Notice2025-15413
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coolidge, AZ
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Published
August 14, 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, National Park Service, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (CAGR) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects 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 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39207-39208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15413]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6422; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040828; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coolidge,
AZ
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,
National Park Service, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (CAGR)
intends to
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carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 15, 2025. If no claim
for disposition is received by August 14, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to Christopher Combel, Acting
Superintendent, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1101 W Ruins
Drive, Coolidge, AZ 85128, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c2f243e253f38233c24293e132f23212e29200c223c3f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd8d3c9d2c8cfd4cbd3dec9e4d8d4d6d9ded7fbd5cbc895dcd4cd">[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
Acting Superintendent, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and
additional information on the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be
found in the related records.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The one lot of
associated funerary objects are primarily pottery sherds, both burnt
and unburnt, as well as faunal remains. These ancestral remains and
associated funerary objects have not been itemized out of respect to
them and a desire to disturb them as little as possible. On May 2,
2025, CAGR staff was performing historic preservation on Compound A (AZ
AA:02:14) by removing previous layers of historic concrete treatments
from the western wall of Room 31 in Pinal County, Arizona. In between
two layers of concrete, there was a four-inch layer of loose dirt, and
the cremated ancestral remains were located there.
Determinations
CAGR has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least one individual of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The one lot of objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death or later
as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> The Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona has priority for disposition of the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the appropriate
official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for
disposition is received by August 14, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects. 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 and associated funerary objects in
this notice may occur on or after September 15, 2025. If competing
claims for disposition are received, CAGR must determine the most
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. CAGR 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: August 5, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15413 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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