Notice2026-05369
Notice of Inventory Completion: Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, UT
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Published
March 19, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum (ECSPM) 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 91, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05369]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6951; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042342; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Edge of the Cedars State Park
Museum, Blanding, UT
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 Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
(ECSPM) 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 April 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Chris Hanson,
Manager, Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, 660 W 400 N, Blanding,
UT 84511-4000, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1b2b9b0bfa2bebf91a4a5b0b9ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="16757e7778657978566362777e38717960">[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
ECSPM, 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, 48 individuals have been
identified. The 820 associated funerary objects are pottery jars and
bowls, pottery sherds, stone tools, stone tool flakes and debitage,
feathers, fur, and hide blankets, soil, flotation, and pollen samples,
and mineral specimens.
The human remains and funerary objects were recovered primarily
from archaeological sites in San Juan County, Utah. The sites were
determined to be Ancestral Puebloan and affiliated with Tribes claiming
Ancestral Puebloan heritage.
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 ECSPM has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 48 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 820 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 Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh,
New Mexico; Paiute Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of
Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah &
Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
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 April 20,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the ECSPM
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 ECSPM is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: March 11, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-05369 Filed 3-18-26; 8:45 am]
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