Notice2026-07387
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY
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Published
April 16, 2026
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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, Wyoming State Office (BLM Wyoming State Office) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 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 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 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: 2026-07387]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7058; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042591; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY
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, Wyoming State Office (BLM Wyoming State Office) has
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
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 May 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Tanya Thrift, State Director Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96f4fafbc9e1efc9f5f9e6efe1f9e4fdd6f4fafbb8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07656b6a58707e586468777e7068756c47656b6a29606871">[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
BLM Wyoming 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, one lot of associated funerary
objects were removed from archeological sites 48LN1296, 48CR325,
48SU2019, 48UT920, 48SU301, 48UT63, and 48SW5860. The one lot of
associated funerary objects include but are not limited to beads,
lithics and stone tools, soil samples, debitage/flakes, faunal remains,
projectile points, bone awls, ground stone, fire cracked rock,
charcoal, and shell. The cultural items were removed from archeological
sites in Wyoming during excavations before November 16, 1990. These
items are currently curated at the University of Wyoming in Laramie,
Wyoming.
Human remains and associated funerary objects from archeological
sites 48LN1296, 48CR325, 48SU2019, 48UT920, 48SU301, 48UT63, and
48SW5860 were published in a Notice of Inventory Completion, published
in the Federal Register on June 11, 2025 (90 FR 24652-24654) and have
been repatriated. This notice covers additional associated funerary
objects recently discovered.
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 BLM Wyoming State Office has determined that:
<bullet> The one lot of 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
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of
Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation,
Montana; Crow Tribe of Montana; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort
Belknap Reservation of Montana; Kiowa Tribe (previously listed as Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma); Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne
Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 May 18, 2026. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, the BLM Wyoming State Office
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 BLM Wyoming
State Office 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: April 8, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-07387 Filed 4-15-26; 8:45 am]
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