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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee has been established by 

authority of the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) under 54 U.S.C. 100906 and 

is regulated by the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The 

Committee will present its work 

identifying Federal land unit and 

geographic feature names that may be 

considered derogatory, and its 

recommendations for determining a 

process to engage Tribes, State and local 

governments, affected Federal agencies, 

and members of the public in 

identifying additional derogatory terms 

and Federal land unit and geographic 

feature names. The final agenda and 

briefing materials will be posted to the 

Committee’s website prior to the 

meeting at https://www.nps.gov/orgs/ 

1892/advisory-committee-onreconciliation-in-place-names.htm. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

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oral comments at the meeting during the 

designated time for this purpose. 

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wishing to comment and the time 

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comments may be limited. Interested 

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Manager (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) for advance placement on the 

public speaker list for this meeting. 

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to submit written comments by emailing 

them to reconciliation_committee@

nps.gov. Due to time constraints during 

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submitted into the record. All comments 

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all Committee members. Detailed 

minutes of the meeting will be available 

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the meeting. 

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Authority: 5 U.S.C. Ch.10. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21555 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036676; 

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 Clark County, NV. 

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, 24 individuals were removed 

from Clark County, Nevada (Accession 

#s A240 (Berger Site), AHUR 1 

(Goodsprings Site), AHUR 2 (New St. 

Joseph Site), AHUR 5 (Miracle Mile 

Trailer Park), AHUR 29 (Unknown Site), 

AHUR 35 (Steve Perkins Site), AHUR 36 

(Burial Hill Site), AHUR 59 (Burial Hill 

Site), AHUR 60 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 

61 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 66 (Burial 

Hill Site), AHUR 67 (Burial Hill Site), 

AHUR 68 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 122 

(Burial Hill Site), AHUR 125(Burial Hill 

Site), AHUR 126 (Steve Perkins Site), 

AHUR 135X (Pueblo Point Site), AHUR 

530 (Burial Hill Site), AHUR 1275 

(Overton Site), AHUR 1279 (Steve 

Perkins Site), FHUR 13 (Tule Springs 

Site), FHUR 56 (Unknown Site)). The 32 

associated funerary objects include 

faunal bones, cloth, a button, seeds, a 

gray ware jar, beads, a pendant, a woven 

mat, worked bones, stone flakes, burnt 

bones, shell disc beads, charcoal, a 

burned corn cob, gravel, a stone tool, 

pottery sherds, textile pieces, ceramic 

pieces, bone beads, wood sticks, 

vegetable fibers (matting), rope, and 

lithic flakes. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from known geographic 

locations. 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 24 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 32 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 


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the Colorado River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona and California; Fort 

Independence Indian Community of 

Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence 

Reservation, California; Fort Mojave 

Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & 

Nevada; 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; and the 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). 

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 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 25, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036674; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: Kansas State University, 

Manhattan, KS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas 

State University has amended a Notice 

of Inventory Completion published in 

the Federal Register on September 11, 

2006. This notice amends the minimum 

number of individuals. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Megan Williamson, 

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, 

and Social Work, Kansas State 

University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old 

Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506– 

4003, telephone (785) 532–6005, email 

mwillia1@ksu.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 Kansas State 

University. 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 

Kansas State University. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 53467–53468, 

September 11, 2006) by increasing the 

minimum number of individuals (MNI) 

listed in the previous notice from four 

to six. Disposition of the items in the 

original Notice of Inventory Completion 

has not occurred. 

From site 14MP463, in McPherson 

County, KS, four individuals were 

removed (previously identified as two). 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, Kansas State University 

has determined that: 

• The human remains represent the 

physical remains of six individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• 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 were removed from the 

aboriginal land of the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 

Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 

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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 30, 2023. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, 

Kansas State University 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. Kansas State 

University 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, 10.11, and 

10.13. 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21389 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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National Park Service 

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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution and Social Change, 

Tempe, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 


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