Notice2025-14162
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and S'edav Va'aki Museum, City of Phoenix
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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 Indian Affairs (BIA) and the S'edav Va'aki Museum, City of Phoenix have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14162]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6323; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040512; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and S'edav Va'aki Museum,
City of Phoenix
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 Indian Affairs (BIA) and the S'edav Va'aki Museum, City of Phoenix
have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Lindsey Vogel-Teeter,
S'edav Va'aki Museum, 4619 East Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96fafff8f2e5f3efb8e0f9f1f3fabbe2f3f3e2f3e4d6e6fef9f3f8ffeeb8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aec2c7c0caddcbd780d8c1c9cbc283dacbcbdacbdceedec6c1cbc0c7d680c9c1d8">[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
BIA and S'edav Va'aki Museum 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The six associated funerary objects are four twined
basketry fragments, one braided cordage fragment, and one lot of faunal
bone. Around 1951, human remains and associated funerary items were
removed from a ``cave east of pyramids on east side of lake'' in
Pyramid Lake within the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Washoe County, Nevada
by an unknown individual. These human remains and cultural items were
found in the collection of the Museum around 1996. The human remains
are represented by human hair which was previously identified as an
``object'' in a 2022 summary letter, and they have been reclassified as
human remains in compliance with changes to the NAGPRA regulations.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The BIA and the S'edav Va'aki Museum have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The six 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Pyramid
Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August
27, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BIA
and the S'edav Va'aki Museum must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The BIA and the S'edav Va'aki
Museum are 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. 2025-14162 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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