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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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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036674; 

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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. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution and Social Change, 

Tempe, AZ 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Arizona State University, Center for 

Archaeology and Society Repository 

(acting in place of the Arizona State 

University, School of Human Evolution 

and Social Change) 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 Maricopa County, 

AZ. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Allisen Dahlstedt, Arizona 

State University, School of Human 

Evolution and Social Change, P.O. Box 

872402, Tempe, AZ 85287–2402, email 

Allisen.Dahlstedt@asu.edu and 

Christopher Caseldine, Arizona State 

University, School of Human Evolution 

and Social Change, P.O. Box 872402, 

Tempe, AZ 85287–2402, telephone 

(480) 965–6957, email 

Christopher.Caseldine@asu.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 Arizona State 

University, Center for Archaeology and 

Society Repository. 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 Arizona State University, Center 

for Archaeology and Society Repository. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Maricopa County, AZ. 

These disinterments occurred during 

three separate projects over the course 

of nine years. 

In 1959, the human remains of one 

individual were removed from the 

western portion of Las Colinas—then 

designated The Spear Site—by an 

undergraduate student in the 

Department of Sociology and 

Anthropology at Arizona State 

University (ASU). No details about the 

project or its curation at ASU are 

available. The individual is an adult of 

indeterminate sex. The six associated 

funerary objects are: one lot consisting 

of loose soil with charcoal, one lot 

consisting of stone materials, one 

obsidian chip with a shaped edge, one 

ceramic sherd, one lot consisting of 

shell fragments, and one lot consisting 

of faunal skeletal fragments. 

On April 29, 1961, ASU Department 

of Anthropology faculty Dr. Donald 

Morris was contacted to recover a burial 

that had been disturbed by a contractor 

doing construction-related excavation 

for a caisson within the Las Colinas site. 

The human remains of one individual 

and several cultural objects within this 

mortuary feature were removed and 

brought to ASU. The individual is an 

adult, likely male. The 23 associated 

funerary objects are: one chert biface, 

one incised bone object interpreted by 

Morris to be parts of a wand, one threequarter grooved axe, one lot consisting 

of faunal bone, four lots consisting of 

charred fiber/textile material, two lots 

consisting of charred wood, one lot 

consisting of shell fragments, one lot 

consisting of chipped stones, one 

reconstructed ceramic bowl, one 

partially intact ceramic jar, one partially 

reconstructable bowl, and eight lots 

consisting of mixed ceramic sherds. 

In 1967, the human remains of one 

individual were removed by an 

unknown person. Based on bag labels, 

the disinterment likely took place on 

March 9, 1967, as part of a salvage 

project for Arizona Public Service (APS) 

at Las Colinas (no other field 

documentation records have been 

located). The individual is an adult of 

indeterminate sex. The three associated 

funerary objects are one lot consisting of 

unworked shell fragments, one lot 

consisting of mixed ceramic sherds, and 

one lot consisting of lithic debitage. 

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, folkloric, geographical, 

kinship, linguistic, oral traditional, and 

other relevant information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Arizona State 

University, Center for Archaeology and 

Society Repository has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the partial physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 32 associated funerary 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. 

• 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 Ak-Chin Indian 

Community; Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Officials 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, 

the Arizona State University, Center for 

Archaeology and Society Repository 

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. The Arizona State 

University, Center for Archaeology and 

Society Repository 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. 


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Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Sequoia and Kings 

Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, 

CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon 

National Parks (SEKI) 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 Tulare County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Clayton Jordan, 

Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings 

Canyon National Parks, 47050 Generals 

Highway, Three Rivers, CA 93271, 

telephone (559) 565–3101, email 

clayton_jordan@nps.gov. 

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 

Superintendent, SEKI. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

SEKI. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, four individuals were 

removed from Tulare County, CA, in 

1960 through archeological excavations 

undertaken at the Hospital Rock site by 

Jay von Werlholf from the College of the 

Sequoias. All materials collected from 

the site were held at the College of the 

Sequoias until 1961 when the human 

remains were transferred to the 

University of California, Berkeley and 

all other materials were returned to 

Sequoia National Park. The human 

remains held at the University of 

California, Berkeley, and their 

associated funerary objects held by the 

NPS, were repatriated in 1991. 

Additional human remains were 

discovered in the Berkeley collections 

and repatriated by SEKI in 2005. In 

2022, human remains were identified in 

faunal materials from the Hospital Rock 

site. A review of the archeological and 

curatorial records also identified 

associated funerary objects. The 715 

associated funerary objects are 180 

pottery sherds, one baked clay fragment, 

one clay knob, 104 bone and shell 

beads, 50 awls, three bone needles, one 

decorated bone tube, 33 shell fragments, 

seven shell pendants, three pieces of 

worked antler and animal bone, one 

bone paddle, 10 animal bone fragments, 

two animal teeth, four fragments of 

wattle and daub, 45 steatite beads, five 

steatite pendant fragments, 41 steatite 

sherds, one arrow shaft straightener, 

three round stones, four rubbing stones, 

four stone paddles, 10 manos, 105 

projectile points, three projectile point 

blanks, seven lithic cores, 25 stone 

knives, 35 scrapers, one obsidian drill, 

five pieces of worked stone, one blue 

glass bead, five yellow ochre fragments, 

and 15 red ochre fragments. 

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 

information, archeological information, 

historical information, oral tradition, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, SEKI has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 715 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. 

• 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 Big Sandy Rancheria 

of Western Mono Indians of California; 

Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians 

of California; Northfork Rancheria of 

Mono Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California; Table Mountain 

Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California. 

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, 

SEKI 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. SEKI is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations 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 25, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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