# 2025-15848: BLM Returns Ancestral Remains: Bureaucracy Honors Tribes

2025-15848, Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Prineville District Office, Prineville, OR, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-08-20 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15848
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Prineville District Office, Prineville, OR
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40647
- Published: 2025-08-20
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

BLM Returns Ancestral Remains: Bureaucracy Honors Tribes

## Summary

The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon has finished checking and listing Native American human remains found on their land. They’ve identified which tribes or Native Hawaiian groups these remains belong to, following important laws that protect Native heritage. This means the remains will be returned to the right communities, respecting their culture and history—no money changes hands, but the timing for these returns is now official.

## Abstract

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, Prineville District Office (BLM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Repatriation of Native American Remains: benefit, low. The Bureau of Land Management completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined that the human remains found on BLM land are culturally affiliated with specific Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The notice says the remains…

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## Sources
- [2025-15848 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/20/2025-15848/notice-of-inventory-completion-us-department-of-the-interior-bureau-of-land-management)
- [2025-15848 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-20/pdf/2025-15848.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15848 (as of 2026-06-08).