Federal Land Office Returns Native Ancestral Items to Tribes
Published Date: 9/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The Bureau of Land Management in Arizona has finished checking and listing Native American human remains and related items. They found a clear connection between these remains and certain Indian Tribes. This means the items will be returned to the tribes soon, following important laws that protect Native American heritage.
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BLM completes NAGPRA inventory
The Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice states the BLM has determined there is a cultural affiliation between those remains and certain Indian Tribes named in the notice.
Remains to be returned to tribes
The notice states that, under NAGPRA, the human remains and associated funerary objects that were inventoried are to be returned to the Indian Tribes with which they are culturally affiliated. The document indicates these repatriation actions will occur following the procedures in NAGPRA.
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