Notice2025-01183
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 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 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6007-6008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01183]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039329; 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 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 20, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects.
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#046c616d606d2a6967766b666176707744717760652a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb939e929f92d596988994999e898f88bb8e889f9ad59c948d">[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 and
associated
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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, eight individuals have been reasonably identified. The 24
associated funerary objects are pottery sherds, shell beads, turquoise
pendants, and a bone tool. In 1991, 1992, and 1993, at least eight
ancestors and their associated funerary objects were removed from site
AR 03-03-04-00013/LA 2091, also known as Pueblo de la Mesa, northwest
of Corona, NM on the Mountainair Ranger District of the Cibola NF&NGs,
Torrance County, NM.
Determinations
The USDA-Cibola NF&NGs has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least eight individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 24 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 Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico and the Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo 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, 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 USDA-Cibola NF&NGs 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
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. 2025-01183 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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