Notice2025-01180
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands, Albuquerque, NM
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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 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.
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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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcd4d9d5d8d592d1dfced3ded9cec8cffcc9cfd8dd92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc5c8c4c9c483c0cedfc2cfc8dfd9deedd8dec9cc83cac2db">[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
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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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