Notice2025-19958
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
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Published
November 17, 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 Indian Affairs and the Museum of Northern Arizona have completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51397-51398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19958]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6562; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041186; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Museum of Northern
Arizona, Flagstaff, 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 Indian Affairs and the Museum of Northern Arizona have completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects and have determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after December 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Tamara Billie, U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Cultural Resources
Management, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44, Albuquerque, NM
87104, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b7f6a666a796a2569626767626e4b69626a256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdc9dcd0dccfdc93dfd4d1d1d4d8fddfd4dc93dad2cb">[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
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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
The four associated funerary objects identified for this Notice are
one basalt scraper, one chert biface, and two ceramic sherds from site
NA5998, which is located on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, near
Frazier Wells, in Coconino County, AZ. Following further consultation,
this Notice serves to update and correct the number of associated
funerary objects reported in the previously published Notice for site
NA5998. The funerary objects are associated with the Cohonina
archeological complex and are dated
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between A.D. 900 and 1175. None of the associated funerary objects have
been treated with potentially hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has determined that:
<bullet> The four 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 associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Hualapai Indian Tribe of the
Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 17, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The Bureau of Indian Affairs 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: September 18, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-19958 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
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