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###### Department of the Interior

###### National Park Service

          - [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036584; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

# 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 Elko 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 Elko County, Nevada (Accession #                     *AHUR 62 (St. John's Seedling, Antelope Site)*). No associated funerary objects are present.                

## Aboriginal Land

                    The human remains in this notice were removed from a known geographic location. This location is the aboriginal land of one or more Indian Tribes. The                           ( print page 64459)                        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 any Indian Tribe.
    - The human remains 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; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; 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. 2023-20201 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]

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