Notice2025-01017
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Chadron, NE
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Published
January 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4801-4802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01017]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039326; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Chadron, NE
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, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands 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 16, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects.
ADDRESSES: Jack Isaacs, Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands,
Forest Supervisor, 125 North Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337, telephone
(308) 430-1379, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3953585a5217504a58585a4a794c4a5d58175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e747f7d7530776d7f7f7d6d5e6b6d7a7f30797168">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. Two associated
funerary objects are present. On August 29 and August 30, 2022, in
Pennington County, South Dakota human remains (including a skull with
teeth, mandible, clavicle, vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, two femur bones and
other bones) and the two potentially associated funerary items (one
small round stone and one unspecified object) were removed.
Determinations
The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The two 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.
<bullet> The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Northern Arapaho Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota 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 16, 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 Nebraska National Forests and
Grasslands must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and
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associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands 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. 2025-01017 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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