Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District Office, Lakeview, OR, 25368 [2025-11014]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 25368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11014]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040367; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview 
District Office, Lakeview, OR

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, Oregon/Washington State Office, Lakeview District 
Office (BLM Lakeview District 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 July 16, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects in this notice to James Todd Forbes, 
Lakeview District Manager, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM), 1301 S G Street, Lakeview, OR 97630, email 
[email protected].

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 Lakeview District 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

    Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been 
identified. There are 29 lots of associated funerary objects containing 
faunal bone, shell, lithic tools and tool fragments and soil. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were excavated from four 
archaeological sites on BLM lands within Lake County, OR and are housed 
at the University of Nevada Reno.

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 BLM Lakeview District Office has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 29 lots 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.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Burns 
Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation 
of California; and the Klamath Tribes.

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 July 16, 
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM 
Lakeview District 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 Lakeview District 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: June 6, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11014 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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