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ADDRESSES: Sarah Clawson, Forest 

Supervisor, Prescott National Forest, 

735 N. Highway 89, Chino Valley, AZ 

86323, telephone (928) 443–8213, email 

sarah.clawson@usda.gov. 

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 Prescott 

National Forest, and additional 

information on the human remains 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. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Human remains of 

one individual were discovered and 

removed from the Strickland Wash area 

(Chino Valley Ranger District, Yavapai 

County, Arizona) and turned into the 

Prescott National Forest on August 31, 

2017. PNF Staff traveled to the 

discovery location and recorded this 

location as a new site, AR–03–09–01– 

1533. No other human remains were 

located. AR–03–09–01–1533 is a 

Prescott Culture site located on a terrace 

above Strickland Wash. The site 

contains a rock feature, a depression, 

and a dense artifact scatter of lithics, 

ceramics, and ground stone fragments. 

The human remains are currently 

secured in a safe location away from 

public view at the Sharlot Hall Museum, 

Prescott, Arizona. 

Determinations 

The Prescott National Forest has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; YavapaiPrescott Indian Tribe; and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zune Reservation, New 

Mexico have priority for disposition of 

the human remains described in this 

notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice will become unclaimed 

human remains. 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 in 

this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. If competing claims 

for disposition are received, the Prescott 

National Forest must determine the 

most appropriate claimant prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Prescott 

National Forest 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. 2025–01175 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039356; 

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. 

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 S. Chiricahua Drive, 

Springerville, AZ 85938, telephone 

(928) 333–6208, email robertlever@

usda.gov. 

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 ApacheSitgreaves 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 were discovered in 

2016 during monitoring of a previously 

recorded site, Greenlee County, Arizona. 

Based on the information available, the 

fragmented ancestral remains represent, 

at least, one individual being reasonably 

identified. The approximately 52 

associated funerary objects are four 

groundstone, three flakes, one piece of 

fossil coral, and 44 ceramics 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 52 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 Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo 

of Acoma, New Mexico; and the 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, 


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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 ApacheSitgreaves 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. 2025–01168 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039361; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Prescott National Forest, 

Chino Valley, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Prescott National Forest (PNF) 

intends to carry out the disposition of 

human remains 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 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 in this notice 

will become unclaimed human remains. 

ADDRESSES: Sarah Clawson, Forest 

Supervisor, Prescott National Forest, 

735 N. Highway 89, Chino Valley, AZ 

86323, telephone (928) 443–8213, email 

sarah.clawson@usda.gov. 

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 Prescott 

National Forest, and additional 

information on the human remains 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. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Human remains 

were discovered and removed on 

December 1, 2020 in Hell Canyon 

(Chino Valley Ranger District, Yavapai 

County, Arizona). PNF Staff traveled to 

the discovery location and found two 

additional bone fragments and those 

were stabilized near their original 

location. The discovery location was 

assigned a site number, AR–03–09–01– 

1965, and is being monitored by PNF 

archaeologists. The human remains are 

currently secured in a safe location 

away from public view at the Verde 

Valley Archaeological Center, Camp 

Verde, Arizona. 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

one individual have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Human remains of 

one individual were removed from an 

eroding cutbank near the Verde River 

(Chino Valley Ranger District, Yavapai 

County, Arizona) in 2014. Additional 

human remains were observed deeper in 

the cutbank and were stabilized in 

place. The discovery location was 

assigned a site number, AR–03–09–01– 

1841, and is being monitored by PNF 

archaeologists. The human remains are 

currently secured in a safe location 

away from public view at the Sharlot 

Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona. 

Determinations 

The Prescott National Forest has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The Ak-Chin Indian Community; 

Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Colorado 

River Indian Tribes of the Colorado 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

California; Fort McDowell Yavapai 

Nation, Arizona; Fort Mojave Indian 

Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; 

Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; 

Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the 

Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; 

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Quechan 

Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian 

Reservation, California & Arizona; Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos 

Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe 

of Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of 

the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe; 

and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico have priority 

for disposition of the human remains 

described in this notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice will become unclaimed 

human remains. 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 in 

this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. If competing claims 

for disposition are received, the Prescott 

National Forest must determine the 

most appropriate claimant prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Prescott 

National Forest 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 


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