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repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The University of 

Alaska Museum of the North 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 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27375 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037057; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Lahontan National 

Fish Hatchery, Gardnerville, NV 

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 Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Lahontan National 

Fish Hatchery 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 Douglas County, 

NV. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Patrick W. Rennaker, 

Archaeologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Cultural Resources Team, 

Columbia Pacific Northwest and Pacific 

Islands (R1), and Pacific Southwest (R8), 

20555 Gerda Lane, Sherwood, OR 

97140, telephone (503) 294–7490, email 

patrick_rennaker@fws.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 Lahontan 

National Fish Hatchery. 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 Lahontan National Fish Hatchery. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Douglas County, NV. In 

April of 1969, Richard Messier of the 

National Park Service contacted the 

Nevada Archaeological Service to 

investigate a burial site which had been 

exposed during road improvement 

activities. The site was situated on the 

crest of a hill at the junction of Highway 

395 and the Fish Hatchery access road 

six miles south of Garnerville. Three 

distinct burial pits were visible in the 

cut-bank of the hill, with human 

remains and groundstone present on the 

slope in front of the cut-bank. 

University of Nevada Reno investigators 

Dr. Don Fowler, Dr. Catherine Fowler, 

and Dr. Don Hardesty inspected the site 

and determined that the likelihood of 

further damage was high and that the 

best possible recourse at the time was to 

recover as much of the disturbed 

material as possible. They subsequently 

recovered human remains from the 

three burial pits and disturbed human 

remains below the cut-bank. It is noted 

that a disk shell bead was collected from 

the topsoil fill above the burial pits. No 

other associated grave materials were 

identified at the time of excavation. 

National Park Service employees also 

collected several human remains 

elements before the Nevada 

Archaeological Service arrived, and 

these were given to the investigators 

upon arrival. The Research Museum at 

the University of Nevada, Reno agreed 

to house this material on permanent 

loan from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

The initial inspection noted that the 

first individual is probably a young 

adult male between the ages of 14 and 

20, the second is an adult male, and the 

third is an adult but too incomplete for 

further comment. The original site 

records indicate that one shell disc bead 

was present in the fill above Burial One. 

Another was possibly associated with 

Burial Two. The original notes indicate 

the beads were removed during 

excavation, but nothing in the 

paperwork denotes that these items 

were curated. No disk shell beads 

relating to this assemblage could be 

located during the 1995, 2021, and 2023 

inventory process. In 2021, Museum 

staff located four manos labeled as 

belonging to 26DO300 in a stack of 

artifacts to be rehoused. There is no 

record of these objects in the Summary 

of Findings. It is assumed that the 

manos were acquired after the original 

excavation and the associated funerary 

objects arrived at the Museum at a later 

unknown date from the Park Service 

employees that collected elements prior 

to the Nevada Archaeological Service 

arrival as noted. The four associated 

funerary objects are four stone manos. 

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: based on lifeway, 

oral tradition, folklore, geography, 

anthropology, ethnography, archeology, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Lahontan National 

Fish Hatchery has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• 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. 

• 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 Washoe Tribe of 

Nevada & California (Carson Colony, 

Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords 

Community, Stewart Community, & 

Washoe Ranches). 

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 


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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 January 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery 

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 Lahontan 

National Fish Hatchery 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: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27371 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037060; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the Sherman Institute, 

Riverside County, CA, Fort Berthold 

Agency, McLean County, ND, and 

Flandreau Indian School, Moody 

County, SD. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

collected at the Sherman Institute, 

Riverside County, CA. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from one individual who was recorded 

as being 18 years old and one individual 

who was recorded as being 19 years old. 

The two individuals were identified as 

‘‘Arikara.’’ Samuel H. Gilliam took the 

hair clippings at the Sherman Institute 

between 1930 and 1933. Gilliam sent 

the hair clippings to George Woodbury, 

who donated the hair clippings to the 

PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 12 individuals were 

collected at the Fort Berthold Agency, 

McLean County, ND. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from two individuals who were 

recorded as being 7 years old, one 

individual who was recorded as being 

10 years old, one individual who was 

recorded as being 11 years old, three 

individuals who were recorded as being 

12 years old, four individuals who were 

recorded as being 13 years old, and one 

individual who were recorded as being 

16 years old. All individuals were 

identified as ‘‘Gros Ventre.’’ Ralph 

Parsons took the hair clippings at the 

Sherman Institute between 1930 and 

1933. Parsons sent the hair clippings to 

George Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were 

collected at the Flandreau Indian 

School, Moody County, SD. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from one individual who was recorded 

as being 20 years old and identified as 

‘‘Mandan.’’ George E. Peters took the 

hair clippings at the Sherman Institute 

between 1930 and 1933. Peters sent the 

hair clippings to George Woodbury, who 

donated the hair clippings to the PMAE 

in 1935. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains 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: kinship and 

anthropological. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native 

Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 15 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE 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 


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