Notice2025-01166
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office, Safford Field Office, Stafford, AZ
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Published
January 17, 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 the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office, Safford Field Office (BLM Safford Field Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects, removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants or Indian Tribe with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 6004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01166]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039355; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office,
Safford Field Office, Stafford, 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 the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office, Safford
Field Office (BLM Safford Field Office) intends to carry out the
disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects, removed
from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants or Indian Tribe
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: Sharisse L. Flatt, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management,
Safford Field Office, 711 14th Avenue, Safford, AZ 85546, telephone
(928) 348-4401, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a392c262b3e3e0a282627642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee9d88828f9a9aae8c8283c0898198">[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
BLM Safford Field Office, 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 have been reasonably identified. The one
associated funerary object is an animal bone fragment.
The human remains and associated fragmentary animal bone were
removed from AZ BB:3:28(BLM), a rock overhang located in Graham County,
AZ. They were removed in 1998 by a BLM Field Office archaeologist
during a site visit. Following removal, the collection was housed in a
box in the cultural resources storage closet until they were found
during an inventory of the closet contents conducted by the incoming
BLM Field Office archaeologist in 2021.
Determinations
The BLM Safford Field Office has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 Ak-Chin Indian Community; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona 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 or Indian Tribe organization identified in
this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant or Indian Tribe 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 BLM Safford Field Office 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
BLM Safford Field Office 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. 2025-01166 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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