Notice2025-08482
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
May 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA BP) 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.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20488-20489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08482]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040128; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program (OSA BP) 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 June 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3559544754185b5a59515b504775405c5a42541b505140"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b474a594a064544474f454e596b5e42445c4a054e4f5e">[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
OSA BP and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
At an unknown date, possibly sometime in the 1920s to 1950s, human
remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from a
mound in an unknown location in Washington State. The remains were part
of the Paul Sagers Collection at Maquoketa Caves State Park in Jackson
County, IA and were in a box labeled ``State of Washington--mound''. No
more specific provenience information is associated. In 2001, the
remains were transferred to the OSA BP. An adult of indeterminate age
and sex is represented by three bone fragments (Burial Project 279).
Funerary objects include eight faunal bone fragments assumed to be from
the same mound. No potentially hazardous substances were used to treat
any of the
[[Page 20489]]
human remains or associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location and acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The OSA BP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The eight 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Burns
Paiute Tribe; Coeur D'Alene Tribe; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Confederated Tribes of
the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Hoh Indian Tribe;
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel
Reservation; Lower Elwha Tribal Community; Lummi Tribe of the Lummi
Reservation; Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation;
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Nez Perce Tribe; Nooksack Indian Tribe; Port
Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation;
Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation; Quinault Indian Nation;
Samish Indian Nation; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; Shoalwater Bay Indian
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation; Skokomish Indian Tribe;
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe; Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation;
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of
the Port Madison Reservation; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community;
Tulalip Tribes of Washington; and the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 13, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the OSA BP 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 OSA BP 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: April 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08482 Filed 5-13-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on May 14, 2025.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.