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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 30, 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 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21243 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036643; 

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 

or counties in Nevada. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 30, 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, 10 individuals were removed 

from an unknown county or counties in 

Nevada (accession #s AHUR 32 

(‘‘Rocking Horse Ranch Site’’), AHUR 

137x (‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 138x 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 139x 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 140x 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 144ax 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 144bx 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 144cx 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), AHUR 144dx 

(‘‘Rockwell Site’’), and FHUR 43 

(‘‘Unknown Site’’)). While some of these 

ancestral remains are attributed to 

named sites, we are unable to identify 

these sites and, consequently, we are 

unable to identify the county or 

counties from which the human remains 

were removed. The six associated 

funerary objects are vegetable fibers, 

chert flakes, and pottery sherds. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from a known geographic 

location (i.e., the State of Nevada). 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 10 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The six 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 Colorado River Indian Tribes of 

the Colorado River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona and California; Confederated 

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 

Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone 

Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, 

Nevada; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of 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; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of 

Arizona, California & Nevada; Hualapai 

Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of 

Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian 

Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe 

of the Lovelock 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); PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon 

Reservation and Colony, Nevada; 

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the 

Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; 

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; 

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 

Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of 

Nevada; Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four 

constituent bands: Battle Mountain 

Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and 

Wells Band); 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); 

Winnemucca Indian Colony of 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 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 


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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 30, 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 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21241 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036648; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: Louisiana State 

University, Museum of Natural 

Science, Baton Rouge, LA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Louisiana 

State University, Museum of Natural 

Science (LSUMNS) has amended a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 13, 2000. This notice amends 

the minimum number of individuals 

and the number of associated funerary 

objects in a collection removed from the 

Phillip Nicks Place site in Avoyelles 

Parish, LA (16AV4). 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Rebecca Saunders, 

Curator, LSUMNS Division of 

Anthropology, 119 Foster Hall, LSU, 

Baton Rouge, LA 70803, telephone (225) 

588–0909, email rsaunde@lsu.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 LSUMNS. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

amendments and determinations in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

LSUMNS. 

Amendment 

This notice amends determinations 

concerning human remains and 

associated funerary objects from site 

16AV4, the Phillip Nicks site, listed in 

a Notice of Inventory Completion that 

was published in the Federal Register 

on December 13, 2000 (65 FR 77907– 

77908). Repatriation of the items in the 

original Notice of Inventory Completion 

has not occurred. During a re-inventory 

of collections from site 16AV4, the 

minimum number of individuals was 

determined to be five, rather than six as 

previously reported. In addition, 64 

historical objects that previously were 

thought to have come from the general 

site area were determined to come from 

the disturbed mound summit and, 

consequently, they are associated 

funerary objects. The 427 associated 

funerary objects (previously identified 

as 363 associated funerary objects) 

include bracelets, rings, glass beads, 

textile fragments, shell fragments, gun 

flints, lead shot, iron nails, and iron nail 

fragments. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, LSUMNS has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this amended notice represent the 

physical remains of five individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 427 objects described in this 

amended 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 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Jena Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; and The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

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. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after October 30, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

LSUMNS must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. LSUMNS 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, 10.10, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: September 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21246 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036651; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

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 has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 


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