Notice2025-17613
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Russellville, AR
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Published
September 12, 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 Agriculture, Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests intends to carry out the disposition of objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the Indian Tribe with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44229-44230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17613]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6503; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041045; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Russellville, AR
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 Agriculture, Forest
Service, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests intends to carry out the
disposition of objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or
Tribal lands to the Indian Tribe with priority for disposition in this
notice.
DATES: Disposition of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or
after October 14, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by
September 14, 2026, the cultural items in this notice will become
unclaimed cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the cultural items in
this notice to Dan Olsen, Forest Supervisor, Ozark-St. Francis National
Forests, 605 W Main Street, Russellville, AR 72801, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8aca9a6a1ada4e6a7a4bbada688bdbbaca9e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c686d626569602263607f69624c797f686d226b637a">[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
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, and additional information on the
human remains or cultural items in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
The two objects of cultural patrimony identified by The Osage
Nation are an articulated hawk leg and a worked strip of cedar. The
articulated hawk leg was removed during excavations from site 3PP0402
in Pope County, Arkansas in 1993. Based upon diagnostic artifacts found
at the site, 3PP0402 was occupied from A.D. 700 to 1500. The worked
strip of cedar was removed from site 3NW0408 in Newton County, Arkansas
in 2005. Occupation of site 3NW0408 reportedly dates from 2000 B.C. to
A.D. 1600.
Determinations
The Ozark-St. Francis National Forests has determined that:
<bullet> The two objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The Osage Nation has priority for disposition of the
cultural items described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the cultural items in this notice
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by
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September 14, 2026, the cultural items in this notice will become
unclaimed cultural items. 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 cultural items in this notice may occur on or
after October 14, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests must determine the
most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the cultural items are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The Ozark-St. Francis National Forests 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 29, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17613 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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