Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 164 / Thursday, August 23, 2018 / Notices 42687 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Alabama-Coushatta 

Tribes of Texas (previously listed as 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Kialegee 

Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks 

(previously listed as the Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole 

Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 

Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 

Reservations)); The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; and Thlopthlocco Tribal 

Town (hereafter, ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Kathryn Miyar, 

Florida Department of State, Mission 

San Luis Collections, 2100 West 

Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 

32304, telephone (850) 245–6301, email 

kathryn.miyar@dos.myflorida.com, by 

September 24, 2018. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The Florida Department of State is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18199 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026063; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum, 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 sacred 

objects. 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 Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum. 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 Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum at the address in 

this notice by September 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., 

Museum Director, Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission 

Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 

telephone (951) 826–5792, email 

rpeterson@riversideca.gov. 

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 

Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA, that meets the definition 

of sacred object 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 an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from San Juan 

Pueblo, New Mexico. The sacred object 

was associated with John Trujillo, San 

Juan Pueblo. The donor gave the 

cultural item to the Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA on 

May 23, 1985. The sacred object is a 

prayer stick. 

Written in orange ink on the plain 

hand end of the carved wood prayer 

stick is ‘‘John Trujillo/San Juan Pueblo’’. 

Determinations Made by the Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum 

Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the one cultural item described above is 

a specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred object and the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and 

the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘The Tribes’’). 

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 

Robyn G. Peterson, Ph. D., Museum 

Director, Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, 

Riverside, CA 92501, telephone (951) 

826–5792, email rpeterson@

riversideca.gov, by September 24, 2018. 

After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred object to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Riverside Metropolitan Museum 

is responsible for notifying The Tribes 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18205 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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