Notice2025-11014
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District Office, Lakeview, OR
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Published
June 16, 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, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District Office (BLM Lakeview District 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 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 25368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11014]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040367; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview
District Office, Lakeview, OR
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, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District
Office (BLM Lakeview District 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 July 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to James Todd Forbes,
Lakeview District Manager, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), 1301 S G Street, Lakeview, OR 97630, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#196d7f766b7b7c6a597b7574377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b0f1d1409191e083b191716551c140d">[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
BLM Lakeview District 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, at least, four individuals have been
identified. There are 29 lots of associated funerary objects containing
faunal bone, shell, lithic tools and tool fragments and soil. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were excavated from four
archaeological sites on BLM lands within Lake County, OR and are housed
at the University of Nevada Reno.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM Lakeview District Office has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 29 lots of 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 Burns
Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation
of California; and the Klamath Tribes.
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 July 16,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM
Lakeview District 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 BLM Lakeview District 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: June 6, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11014 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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