Notice of Proposed Reinterment: Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, UT

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Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum (ECSPM) proposes to reinter human remains listed in a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2023.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 64397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20570]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7550; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043917; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Proposed Reinterment: 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) proposes to reinter human remains listed in a notice of 
inventory completion published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2023.

DATES: Reinterment of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 9, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send written request for repatriation of the human remains 
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#37545f5659445859774243565f19505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5b6bdb4bba6babb95a0a1b4bdfbb2baa3">[email&#160;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

    This notice follows publication of a notice of inventory completion 
in the Federal Register (88 FR 42744, July 3, 2023). Human remains 
representing, at least, 13 individuals have been identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present. The human remains consist of 
nine males, three females, and one child. Recovery was made by law 
enforcement agencies from five separate counties in Central Utah; Box 
Elder, Sanpete, Emery, Tooele, and Davis. There is no evidence of 
presence of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of 
the human remains.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Confederated Tribes of the 
Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 
Mexico, & Utah; Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute Indian 
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); San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Skull Valley Band 
of Goshute Indians of Utah; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological, 
archaeological, biological, geographical, historical, Native American 
traditional knowledge, and the Indian Claims Commission Map of 1978. 
The information, including the results of consultation,
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
    2. No Indian Tribe connected to the human remains.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be 
reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    The ECSPM has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains has been identified.
    <bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.
    <bullet> The human remains will be reinterred according to 
applicable laws and policies.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 
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.
    Reinterment of the human remains described in this notice may occur 
on or after November 9, 2026. If requests for repatriation are 
received, the ECSPM must evaluate the requests and respond in writing 
to the requestors. The ECSPM is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Indian Tribes or 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: September 30, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-20570 Filed 10-7-26; 8:45 am]
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