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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 6004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01166]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039355; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office, 
Safford Field Office, Stafford, AZ

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 Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office, Safford 
Field Office (BLM Safford Field Office) intends to carry out the 
disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects, removed 
from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants or Indian Tribe 
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 February 18, 2025. If no claim for 
disposition is received by January 20, 2026, the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary objects.

ADDRESSES: Sharisse L. Flatt, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 
Safford Field Office, 711 14th Avenue, Safford, AZ 85546, telephone 
(928) 348-4401, email [email protected].

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 Safford Field Office, 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 have been reasonably identified. The one 
associated funerary object is an animal bone fragment.
    The human remains and associated fragmentary animal bone were 
removed from AZ BB:3:28(BLM), a rock overhang located in Graham County, 
AZ. They were removed in 1998 by a BLM Field Office archaeologist 
during a site visit. Following removal, the collection was housed in a 
box in the cultural resources storage closet until they were found 
during an inventory of the closet contents conducted by the incoming 
BLM Field Office archaeologist in 2021.

Determinations

    The BLM Safford Field Office has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     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.
     The Ak-Chin Indian Community; Gila River Indian Community 
of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River 
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 
Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona have 
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 January 20, 2026, 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 or Indian Tribe organization identified in 
this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant or Indian Tribe 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 February 18, 2025. If competing 
claims for disposition are received, the BLM Safford Field Office 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 Safford Field Office 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: January 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01166 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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