Notice2025-14370
Notice of Inventory Completion: Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
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Published
July 30, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Heard Museum has 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 144 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35922-35923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14370]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6368; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040634; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Heard Museum has 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 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to David Roche, Heard
Museum, 2301 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#204449524543544f526048454152440e4f5247"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7a3aeb5a2a4b3a8b587afa2a6b5a3e9a8b5a0">[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
Heard 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, three individuals have been
identified. The one associated funerary object is a rectangular gray
stone. Circumstances and date of acquisition unknown. NA-MIS-PR-T-2: A
blue shoe box containing the minimum three individuals and one
associated gray stone was located and subsequently accessioned during a
full collections inventory in 1991. No information was located in the
original Heard catalogue. Prior consultation in 1995 and 2002 did not
identify cultural affiliation for the inhumation. Information gathered
from the 2002 consultation suggested a geographic location of the
Plains in an area with water. Exposure to hazardous substances is
unlikely.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Circumstances
and date of acquisition unknown. NA-MIS-PR-T-4: The inhumation of one
individual was located and subsequently accessioned during a full
collections inventory in 1991. No information was located in the
original Heard catalogue. Prior consultation in 1995, 2002, and 2013
did not identify cultural affiliation. Consultation in 2002 identified
red ochre. Exposure to hazardous substances is unlikely.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Heard Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma.
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
29, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
Heard 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 Heard Museum 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 16, 2025.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14370 Filed 7-29-25; 8:45 am]
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