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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6007-6008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01183]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039329; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands, 
Albuquerque, NM

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, Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands (USDA-Cibola 
NF&NGs) 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: Heidi McRoberts, US Department of Agriculture, Cibola 
NF&NGs, 2113 Osuna Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113, telephone (505) 346-
3804, 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 
USDA-Cibola NF&NGs, and additional information on the human remains and 
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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, eight individuals have been reasonably identified. The 24 
associated funerary objects are pottery sherds, shell beads, turquoise 
pendants, and a bone tool. In 1991, 1992, and 1993, at least eight 
ancestors and their associated funerary objects were removed from site 
AR 03-03-04-00013/LA 2091, also known as Pueblo de la Mesa, northwest 
of Corona, NM on the Mountainair Ranger District of the Cibola NF&NGs, 
Torrance County, NM.

Determinations

    The USDA-Cibola NF&NGs has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least eight individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     The 24 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 Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico and the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo 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, 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 USDA-Cibola NF&NGs 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 
USDA-Cibola NF&NGs 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. 2025-01183 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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