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agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects a Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register (83 FR 14490–14492, 

April 4, 2018). A paragraph 

summarizing the determinations made 

by the La Plata County Historical 

Society cited an incorrect reference in 

the original notice. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (83 FR 14492, 

April 4, 2018), column 2, paragraph 1, 

under the heading ‘‘Determination Made 

by the La Plata County Historical 

Society, Durango, CO’’ is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005(a), the 

repatriation of the human remains may be to 

The Tribes. 

Dated: May 21, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 

Department of Anthropology, Las 

Vegas, NV 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Nevada, Las 

Vegas, (UNLV) Department of 

Anthropology has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the UNLV Department of 

Anthropology. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the UNLV Department of 

Anthropology at the address in this 

notice by by July 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Barbara Roth, 

Department of Anthropology, University 

of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 455003, 4505 

S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 

89154 telephone (702) 895–3646, email 

Barbara.Roth@unlv.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

UNLV Department of Anthropology. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Indian Springs, Clark County, NV. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the UNLV 

Department of Anthropology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Duckwater 

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 

Reservation, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone 

Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and 

Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute 

Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, 

Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the 

Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; and 

Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington 

Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Indian 

Springs in Clark County, NV. The 

human remains, designated as AHUR 

142 (also referred to as AHUR 142X), 

were collected by Mr. Robert Hopkins 

and subsequently given to Dr. Sheilagh 

Brooks, an anthropologist in the 

Department of Anthropology at UNLV. 

They consist of the mostly complete 

mummified remains of an infant 

between 0 and 12 months old. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

four associated funerary objects are a 

necklace of tubular bone beads found 

around the left arm and neck, wooden 

sticks belonging to a cradleboard, 

vegetable fibers that served as matting, 

and a rope. 

The human remains were collected 

near the town of Indian Springs, located 

45 miles north of Las Vegas. Indian 

Springs is within the western Paiute and 

Shoshone traditional occupation area. 

Ted Howard, Cultural Resources 

Director for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes 

of the Duck Valley Reservation, NV, has 

indicated that the cradle is typical of 

those used by Great Basin Native 

Americans. Archeological research 

confirms that the cradleboard and other 

funerary objects are consistent with 

assemblages found within the territory 

occupied by the western Paiute and 

Shoshone in the historic and preEuropean contact eras. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 

Department of Anthropology 

Officials of the UNLV Department of 

Anthropology have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the four 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and the Alturas Indian Rancheria, 

California; Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming; Big Pine 

Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley 

(previously listed as the Big Pine Band 

of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone 

Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, 

California); Bishop Paiute Tribe 

(previously listed as the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California); Bridgeport Indian Colony 

(previously listed as the Bridgeport 

Paiute Indian Colony of California); 

Buena Vista Rancheria of the Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Cedarville 

Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi 

Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi 

Reservation, California; Confederated 

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 


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Nevada and Utah; Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as 

the Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone 

Band of California); Duckwater 

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 

Reservation, Nevada; 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; 

Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the 

Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las 

Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las 

Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine 

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (previously 

listed as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of 

the Lone Pine Community of the Lone 

Pine Reservation, California); Lovelock 

Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian 

Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Moapa River Indian 

Reservation, Nevada; Northwestern 

Band of the Shoshone Nation 

(previously listed as Northwestern Band 

of Shoshoni Nation and the 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

of Utah (Washakie)); Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh 

Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 

Paiutes (formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, 

Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks 

Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of 

Paiutes)); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the 

Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; 

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the 

Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; 

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; 

San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of 

Arizona; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation; ShoshonePaiute 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); Utu Utu Gwaitu 

Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute 

Reservation, California; Walker River 

Paiute Tribe of the Walker River 

Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of 

Nevada and 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 Yomba 

Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba 

Reservation, Nevada (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dr. Barbara Roth, 

Department of Anthropology, University 

of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 455003, 4505 

S. Maryland Parkway, Box 455003, Las 

Vegas, NV 89154, telephone (702) 895– 

3646, email Barbara.Roth@unlv.edu, by 

July 18, 2018. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Tribes may proceed. 

The UNLV Department of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: May 15, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

Riverside Metropolitan Museum. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Riverside Metropolitan Museum at 

the address in this notice by July 18, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., 

Museum Director, Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission 

Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 

telephone (951) 826–5792, email 

rpeterson@riversideca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA, 

that meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item(s) 

In 1930, Samuel C. Evans purchased 

a string of shell and stone beads in a 

cloth bag from Clark’s Store, San Diego 

County, CA. In 1996, a collection of 

Native American materials (RMM Accn. 

#A1524) from the estate of Samuel C. 

Evans was donated to the Riverside 

Municipal Museum by his son Samuel 

W. Evans. This donation included the 

string of shell and stone beads in a cloth 

bag. The two unassociated funerary 

objects have been determined to be from 

the Rincon Band of Luisen ̃ o Indians 

based on cultural and historical 

evidence. In Kroeber’s Ethnography of 

the Cahuilla Indians (1908), he analyzed 

beads found in a burial at San Jacinto, 

describing them as less regular than 

other specimens. The string of beads in 

question has the characteristics of 

traditional Luisen ̃ o beads as utilized by 

the people of the Rincon Band of 

Luisen ̃ o Indians. 

Information provided during 

consultations documented that Clark’s 

store in San Diego County, CA, was 

within the traditional aboriginal 

territory of the Rincon Band of Luisen ̃ o 

Indians. The Rincon Band of Luisen ̃o 

Indians Museum Specialist wrote ‘‘The 

Rincon store was located on the 

southwest corner of Pala Road (Highway 

76) and Valley Center Road and clearly 

within the traditional territory of the 

Tribe, and in immediate proximity to its 

current reservation boundaries. . . . 

The Tribe has no doubt that the string 

of bead and the bag are funerary objects 

and came from the traditional territory 

of the Rincon Band of Luisen ̃o Indians’’ 

(9/19/2017). 


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