[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30665-30666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12822]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040467; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand 
Forks, ND, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, 
ND

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 University of North Dakota and the State 
Historical Society of North Dakota have completed an inventory of 
associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after August 11, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the 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 the State Historical

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Society 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

    According to documentation, 37 associated funerary objects were 
removed from a site in Burleigh County, ND. The University of North 
Dakota and the State Historical Society of North Dakota have 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 associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    The University of North Dakota and the State Historical Society of 
North Dakota have determined that:
     The 37 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 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 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 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 associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University 
of North Dakota and the State Historical of North Dakota are 
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. 2025-12822 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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