Notice2025-14156
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
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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 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14156]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6332; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040521; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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, Grand Forks,
ND intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after August 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item 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#acd9c2c882c2cdcbdcdecdecd9c2c882c9c8d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07726963296966607775664772696329626372">[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 additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one sacred object is a pipe. According to University of North
Dakota's documentation, the pipe was taken from a location in Montrail
County, North Dakota. The item has not been treated with potentially
hazardous substances to the best of the University of North Dakota's
knowledge.
Determinations
The University of North Dakota has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice is a
specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after August 27, 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 cultural item 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 and
to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: July 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14156 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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