Notice2025-17620
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, AZ
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Published
September 12, 2025
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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 Land Management (BLM), Arizona State Office, 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 in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44228-44229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17620]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6493; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041034; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, 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, Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), Arizona State Office, 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 in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Raymond Suazo, BLM,
Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ
85004, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1f3fdfceef0ebeef0e2fee6f4f3f1d3dddc9fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23616f6e7c62797c62706c74666163414f4e0d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the BLM, Arizona State Office, 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been identified from a site in Cochise
County, AZ. The 88 associated funerary objects consist of plain and
decorated sherds, chipped stone, flaked tools, a projectile point, a
bone awl, burned wood, mineral samples, pollen samples, flotation
samples and Carbon-14 samples.
The archaeological site AZ BB:12:9 (ASM) was intentionally
excavated as part of the All-American Pipeline Survey Project,
undertaken by New Mexico State University. The survey sought to locate
cultural resources impacted by a right-of-way for an oil pipeline
extending from Texas to California.
The materials from the 1986 excavations at AZ BB:12:9 (ASM) were
transferred to the University of New Mexico for analysis and
documentation. On December 12, 1990, the collection was conveyed to
Arizona State Museum (ASM) for curation.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the information
available about the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 88 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 Ak-Chin
Indian Community; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of
Arizona.; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
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 identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant or Indian Tribe not identified in this
notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the
requestor is a lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe with cultural
affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October
14, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM
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 BLM is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 29, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17620 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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