[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15150]


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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 Arizona State Museum, Tucson, 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 
cultural items from Arizona in the possession of the Arizona State 
Museum, Tucson, AZ which meets the definition of ``objects of cultural 
patrimony'' under Section 2 of the Act.
    The cultural items consist of four wooden ceremonial standards, 
four wooden ceremonial hoops, and ceremonial bundle.
    Prior to 1943, these cultural items were removed from a crevice in 
rocks on the San Carlos Apache Reservation without permission by 
person(s) unknown. In 1943, these cultural items were donated to the 
Kinishba Museum by Mr. Sam Duvall. In 1969, these cultural items were 
transferred to the Arizona State Museum.
    Consultation with representatives of the San Carlos Apache Tribe 
has indicated that these cultural items were removed from tribal lands 
without permission of the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Further, 
representatives of the San Carlos Apache Tribe state that these are 
items which have ongoing traditional and cultural importance central to 
the culture itself and could not have been conveyed or alienated by any 
individual.
    Officials of the Arizona State Museum have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(4), these nine 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 Arizona State 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 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 Yavapai-Apache Nation of the 
Camp Verde Indian Reservation, the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian 
Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, the Tonto Apache 
Tribe, and the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 
Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these objects should contact 
Dr. Gwinn Vivian, Acting Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State 
Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; telephone: (520) 621-
4500 before July 8, 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: June 2, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-15150 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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