90 FR 94 pgs. 21072-21073 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, AZ
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 94Pages: 21072 - 21073
Pages: 21072, 21073Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040143; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-08769 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040143; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, 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 Land Management (BLM), Arizona State Office 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 June 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Raymond Suazo, Arizona State Director, BLM Arizona State Office, One North Central Ave., Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004-9412, telephone (602) 417-9200, email lm_az_asoweb@blm.gov.
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 Arizona State 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, nine individuals have been identified. The 39 associated funerary objects are flaked stone, pollen samples, flotation samples, jars, bowls, and sherds. The individuals were removed from AZ CC:7:70(ASM) and AZ CC:7:72(ASM) at Timber Draw Site located in Graham County, AZ. The individuals and associated funerary objects are housed at the Arizona State Museum.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition historic of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM Arizona State Office has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 39 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.
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
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 June 16, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM Arizona State Office 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 BLM Arizona State Office 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: May 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08769 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
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