81 FR 798 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 4 (January 7, 2016)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 4 (January 7, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 798-799] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-00067] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19846; PCU00RP14.R50000-PPWOCRDN0] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit a written request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address in this notice by February 8, 2016. ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email [email protected]. 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 under the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ. The human remains were removed from areas around Pyramid Lake, Washoe 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 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. 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada. History and Description of the Remains In 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from a site located on the Northwest corner of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, NV, by F.A. Riddell (State of California Division of Beaches and Parks) and H. Norcross, and donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. At the request of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date prior to 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a small cave in ``Paul Bunyan's Corral'' located on the east side of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, NV. They were donated by M. Wheat to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1955. At the request of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date prior to 1922, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from the east side of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, NV, by Peterson Pancho and donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1922. At the request of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date prior to 1923, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were removed from south of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, NV, by Peterson Pancho and donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1923. At the request of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, these human remains were transferred to the Arizona State Museum in 2013 for documentation and temporary custody. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice are Native American based on physical characteristics including cranial and dental morphology. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 11 [[Page 799]] individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (15), the land from which the Native American human remains were removed is the tribal land of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains may be to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada. Additional Requestors and Disposition 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email [email protected], by February 8, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, may proceed. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for notifying the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, that this notice has been published. Dated: November 23, 2015. Amberleigh Malone, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2016-00067 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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Field Office, 3990 HWY 2 West, Havre, Native Hawaiian organizations stated in temporary custody. No known
Montana 59501, during regular business this notice may proceed. individuals were identified. No
hours. DATES: Representatives of any Indian associated funerary objects are present.
Before including your address, phone tribe or Native Hawaiian organization At an unknown date prior to 1955,
number, email address, or other not identified in this notice that wish to human remains representing, at
personal identifying information in your request transfer of control of these minimum, one individual were removed
comment, be advised that your entire human remains should submit a written from a small cave in ‘‘Paul Bunyan’s
comment—including your personal request with information in support of Corral’’ located on the east side of
identifying information—may be made the request to the Bureau of Indian Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, NV.
publicly available at any time. While Affairs at the address in this notice by They were donated by M. Wheat to the
you can ask in your comment to February 8, 2016. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
withhold from public review your Anthropology in 1955. At the request of
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum
personal identifying information, we the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Program Manager/NAGPRA
cannot guarantee that we will be able to Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
do so. the Bureau of Indian Affairs, these
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
Notice is hereby given that a public human remains were transferred to the
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Arizona State Museum in 2013 for
meeting in connection with the Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
proposed withdrawal extension will be documentation and temporary custody.
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov. No known individuals were identified.
held at the Chester Senior Center, 618
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is No associated funerary objects are
E. Adams Ave., Chester, Montana 59522
here given in accordance with the present.
on February 10, 2016 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Native American Graves Protection and At an unknown date prior to 1922,
The BLM will publish a notice of the
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. human remains representing, at
time and place in at least one
3003, of the completion of an inventory minimum, two individuals were
newspaper of general circulation no less
of human remains under the control of removed from the east side of Pyramid
than 30 days before the scheduled date
the U.S. Department of the Interior, Lake in Washoe County, NV, by
of the meeting.
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, Peterson Pancho and donated to the
This application will be processed in
DC, and in the physical custody of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
accordance with the regulations set
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ. Anthropology in 1922. At the request of
forth in 43 CFR 2310.4.
The human remains were removed from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Peter A. McFadden, areas around Pyramid Lake, Washoe Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, and
Chief, Branch of Realty, Lands, and County, NV. the Bureau of Indian Affairs, these
Renewable Energy. This notice is published as part of the human remains were transferred to the
[FR Doc. 2016–00015 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am] National Park Service’s administrative Arizona State Museum in 2013 for
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 documentation and temporary custody.
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). No known individuals were identified.
The determinations in this notice are No associated funerary objects are
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the sole responsibility of the museum, present.
institution, or Federal agency that has At an unknown date prior to 1923,
National Park Service control of the Native American human human remains representing, at
remains. The National Park Service is minimum, five individuals were
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19846;
PCU00RP14.R50000–PPWOCRDN0]
not responsible for the determinations removed from south of Pyramid Lake in
in this notice. Washoe County, NV, by Peterson
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Consultation Pancho and donated to the Phoebe A.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Hearst Museum of Anthropology in
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC A detailed assessment of the human 1923. At the request of the Pyramid
remains was made by the U.S. Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reservation, Nevada, and the Bureau of
ACTION: Notice. Indian Affairs professional staff in Indian Affairs, these human remains
consultation with representatives of the were transferred to the Arizona State
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Museum in 2013 for documentation and
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada. temporary custody. No known
completed an inventory of human individuals were identified. No
remains, in consultation with the History and Description of the Remains
associated funerary objects are present.
appropriate Indian tribes or Native In 1959, human remains representing,
Hawaiian organizations, and has at minimum, three individuals were Determinations Made by the U.S.
determined that there is no cultural removed from a site located on the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
affiliation between the human remains Northwest corner of Pyramid Lake in Indian Affairs
and any present-day Indian tribes or Washoe County, NV, by F.A. Riddell Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Native Hawaiian organizations. (State of California Division of Beaches Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have
Representatives of any Indian tribe or and Parks) and H. Norcross, and determined that:
Native Hawaiian organization not donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
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identified in this notice that wish to Museum of Anthropology. At the human remains described in this notice
request transfer of control of these request of the Pyramid Lake Paiute are Native American based on physical
human remains should submit a written Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, characteristics including cranial and
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Nevada, and the Bureau of Indian dental morphology.
