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lithics, one lot consisting of metal 

objects, one lot consisting of floral 

material, one lot consisting of 

mineralogical objects, and one lot 

consisting of unmodified shells. 

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: anthropological, 

archeological, geographical, historical, 

oral traditional, and expert tribal 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

California, Riverside has determined 

that: 

• The eight 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 Pechanga Band of Indians 

(Previously listed as Pechanga Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pechanga Reservation, 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. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 30, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Riverside 

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, Riverside 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 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21247 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036646; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Louisiana State University, Museum of 

Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of inventory completion. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Louisiana 

State University, Museum of Natural 

Science (LSUMNS) 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 and 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Iberville Parish, 

Louisiana. 

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, 

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 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by LSUMNS. 

Description 

In 1940–1941, human remains 

representing, at a minimum, 19 

individuals were removed from the 

Bayou Goula Mounds site (16IV011), in 

Iberville Parish, LA, by Edward Doran 

during an excavation undertaken as a 

joint project between Louisiana State 

University (LSU) and the Federal Works 

Project Administration. These human 

remains belong to eight adults, six 

juveniles, and five individuals of 

indeterminate age. Sex could not be 

determined for any of these individuals. 

The 56 associated funerary objects are 

29 projectile points (one is a fragment), 

10 brass/copper tinkling cones, two 

brass buttons (both broken on seam), 

one brass bell (missing clapper), nine 

historic glass beads, two tubular copper 

beads, two quartz crystals, and one lot 

consisting of sherds from a small Owens 

Punctuated vessel. 

In 1977, human remains representing, 

at a minimum, one individual, were 

removed from the Bayou Goula/ 

Mugulasha Village site (16IV134) in 

Iberville Parish, LA, by Glen Fredlund, 

during research for his M.A. thesis at 

LSU. In 2016, these remains were 

transferred from Fredlund’s possession 

to the LSUMNS. The fragmentary 

cranial remains, which were found 

entangled among the roots of a fallen 

tree, belong to an adult of indeterminate 

sex. The 225 associated funerary objects 

are: 223 historic glass beads, one Florida 

cut crystal bead, and one cube of galena. 

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, and historical. 

Determinations 

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 notice represent the physical 

remains of 20 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 281 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 


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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, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: September 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21245 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036644; 

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 California. 

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, four individuals were 

removed from an unknown county or 

counties in California (Accession #s 

AHUR 116A (Unknown Site), AHUR 

116B (Unknown Site), AHUR 117 

(Unknown Site), AHUR 118A (‘‘Arroyo 

Rockshelter Site’’)). While the ancestral 

remains of one of these individuals are 

attributed to a named site, we are unable 

to identify this site and, consequently, 

we are unable to identify the county or 

counties from which the human remains 

were removed. The 10 associated 

funerary objects are four moccasins (two 

pairs), one lot consisting of faunal 

bones, one lot consisting of pottery 

sherds, an Elko side-notched point, a 

Parowan point, one lot consisting of 

stone flakes, and one lot consisting of 

shells. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from a known geographic 

location (i.e., the State of California). 

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 four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 10 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Agua Caliente 

Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 

Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 

Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; 

Bear River Band of the Rohnerville 

Rancheria, California; Berry Creek 

Rancheria of Maidu Indians of 

California; Big Sandy Rancheria of 

Western Mono Indians of California; 

Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian 

Colony; Buena Vista Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Cabazon 

Band of Cahuilla Indians (Previously 

listed as Cabazon Band of Mission 

Indians, California); Cachil DeHe Band 

of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; Cahto Tribe of the 

Laytonville Rancheria; Cahuilla Band of 

Indians; California Valley Miwok Tribe, 

California; Campo Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 

Reservation, California; Captain Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California (Barona Group of Captain 

Grande Band of Mission Indians of the 

Barona Reservation, California; Viejas 

(Baron Long) Group of Captain Grande 

Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California); Cedarville 

Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi 

Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi 

Reservation, California; Cher-Ae Heights 

Indian Community of the Trinidad 

Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Cloverdale Rancheria of 

Pomo Indians of California; Cold 

Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Colorado River Indian Tribes 


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