[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52537-52538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22588]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026437; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Sternberg Museum 
of Natural History, Hays, KS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, 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 an unassociated funerary object. 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 Sternberg Museum of Natural 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 this cultural item should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Sternberg Museum of Natural 
History at the address in this notice by November 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Laura E. Wilson, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, 
3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS 67601, telephone (785) 639-6192, 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 Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS, that 
meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object under 25 U.S.C. 
3001.

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    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 item. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item

    In 1928, one cultural item was removed from Nogales in Santa Cruz 
County, AZ. One empty olla, identified as a Hohokam plain ware vessel, 
was uncovered during an operation to lower and pave a street. It was 
donated by Mr. James W. Haddock of Nogales High School in 1929.
    Mr. Peter Steere, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the 
Tohono O'odham Nation, identified the olla as a Hohokam plain ware 
vessel that dates to A.D. 1000-1400. The Hohokam are regarded as the 
ancestors of the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Nogales area of 
Southern Arizona is within the geographic area covered by the Tohono 
O'odham Nation under NAGPRA repatriation.

Determinations Made by the Sternberg Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item 
described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony and is believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary object and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.

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 
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in 
support of the claim to Dr. Laura E. Wilson, Sternberg Museum of 
Natural History, 3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS 67601, telephone (785) 
639-6192, email [email protected], by November 16, 2018. After that 
date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control 
of the unassociated funerary object to the Tohono O'odham Nation of 
Arizona may proceed.
    The Sternberg Museum of Natural History is responsible for 
notifying the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: September 6, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-22588 Filed 10-16-18; 8:45 am]
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