Notice2025-04607
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, AZ
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Published
March 19, 2025
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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 has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12783-12784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04607]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039557; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, 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 has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Raymond Suazo, State Director, Arizona State Office, Bureau
of
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Land Management, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ
85004-4427, telephone (602) 417-9500, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d7a5baa4a2b6adb897b5bbbaf9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2c0dfc1c7d3c8ddf2d0dedf9cd5ddc4">[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
Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing 11 individuals or more have been
identified. The 235 associated funerary objects consist of pottery.
These human remains and funerary objects were confiscated/surrendered
to BLM Law Enforcement personnel in April of 2013 as part of an
investigation of a report of looting of several sites in the areas of
Globe and Young, Gila Country, Arizona. The individual suspected of
removing the human remains was deceased at the time of the
confiscation, but was known to have actively looted archaeological
sites in the 1980s in the Globe area of Gila County, AZ.
An examination of the human remains conducted in 2015 found they
were human and most likely prehistoric. Some aspects of the remains
found evidence of pre-mortem alternations of the human remains that are
consistent with those seen in Salado and Mogollon cultures. The pottery
present, predominately obliterated corrugated sherd, is consistent with
ceramics found in the Salado and Mogollon cultural areas and, in
consultation, two culturally affiliated tribes identified the ceramics
as funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
the cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location, acquisition history, and consultations conducted with the Ak-
Chin Indian Community, Hopi Tribe of Arizona, Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, the Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona and the
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
Determinations
The Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 235 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> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and 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; and the Tohono
O'odham Nation of Arizona.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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 the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 18,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Bureau
of Land Management, Arizona State Office, must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Bureau of
Land Management, Arizona State Office, is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04607 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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