[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86364-86365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25190]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038959; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10: California-Great Basin, Sacramento, 
CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Region 10 (BLM Region 10) intends to carry out the 
disposition

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of human remains and associated funerary objects, removed from Federal 
or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native 
Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after November 29, 2024. If no claim for 
disposition is received by October 30, 2025, the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Melanie Ryan, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10: 
California-Great Basin, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, 
telephone (916) 978-5526, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e7b736c677f705e6b6d7c6c30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c19110e051d123c090f1e0e521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 
BLM Region 10, and additional information on the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice, including the results of 
consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual of Native American ancestry, have been reasonably 
identified. The one associated funerary object is an obsidian flake.
    The human remains were discovered on March 19, 2017, by the Bureau 
of Land Management, on the Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10 land at the 
San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area, Fresno County, California. The 
human remains and funerary object had been unearthed by natural erosion 
caused by extensive water drainage episodes over the winter 2016-2017 
season.

Determinations

    The BLM Region 10 has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least one individual of Native American 
ancestry.
    <bullet> The one object described in this notice is reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
    <bullet> The Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California has 
priority for disposition of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the appropriate 
official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for 
disposition is received by October 30, 2025, the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects. Claims for disposition may be 
submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in 
this notice may occur on or after November 29, 2024. If competing 
claims for disposition are received, the BLM Region 10 must determine 
the most appropriate claimant 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 BLM Region 
10 is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-25190 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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