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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 6000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01169]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039357; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Springerville, 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 Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests intends to carry out the 
disposition 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 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: Robert Lever, Forest Supervisor, Apache-Sitgreaves National 
Forests, 30 South Chiracahua Drive, Springerville, AZ 85938, telephone 
(928) 333-6280, 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 
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, 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

    Ancestral remains, one female individual, were discovered on August 
6, 2009, during monitoring of a previously recorded site in Navajo 
County, Arizona. The 40 associated funerary objects collected are 
approximately nine stone beads, 29 pieces of stone debris, and two 
small lithic flakes having a Mogollon affiliation.

Determinations

    The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 40 objects described in this notice are 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 Hopi of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Zuni 
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico have priority for disposition 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this 
notice based on cultural affiliation.

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, 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 February 18, 2025. If competing 
claims for disposition are received, the Apache-Sitgreaves National 
Forests 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 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests 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. 2025-01169 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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