[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2911-2912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01612]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027191; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, Rio Rico, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office 
of Law Enforcement, Rio Rico, AZ. 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Office of Law Enforcement at the address in this notice by 
March 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Jeff Moore, Wildlife Inspector, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, P.O. Box 4405, Rio Rico, AZ 85648, telephone (520) 287-4625, 
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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law 
Enforcement, Rio Rico, AZ, that meets the definition of an object of 
cultural patrimony 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

    On January 30, 2018, one cultural item was seized at the Port of 
Entry in Nogales, AZ. The object seized is a deer head. The object has 
been identified by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona as a Yaqui 
ceremonial deer head.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 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 Pascua Yaqui Tribe 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 
the cultural item should submit a written request with information in 
support of the claim to Jeff Moore, Wildlife Inspector, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 4405, Rio Rico, AZ 85648, telephone (520) 
287-4625, email [email protected], by March 11, 2019. After that 
date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control 
of the object of cultural patrimony to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of 
Arizona may proceed.
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for notifying the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 17, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-01612 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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