Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / Notices 87793 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Jeffrey Parrillo, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27827 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037091; 

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 unknown locations. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

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, nine individuals were 

removed from unknown locations, 

identified by the following accession 

numbers AHUR 33 (Unknown Site), 

AHUR 71 (Unknown Site), AHUR 132 

(Unknown Site), AHUR 134A 

(Unknown Site), AHUR 134B (Unknown 

Site), AHUR 145 (Unknown Site), 

AHUR 147X (Unknown Site), AHUR 

1280 (Unknown Site), FHUR 16 

(Unknown Site), and FHUR 70 

(Unknown Site). The six associated 

funerary objects include pottery sherds, 

a worked stick, matting, leather, and 

beads. 

Aboriginal Land 

Based on the collection history of the 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were likely removed from 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 nine individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The six 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 likely 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; 

Ak-Chin Indian Community; 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 Me-Wuk 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; Cocopah 

Tribe of Arizona; Cold Springs 

Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Colorado River Indian Tribes 

of the Colorado River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona and California; 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; 

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 

Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Dry 

Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, 

California; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of 

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of 

the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; 

Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Ely 

Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Enterprise 

Rancheria of Maidu Indians of 

California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of 

Kumeyaay Indians, California; 

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 

California; Fort Bidwell Indian 

Community of the Fort Bidwell 

Reservation of California; 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; Fort McDowell Yavapai 

Nation, Arizona; Fort Mojave Indian 

Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; 

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; 

Grindstone Indian Rancheria of WintunWailaki Indians of California; Havasupai 

Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, 

Arizona; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hopland Band of 

Pomo Indians, California; Hualapai 

Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Iipay Nation of 

Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja 

and Cosmit Reservation, California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Jamul 

Indian Village of California; Kaibab 

Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Karuk 

Tribe; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of 

the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; 


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Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Klamath 

Tribes; Koi Nation of Northern 

California; La Jolla Band of Luiseno 

Indians, California; La Posta Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the La 

Posta Indian Reservation, California; Las 

Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las 

Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine 

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes 

Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 

California; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the 

Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Lytton 

Rancheria of California; Manchester 

Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester 

Rancheria, California; Manzanita Band 

of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Manzanita Reservation, California; 

Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico 

Rancheria, California; Mesa Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

the Mesa Grande Reservation, 

California; Mescalero Apache Tribe of 

the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; 

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians 

of California; Moapa Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Moapa River Indian 

Reservation, Nevada; Mooretown 

Rancheria of Maidu Indians of 

California; Morongo Band of Mission 

Indians, California; Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; 

Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Northwestern Band of the 

Shoshone Nation; 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); PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon 

Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pala 

Band of Mission Indians; Pascua Yaqui 

Tribe of Arizona; Paskenta Band of 

Nomlaki Indians of California; Pauma 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 

Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 

Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously 

listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pechanga 

Reservation, California); Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, 

California; Pit River Tribe, California 

(Includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, 

Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and 

Roaring Creek Rancherias); Potter Valley 

Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake Paiute 

Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, 

Nevada; Quartz Valley Indian 

Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California; Quechan 

Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian 

Reservation, California & Arizona; 

Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; 

Redding Rancheria, California; 

Redwood Valley or Little River Band of 

Pomo Indians of the Redwood Valley 

Rancheria, California; Reno-Sparks 

Indian Colony, Nevada; Resighini 

Rancheria, California; Rincon Band of 

Luiseno Indians (Previously listed as 

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of the Rincon Reservation, 

California); Robinson Rancheria; Round 

Valley Indian Tribes, Round Valley 

Reservation, California; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; San Juan 

Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; San 

Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band 

of Cahuilla Indians, California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez 

Band of Chumash Mission Indians of 

the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; 

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of 

California; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation; ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 

Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band 

of Goshute Indians of Utah; Soboba 

Band of Luiseno Indians, California; 

Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; 

Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; 

Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon Indian 

Tribe; Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four 

constituent bands: Battle Mountain 

Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and 

Wells Band); Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation; Tonto Apache 

Tribe of Arizona; Torres Martinez Desert 

Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River 

Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band 

of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California; Twenty-Nine 

Palms Band of Mission Indians of 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Unitah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute 

Mountain Ute Tribe; 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 & California (Carson Colony, 

Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords 

Community, Stewart Community, & 

Washoe Ranches); White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona; Wilton Rancheria, 

California; Winnemucca Indian Colony 

of Nevada; Wiyot Tribe, California; 

Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp 

Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; 

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe; 

Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington 

Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada; 

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California; 

Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba 

Reservation, Nevada; Yuhaaviatam of 

San Manuel Nation (Previously listed as 

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 

California); and the Yurok Tribe of the 

Yurok Reservation, California. 

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 January 18, 2024. 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: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

American Museum of Natural History, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

American Museum of Natural History 

(AMNH) has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 


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