Notice2025-06650
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Fallon, NV
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Published
April 18, 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, Fish and Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex 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 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16544-16545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06650]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039962; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex,
Fallon, NV
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, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex
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 May 19, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by April
20, 2026 the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains.
ADDRESSES: Carl Lunderstadt, Refuge Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 3175 Freeman
Lane, Fallon, NV 89406, telephone (775) 423-5128, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e78486958bb88b92898382959493868393a7819094c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92f1f3e0fecdfee7fcf6f7e0e1e6f3f6e6d2f4e5e1bcf5fde4">[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
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. The individual
was discovered on 28 July 2017 on Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
in Churchill County, Nevada. The Churchill County Sherriff's Office was
contacted, and investigators recovered several bones associated with a
burial determined to be of Native American ancestry. The location where
the individual was located in proximity to site 26CH1046 which was
recorded in 1985 and has other known burials. The individual is
believed to be from this site.
Determinations
The Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada, 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 authorized representative identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by April 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 described in this notice may occur
on or after May 19, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
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Complex 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 Stillwater
National Wildlife Refuge Complex 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. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06650 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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