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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5997-5998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01175]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039363; 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.

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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, 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.

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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 [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 
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; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp 
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott 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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