[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9255-9256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4685]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item in the Possession 
of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to repatriate 
a cultural item in the possession of the Desert Caballeros Western 
Museum which meets the

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definition of ``object of cultural patrimony'' under Section 2 of the 
Act.
    The item is an Apache Gaan ceremonial headdress of painted wood and 
cloth.
    During the 20th century, this headdress was collected in Arizona. 
In 1978, this headdress was donated to the Desert Caballeros Western 
Museum by Henry Frick.
    This headdress has been verified to be San Carlos Apache by 
representatives of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the White Mountain 
Apache Tribe, the Tonto Apache Tribe, and the Yavapai-Apache Nation of 
the Camp Verde Reservation. The San Carlos Apache Tribe have documented 
that this item has ongoing traditional and cultural importance to the 
tribe and could not have been conveyed by any individual tribal member.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Desert 
Caballeros Western Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(3), these cultural items are specific ceremonial objects needed by 
traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of 
traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents. 
Officials of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum have also determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity which can be reasonably traced between this item and the 
San Carlos Apache Tribe.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the San Carlos Apache 
Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the Tonto Apache Tribe, and the 
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Reservation. Representatives of 
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with this object should contact Sheila Kollasch, Curator, Desert 
Caballeros Western Museum, 21 North Frontier St., Wickenburg, AZ 85390; 
telephone (520) 684-2272 before March 26, 1998. Repatriation of this 
object to the San Carlos Apache Tribe may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: February 18, 1998.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-4685 Filed 2-23; 8:45 am]
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