Notice2025-12833
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District Office, Lakeview, OR
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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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District Office (BLM Lakeview District Office) intends to carry out the disposition of certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony 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 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 30676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12833]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040480; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: 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) intends to carry out the
disposition of certain cultural items that meet the definition of
sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony 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 cultural items in this notice may occur on or
after August 11, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by July
10, 2026, the cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed
cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains or
cultural items in this notice to James Todd Forbes, Lakeview District
Manager, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
1301 S G Street, Lakeview, OR 97630, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a1e0c0518080f192a080607440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8ccded7cadaddcbf8dad4d596dfd7ce">[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
cultural items 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, there are no human remains
identified, and no associated funerary objects are present. The seven
boxes of cultural items are obsidian projectile points, debitage, a
biface, core and other flaked tools. The cultural items were excavated
at Tucker Hill, located in Lake County, OR in June 2023 under ARPA
permit OR-51069. The items excavated were from four sites at Tucker
Hill 35LK3040, 35LK3042, 35LK3048, 35LK3062.
Determinations
The BLM Lakeview District Office has determined that:
<bullet> The seven boxes of sacred objects/objects of cultural
patrimony described in this notice are, according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan,
lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision).
<bullet> 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 have
priority for disposition of the cultural items described in this
notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the cultural items in this notice
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by July 10,
2026, the cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed cultural
items. 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 cultural items in this notice may occur on or
after August 11, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the BLM Lakeview District Office must determine the most
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the cultural items 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 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: June 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-12833 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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