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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4793-4794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01016]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039325; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Chadron, NE

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and

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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands intends to carry out 
the disposition of human remains and an associated funerary object 
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 associated funerary object in 
this notice may occur on or after February 18, 2025. If no claim for 
disposition is received by January 16, 2026, the human remains and 
associated funerary object in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains and associated funerary object.

ADDRESSES: Jack Isaacs, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, 
Forest Supervisor, 125 North Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337, telephone 
(308) 430-1379, 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 
Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, and additional information on 
the human remains and associated funerary object 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 has been reasonably identified. The one 
associated funerary object is a projectile point. On November 17, 2021, 
in Sioux County, Nebraska human remains (a skull with teeth, two small 
bones, a long bone, two femur bones and two long slender bones) and a 
single associated cultural item (projectile point) were removed. Part 
of the burial remains in situ and will be removed so the remains of the 
ancestor can be reunited per the wishes of the Tribe listed in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands 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 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 Oglala Sioux Tribe has priority for disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary object described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated 
funerary object 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 16, 2026, the human remains and associated 
funerary object in this notice will become unclaimed human remains and 
associated funerary object. 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 object in 
this notice may occur on or after February 18, 2025. If competing 
claims for disposition are received, the Nebraska National Forests and 
Grasslands must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to 
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary object are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands 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 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01016 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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