Notice2025-13381
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, NV
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Published
July 17, 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 (BLM) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains 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 135 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33392-33393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13381]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6328; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040531; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, NV
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 (BLM) intends to carry out the disposition of human
remains 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 in this notice may occur on or
after August 18, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by July
17, 2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains in
this notice to Cedric Streater, Bureau of Land Management, 5100 E.
Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca, NV 89445, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2918186809793869780b2909e9fdc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1b2a2a5a3b4b0a5b4a391b3bdbcffb6bea7">[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, and additional information on the human remains or 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, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. On June 15, 2020, a member of the public
observed human remains in a crevice within the Guano Cave
archaeological site located in the Winnemucca Lake area and reported
the discovery to Pershing County Sheriff Office (PCSO) that same day.
On June 16, 2020, in conjunction between PCSO, BLM Law Enforcement
Officer, and an BLM Archaeologist, the remains were identified as the
upper cranium of a skull. Cultural affiliation of these remains were
not determined at that time.
The cranium was collected by PCSO and delivered to the Washoe
County Regional Medical Examiner's Office on June 16, 2020. The
examiner's office identified the remains as human, but could not
determine the age, and requested radiocarbon dating testing. The
cranium was taken to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) on June 20,
2020, for radiocarbon testing. The remains were cataloged by UNR under
Forensic Anthropology Report Case 2020-02657 PER. A sample was cut from
the left frontal portion of the skull and sent to the Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University for
analysis. The sample returned a calibrated radiocarbon date between
6500 and 6310 years before present. After testing was finalized, PCSO
passed custody of these remains to the BLM on April 5, 2022.
Determinations
The BLM has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Big Pine Paiute
Tribe of the Owens Valley; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian
Colony; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria, California;
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Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Fort
Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of Montana;
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort
Independence Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and
Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and
Oregon; Klamath Tribes; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Lovelock
Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pit River Tribe,
California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery
Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California;
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent
bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells
Band); Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation,
California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation,
Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; Yerington Paiute Tribe of
the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the Yomba Shoshone
Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada have priority for disposition of
the human remains described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains 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 17,
2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains. 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 in this notice may occur on or
after August 18, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the BLM must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The BLM 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: July 14, 2025.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-13381 Filed 7-16-25; 8:45 am]
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