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All persons, federal, or state agencies which encounter or discover human skeletal remains or funerary objects or what they believe may be human skeletal remains and/or funerary objects within or on tribal lands currently owned by any United States federal agency, or lands held in trust by the United States government, shall immediately cease all activities within a one hundred (100) meter radius of the discovery. The human remains and/or funerary objects will be left as found, covered, and reasonable measures will be made to safeguard the remains and/or objects until proper authorities can be contacted. The persons, federal, or state agencies shall immediately give notice and location of such human skeletal remains and/or funerary objects to the federal agency of jurisdiction and the Osage Nation Police. If there is a reason to believe that the remains may be human, the Osage Nation Police shall promptly notify the Chief Medical Examiner. If reported remains are not associated with or suspected of association with any crime, the Osage Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Officer shall be notified within forty-eight (48) hours of discovery. Reporting and further consultation between the responsible agency and the Osage Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Officer must be conducted pursuant to the regulations of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, 43 CFR § 10.4-5. ONCA 15-75, eff. Sept. 21, 2015.