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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5993-5994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01180]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039330; 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 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: 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 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 one 
individual have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present. In 1992, one human cranium was recovered from site 
AR 03-03-02-01912/LA 89988 in the Zuni Mountains, Mount Taylor Ranger 
District (Cibola NF&NGs), Cibola County, NM.

Determinations

    The USDA-Cibola NF&NGs has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; 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 USDA-Cibola NF&NGs 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 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. 2025-01180 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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