting of 

shells, one lot consisting of worked 

faunal bones, and one lot consisting of 

worked and unworked stone. 

During the period from sometime 

before 1881 through 1949, four objects 

of cultural patrimony were removed 

from multiple identified sites in Sutter 

County, CA—CA-Sut-10, CA-Sut-16, 

CA-Sut-5—and six unknown locations 

in that county. Through seven separate 

accessions, these objects were donated 

to the Lowie Museum by A. J. Blakeley, 

Clement W. Meighan, J. J. Coats, 

Jeremiah B. Lillard, and the Sacramento 

County Board of Education, as well as 

through the California Archaeological 

Survey, other University Collections, 

and University appropriation. The four 

lots of objects of cultural patrimony are 

one lot consisting of beads, one lot 

consisting of charmstones, one lot 

consisting of worked faunal bones, and 

one lot consisting of worked stone. 

During the period 1860 through 1966, 

four objects of cultural patrimony were 

removed from multiple identified sites 

in Yuba County, CA—CA-Yub-10, CAYub-11, CA-Yub-12, CA-Yub-8, CA-Yub9—and six unknown locations in that 

county. Through 12 separate accessions, 

these objects were donated to the Lowie 

Museum by Aileen W. Foulk, Bill 

Sundahl, Raymond Whiteley, C. M. 

Goethe, Geoffrey B. Bodman, Jeremiah 

B. Lillard, the Sacramento County Board 

of Education, John Campbell Merriam, 

and Stuart C. Way, as well as through 

University appropriation and other 

University collections. The four objects 

of cultural patrimony are one lot 

consisting of beads, one lot consisting of 

ornaments and pendants, one lot 

consisting of worked faunal bones, and 

one lot consisting of worked and 

unworked stone. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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: geographical, 

linguistic, and expert opinion (in the 

form of Tribal traditional knowledge). 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

California, Berkeley has determined 

that: 

• The 21 lots of cultural items 

described above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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. 


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Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 19, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Berkeley 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

University of California, Berkeley is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20191 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036579; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las 

Vegas, NV 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is no 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and any Indian Tribe. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Nye County, NV. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

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, 12 individuals were removed 

from Nye County, NV (Accession #s 

A200 (Bowman Site), AHUR 24 

(Bowman Site), AHUR 25 (Bowman 

Site), AHUR 26 (Bowman Site), AHUR 

27 (Bowman Site), AHUR 63 (Bowman 

Site), AHUR 64 (Bowman Site), AHUR 

65 (Bowman Site), AHUR 72 (Bowman 

Site), AHUR 129 (Pahrump Valley Site), 

and FHUR 63 (Unknown Site)). The 52 

associated funerary objects include 

pottery sherds, stone tools, stone flakes, 

turquoise, faunal bone, shell, mineral, 

bone awls, sandstone, ochre, charcoal, 

shell disc beads, a bone tube, organic 

material, worked bones, lithics, lithic 

knives, projectile points, burned bone, 

obsidian flakes, a lithic drill, square 

shell beads, round shell beads, a flaked 

obsidian tool, flaked quartzite fragment, 

chert flakes, CCD flakes, flaked 

limestone, and mother of pearl. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from known geographic 

locations in Nye County, NV. 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 12 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 52 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• 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; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; 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; 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); 

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; TeMoak Tribe of Western Shoshone 

Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 

bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko 

Band; South Fork Band; and Wells 

Band); 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 and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after 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 and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The University of 

Nevada, Las Vegas is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 10.11. 


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