[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10406-10407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5406]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from Arizona in the 
Possession of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

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 
cultural items in the possession of the American Museum of Natural 
History which meet the definition of ``objects of cultural patrimony'' 
under Section 2 of the Act.
    The items are four San Carlos Apache Gaan painted wood and cloth 
headdresses and two associated sets of wooden wands.
    In 1914, Pliny E. Goddard collected these cultural items on the San 
Carlos Apache Reservation on behalf of the American Museum of Natural 
History. The Museum accessioned them into its collection the same year 
(AMNH accession 1914-53).
    The cultural affiliation of these items is San Carlos Apache as 
indicated through Museum records and consultation with representatives 
of the San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation. 
Consultation

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evidence presented by representatives of the San Carlos Apache Tribe of 
the San Carlos Reservation indicates these items have ongoing 
historical, traditional, and cultural importance central to the tribe 
itself, and no individual had the right to alienate them. The Museum's 
review of this information indicates it is accurate.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the American 
Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(4), these eight cultural items have ongoing historical, 
traditional, and cultural importance central to the tribe itself, and 
could not have been alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by any 
individual. Officials of the American Museum of Natural History 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 these items and the San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 
Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the San Carlos Apache 
Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, the White Mountain Apache Tribe of 
the Fort Apache Reservation, the Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona, the 
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Reservation, and the Fort 
McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community of the Fort McDowell Indian 
Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these objects should contact 
Martha Graham, Registrar of Cultural Resources, American Museum of 
Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Central Park West at 79th 
Street, New York, NY 10024-5192; telephone (212) 769-5846 before April 
2, 1998. Repatriation of these objects to the San Carlos Apache Tribe 
of the San Carlos Reservation may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: February 26, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-5406 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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