If no additional requestors come Affairs, these human remains were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
forward, transfer of control of the transferred to the Arizona State Museum human remains described in this notice
human remains to the Indian tribes or in 2013 for documentation and represent the physical remains of 11
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individuals of Native American organizations, and has determined that Allen property, Waldron Island, San
ancestry. there is no cultural affiliation between Juan County, WA. The human remains
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a the human remains and any present-day were collected by an unknown
relationship of shared group identity Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian individual from the surface after
cannot be reasonably traced between the organizations. Representatives of any ploughing. The human remains were
Native American human remains and Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian identified as adult of indeterminate
any present-day Indian tribe. organization not identified in this notice gender. The American Museum of
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (15), the that wish to request transfer of control Natural History accessioned these
land from which the Native American of these human remains should submit human remains as a gift from Miss June
human remains were removed is the a written request to the American Wetherell Frame, in 1959. No known
tribal land of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Museum of Natural History. If no individuals were identified. No
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, additional requestors come forward, associated funerary objects are present.
Nevada. transfer of control of the human remains
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the Determinations Made by the American
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
disposition of the human remains may Museum of Natural History
organizations stated in this notice may
be to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of proceed. Officials of the American Museum of
the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada. DATES: Representatives of any Indian Natural History have determined that:
Additional Requestors and Disposition tribe or Native Hawaiian organization • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
not identified in this notice that wish to human remains described in this notice
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
request transfer of control of these are Native American based on the
Native Hawaiian organization not
human remains should submit a written presence of cranial deformation.
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these request with information in support of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains should submit a written the request to the American Museum of human remains described in this notice
request with information in support of Natural History at the address in this represent the physical remains of one
the request to Anna Pardo, Museum notice by February 8, 2016. individual of Native American ancestry.
Program Manager/NAGPRA ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Cultural Resources, American Museum relationship of shared group identity
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 of Natural History, Central Park West at cannot be reasonably traced between the
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, Native American human remains and
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– telephone (212) 769–5837, email any present-day Indian tribe.
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by nmurphy@amnh.org. • According to final judgments of the
February 8, 2016. After that date, if no SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Indian Claims Commission, the Court of
additional requestors have come here given in accordance with the Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of
forward, transfer of control of the Native American Graves Protection and Congress, and Executive Orders the land
human remains to the Pyramid Lake Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. from which the Native American human
Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake 3003, of the completion of an inventory remains were removed is the aboriginal
Reservation, Nevada, may proceed. of human remains under the control of land of The Tribes.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, the American Museum of Natural • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible History, New York, NY. The human disposition of the human remains may
for notifying the Pyramid Lake Paiute remains were removed from San Juan be to The Tribes.
Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, County, WA. Additional Requestors and Disposition
Nevada, that this notice has been This notice is published as part of the
published. National Park Service’s administrative Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Dated: November 23, 2015. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Native Hawaiian organization not
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). identified in this notice that wish to
Amberleigh Malone,
The determinations in this notice are request transfer of control of these
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the sole responsibility of the museum, human remains should submit a written
[FR Doc. 2016–00067 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am]
institution, or Federal agency that has request with information in support of
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P the request to Nell Murphy, Director of
control of the Native American human
remains. The National Park Service is Cultural Resources, American Museum
not responsible for the determinations of Natural History, Central Park West at
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 79th Street, NY, NY 10024, 212–769–
in this notice.
National Park Service 5837, email nmurphy@amnh.org, by
Consultation
February 8, 2016. After that date, if no
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19927; A detailed assessment of the human additional requestors have come
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] remains was made by the American forward, transfer of control of the
Museum of Natural History professional human remains to The Tribes may
Notice of Inventory Completion: The staff in consultation with proceed.
American Museum of Natural History, representatives of the Lummi Tribe of
New York, NY The American Museum of Natural
the Lummi Reservation and the History is responsible for notifying The
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Tribes that this notice has been
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ACTION: Notice. Madison Reservation (hereinafter published.
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
SUMMARY: The American Museum of Dated: December 8, 2015.
Natural History has completed an History and Description of the Remains Amberleigh Malone,
inventory of human remains in In an unknown year, human remains Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
consultation with the appropriate representing, at minimum, one [FR Doc. 2016–00052 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am]
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian individual were removed from the Jack BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
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