Notice2025-14151
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, AZ
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Published
July 28, 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), Arizona State Office has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2025. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14151]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6319; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040507; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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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), Arizona State Office has amended a notice of
inventory completion published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2025.
This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains may occur on or after August
27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
to Raymond Suazo, Arizona State Director, BLM Arizona State Office, One
North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e0c0203110f14110f1d01190b0c0e2c222360292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cf8d8382908e95908e9c80988a8d8fada3a2e1a8a0b9">[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 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.
Amendment
This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register
(90 FR 21064, May 16, 2025). Repatriation of the human remains in the
original notice of inventory completion has not occurred.
Determinations
The BLM has determined that:
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in the original notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pascua Yaqua Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and
the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in the
original 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 described in the original notice
to a requestor may occur on or after August 27, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, the BLM must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation 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 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14151 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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