Notice2025-10597
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY
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Published
June 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Wyoming Bureau of Land Management 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 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24663-24664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10597]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040327; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY
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 Wyoming Bureau of Land Management
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 July 11, 2025. If no claim for
disposition is received by June 11, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice to Andrew Archuleta, State
Director Wyoming Bureau of Land Management, 5353 Yellowstone Road,
Cheyenne, WY 82009, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51333d3c0e26280e323e2128263e233a11333d3c7f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11737d7c4e66684e727e6168667e637a51737d7c3f767e67">[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
Wyoming Bureau of Land Management, and additional information on the
human remains and associated 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, four individuals have been reasonably identified. The 44
associated funerary objects are soil samples, debitage/flakes, fauna,
flora, biface, bone awl, and a projectile point.
In 1994, human remains representing, one individual were removed
from a known location on BLM lands In the Green River Basin in Sublette
County, WY, as part of an archeological excavation. The human remains
(DB155) represent a 13-15 year old Native American female. No
associated funerary objects were recovered.
In 2002, human remains representing, one individual were removed
from a known location on BLM lands near Studhorse Butte in Sublette
County, WY, as part of an archeological excavation. The human remains
(DB171) represent a 60+ year old Native American female. As determined
by the consulting parties, 13 associated funerary objects (soil
samples, debitage/flakes, fauna, and a projectile point) were recovered
in archeological site 48SU4479.
In 2004, human remains representing, one individual were removed
from a known location on BLM lands near Red Lake in Sweetwater County,
WY, during gravel pit construction. The human remains (DB181) represent
a 55+ year old Native American female. No associated funerary objects
were recovered.
Prior to 2005, human remains representing, one individual were
removed from an unknown location on BLM lands near Tensleep in Washakie
County, WY, as part of a crime scene investigation. The human remains
(48SW1957) represent an unknown aged Native American of unknown gender.
As determined by the consulting parties, 31 associated funerary objects
(debitage, flakes, flora, biface, bone awl) were recovered in
archeological site 48SW5860.
Determinations
The Wyoming Bureau of Land Management has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 44 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 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation of Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne
River Reservation, South Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy's Reservation, Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana; Eastern Shoshone
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Kiowa Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne
Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 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 June 11, 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 July 11, 2025. If competing claims
for disposition are
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received, the Wyoming Bureau of Land Management 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 Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10597 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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