Notice2026-19471
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
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Published
September 23, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) 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 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 60401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19471]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7507; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043802; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) 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 October 23, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Anthony Thibodeau,
Director of Research and Collections, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101
N Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cdacb9a5a4afa2a9a8acb88da0b8bea3acb7e3a2bfaa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9afbeef2f3f8f5fefffbefdaf7efe9f4fbe0b4f5e8fd">[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
MNA, 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, one individual has been
identified from NA10946. No associated funerary objects are present.
NA10946 is an historic Yavapai habitation (late 1800s to early 1900s)
that was excavated between 1970 and 1971 during a joint archaeology
field school project between MNA and Orme School. The Orme School and
NA10946 are in Yavapai County, Arizona.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified on Orme School grounds near NA10946. The two associated
funerary objects are ground stone manos. One burial was found eroding
from an exposed road cut and the other from an exposed arroyo bank.
Both were excavated by Orme School staff and donated to MNA in 1970.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The MNA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least three individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The two 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 Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and the Yavapai-Prescott Indian
Tribe.
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 October
23, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the MNA
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 MNA 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 17, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-19471 Filed 9-22-26; 8:45 am]
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