NAGPRA Federal Register Notices

The Secretary of the Interior, through the National NAGPRA Program, is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register before the repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.

Notice of Inventory Completion

A Notice of Inventory Completion summarizes the contents of a completed inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in sufficient detail to enable other individuals, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to determine their interest in claiming the inventoried items. Repatriation of human remains and associated funerary objects may not occur until at least 30 days after publication of the Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate

A Notice of Intent to Repatriate describes claimed unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony in sufficient detail to enable other individuals, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to determine their interest in the claimed objects.  Repatriation of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony may not occur until at least 30 days after publication of the Notice of Intent to Repatriate in the Federal Register.  The following are Reclamation's published notices.

Pacific Northwest Region

• Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region, Boise, ID, and Colville Tribal Repository, Nespelem, WA, November 16, 2010
• Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region, Boise, ID, June 21, 2011

Great Plains Region

• Notice of Inventory Completion:  Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the Bureau of Reclamation, Eastern Colorado Area Office, Loveland, CO, April 9, 2001.
• Notice of Inventory Completion:  Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of North Dakota Hariman Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, Bismarck, ND, May 3, 2001.

Lower Colorado Region

• Notice of Inventory Completion: Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Central Arizona Project Repository, Tucson, AZ, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, AZ, February 27, 2002.
• Correction to the February 27, 2002 Notice, July 9, 2002.
• Correction to the February 27 and July 9 notices, December 23, 2002.
• Notice of Inventory Completion:  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional, Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, AZ, December 1, 2003.
• Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, AZ, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, September 19, 2011
• Notice of Intent to Repatriate:  Unassociated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Central Arizona Project Repository, Tucson, AZ, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, AZ, February 27, 2002.
• Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, AZ, and Huhugam Heritage Center, Gila River Indian Community, AZ, May 4, 2010.

Upper Colorado Region

• Notice of Inventory Completion:  Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2, 1996.
• Notice of Inventory Completion:  Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT, and in the Control of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, UT, January 12, 2001.
• Notice of Inventory Completion:  Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, UT; Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Salt Lake City and Vernal, UT; and Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, February 25, 2008.
• Notice of Inventory Completion:  Native American Human Remains in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and in the Possession of Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ, April 19, 2012.