[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 76367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29903]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17132; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Item: U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 
Cibola National Forest, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the 
cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of object of 
cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian 
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice 
that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written request 
to the USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region. If no additional 
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural item to the 
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations 
stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim this cultural item should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the USDA Forest Service, 
Southwestern Region at the address in this notice by January 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern 
Region, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE., Albuquerque, NM 
87102, telephone (505) 842-3238, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the 
control of the USDA Forest Service, Cibola National Forest that meets 
the definition of object of cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item

    At some time prior to January 1968, one cultural item was removed 
from its location in Sandoval County, NM. The item was collected by 
private individual(s) without the permission or knowledge of the USDA 
Forest Service and donated anonymously to the Maxwell Museum of 
Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, at some time prior 
to January 1968. The object was identified as a NAGPRA item in the 
winter of 2013/2014 and the USDA Forest Service took possession of the 
object in the late spring of 2014. This object of cultural patrimony is 
comprised of prayer sticks held together by woven basketry.
    Consultations with representatives of the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; the 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; the Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; and 
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, indicated that this 
object of cultural patrimony is most closely affiliated with the Pueblo 
of San Felipe, New Mexico, and the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.

Determinations Made by the USDA Forest Service

    Officials of the USDA Forest Service have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item 
described above has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural 
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, 
rather than property owned by an individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the object 
of cultural patrimony and the Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, and the 
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 
Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE., 
Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-3238, email 
[email protected], by January 21, 2015. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
object of cultural patrimony to the Pueblo of San Felipe and the Pueblo 
of Santa Ana may proceed.
    The USDA Forest Service, Cibola National Forest is responsible for 
notifying the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; the 
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 5, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-29903 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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