[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)] [Notices] [Page 30678] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-12821] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040466; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of North Dakota 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 August 11, 2025. ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Crystal Alberts, University of North Dakota, Twamley Hall Room 300, 264 Centennial Drive, Grand Forks, ND 58202, 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 University of North Dakota, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Abstract of Information Available Based on information available, human remains of, at least, one individual has been reasonably identified, along with 108 associated funerary objects. They were removed from a site in Burleigh County, North Dakota. UND has no record of any potentially hazardous substances being used to treat the human remains or associated funerary objects described. Based on information available, a total of 48 associated funerary objects were removed from a site in Sioux County, North Dakota. UND has no record of any potentially hazardous substances being used to treat the associated funerary objects described. Based on information available, a total of 49 associated funerary objects were removed from a site in Emmons County, North Dakota. UND has no record of any potentially hazardous substances being used to treat the associated funerary objects described. Cultural Affiliation Based on the information available and as the result of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice. Determinations The University of North Dakota has determined that:The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. The 205 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 reasonable connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 11, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of North Dakota 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 University of North Dakota 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 25, 2025. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025-12821 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P