Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

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July 10, 2025

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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service

Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of North Dakota 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 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 30678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12821]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040466; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand
Forks, ND

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 University of North Dakota 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 August 11, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Crystal Alberts,
University of North Dakota, Twamley Hall Room 300, 264 Centennial
Drive, Grand Forks, ND 58202, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0d5cec48ecec1c7d0d2c1e0d5cec48ec5c4d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85f0ebe1abebe4e2f5f7e4c5f0ebe1abe0e1f0">[email&#160;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
University of North Dakota, 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

Based on information available, human remains of, at least, one
individual has been reasonably identified, along with 108 associated
funerary objects. They were removed from a site in Burleigh County,
North Dakota. UND has no record of any potentially hazardous substances
being used to treat the human remains or associated funerary objects
described.
Based on information available, a total of 48 associated funerary
objects were removed from a site in Sioux County, North Dakota. UND has
no record of any potentially hazardous substances being used to treat
the associated funerary objects described.
Based on information available, a total of 49 associated funerary
objects were removed from a site in Emmons County, North Dakota. UND
has no record of any potentially hazardous substances being used to
treat the associated funerary objects described.

Cultural Affiliation

Based on the information available and as the result of
consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location of the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice.

Determinations

The University of North Dakota has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 205 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 Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.

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 August 11, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
North Dakota 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 University of North Dakota 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 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-12821 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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