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FR Doc 03-6212
[Federal Register: March 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 50)]
[Notices]
[Page 12375]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Nevada State Museum, Reno, NV,
and U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada
State Office, Reno, NV
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, Sec. 5, of
the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Nevada State Museum, Reno, NV, and in
the control of the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Nevada State Office, Reno, NV. These human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the vicinity of
Winnemucca 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, Sec. 5
(d)(3). The determinations within this notice are the sole
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has
control of these Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations within this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bureau of
Land Management, Nevada State Office professional staff and Nevada
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.
In 1952, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed by the Nevada State Museum during legally authorized
excavations at Chimney Cave (site 26Pe3b) near Winnemucca Lake, Washoe
County, NV. One of the individuals may have been cremated. No known
individuals were identified. No funerary objects are present.
In 1953, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed by the Nevada State Museum during legally authorized
excavations at Horse Cave (site 26Pe2) near Winnemucca Lake, Washoe
County, NV. One of the individuals may have been cremated. No known
individuals were identified. No funerary objects are present.
Between 1952 and 1954, human remains representing a minimum of
seven individuals were removed by the Nevada State Museum during
legally authorized excavations at Crypt Cave (site 26Pe3a) near
Winnemucca Lake, Washoe County, NV. Some of the individuals may have
been cremated. No known individuals were identified. The 13 associated
funerary objects, found with one individual, are 1 bunch of moss, 2
grass bundles, 8 animal bones, 1 obsidian flake, and 1 piece of worked
wood.
In 1960 and 1961, human remains representing a minimum of 14
individuals were removed by the Nevada State Museum during legally
authorized excavations at Kramer Cave (site 26Wa196) near Winnemucca
Lake, Washoe County, NV. Some of the individuals may have been
cremated. No known individuals were identified. No funerary objects are
present.
In 1983, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed by an unnamed person from the eastern shore of Lake
Winnemucca, Washoe County, NV, and were donated anonymously to the
Nevada State Museum. No known individuals were identified. No funerary
objects are present.
In 1987, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed by Nevada State Museum staff from the backdirt of a looted
cave site, Loran's Shelter (26Pe3nl), near Winnemucca Lake, Washoe
County, NV. No known individuals were identified. No funerary objects
are present.
Some time prior to 1997, human remains representing a minimum of
three individuals were removed from an unidentified site, possibly
Rollins or Cowbone Cave (site 26Pe3c), near Winnemucca Lake, Washoe
County, NV, and were donated anonymously to the Nevada State Museum. No
known individuals were identified. No funerary objects are present.
Between 1950 and 1960, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were donated anonymously to the Nevada State Museum. Museum
records suggest that these human remains had been removed from a sand
pit on the eastern shore of Lake Winnemucca, Washoe County, NV, but do
not indicate when these human remains were removed. No known
individuals were identified. No funerary objects are present.
Based on geographic location, stratigraphy, and oral traditions
presented by representatives of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered to be Native American and culturally
affiliated with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake
Reservation, Nevada.
Officials of the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, Sec. 2 (9-10), the
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of a minimum
of 35 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau
of Land Management, Nevada State Office also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, Sec. 2 (3)(A), the 13 objects listed above
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. Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada
State Office have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, Sec. 2
(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe, that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated
funerary objects should contact Pat Barker, Bureau of Land Management,
Nevada State Office, P.O. Box 12000 Reno, NV 89520, telephone (775)
861-6482, before April 14, 2003. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office is responsible
for notifying the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake
Reservation, Nevada that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 19, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 03-6212 Filed 3-13-03; 8:45 am]
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