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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5999-6000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01173]

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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.

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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.

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 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, 
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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. 2025-01173 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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