[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40802-40803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18185]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23695; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Fort Worth 
Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of objects of cultural patrimony. 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 to The Fort Worth Museum of Science and 
History. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control 
of the cultural items 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 these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to The Fort Worth Museum of Science 
and History at the address in this notice by September 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and 
History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, telephone (817) 255-
9300, 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 cultural items under the 
control of The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History that meet the 
definition of objects 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.

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History and Description of the Cultural Item

    On February 15, 1978, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History 
acquired one yucca, stair-step basket, object identification number 
31N.00139, from Lew Meekins. No other provenance information is 
available.
    Museum accession and catalog records, as well as consultations with 
a representative of the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe, in Lemoore, 
CA, indicated that the basket is of Yokut design, and would have been 
utilized during the Tribe's Traditional Coming of Age Ceremonies. The 
representative of the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe also provided 
supporting ethnographic documentation for the cultural significance of 
the object.

Determinations Made by The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

    Officials of The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 1 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 Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa Rancheria, California.

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 Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth Museum 
of Science and History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, 
telephone (817) 255-9300, email [email protected], by September 27, 
2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, 
transfer of control of the object of cultural patrimony to the Santa 
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, may 
proceed.
    The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is responsible for 
notifying the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 3, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-18185 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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