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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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64462 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 19, 2023 / Notices 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20196 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036575; 

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 White Pine County, 

Nevada. 

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, one individual were removed 

from the Ely Site in White Pine County, 

NV (Accession # FHUR 65). The seven 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

consisting of faunal bones, an obsidian 

tool, a quartzite fragment, one lot 

consisting of chert flakes, one lot 

consisting of ochre, one lot consisting of 

charcoal, and one lot consisting of shell 

disc beads. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from a known geographic 

location. 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. 

• The seven 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 

Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; 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; 

Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of 

Utah; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the 

Walker River Reservation, Nevada; 

Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California 

(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, 

Woodfords Community, Stewart 

Community, & Washoe Ranches); and 

the Yerington Paiute Tribe of the 

Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, 

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. 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20192 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036577; 

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 an unknown county 

in Utah. 

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. 


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