Notice2025-12822
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
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Published
July 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of North Dakota and the State Historical Society of North Dakota have completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 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]
[Pages 30665-30666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12822]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040467; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand
Forks, ND, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck,
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 and the State
Historical Society of North Dakota have completed an inventory of
associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after August 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the 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#40352e246e2e212730322100352e246e252435"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57223933793936302725361722393379323322">[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
University of North Dakota and the State Historical
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Society 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
According to documentation, 37 associated funerary objects were
removed from a site in Burleigh County, ND. The University of North
Dakota and the State Historical Society of North Dakota have 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 associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The University of North Dakota and the State Historical Society of
North Dakota have determined that:
<bullet> The 37 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 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 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 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 associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University
of North Dakota and the State Historical of North Dakota are
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. 2025-12822 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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