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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Office of Law Enforcement, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, has determined that the 

cultural items listed below meet the 

definition of sacred objects and/or 

objects of cultural patrimony and 

repatriation to the Indian tribes stated 

below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the cultural items may contact the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement, at the address below by 

April 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Special Agent in Charge, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, 134 Union Blvd., 

Room 550, Lakewood, CO 80228, 

telephone (303) 236–7540. 

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 eight 

cultural items in the possession of the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, that meet the 

definition of sacred objects and/or 

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

These items came into the possession 

and control of the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of 

Law Enforcement, pursuant to a 

criminal investigation. The items were 

forfeited to the U.S. Government by the 

U.S. Customs Service in separate 

forfeiture actions in January, February 

and March 2001. These items were 

transferred to the USFWS on August 21, 

2001, and the Federal criminal 

investigations are now complete. 

USFWS contracted with expert 

consultants to review the collection and 

consulted with 11 tribes having interest 

or affiliation in the objects. Three tribes 

filed claims requesting repatriation of 

objects from the collection. Upon 

review, the USFWS determined that 

three objects of cultural patrimony and 

five sacred objects are subject to 

repatriation to the Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana. The five sacred 

objects include Items 42 and 43: two 

rattles, Item 26: Imosna, deer dew claws 

(Bandoleer), and Items 5 and 70: two 

splithorn headdresses, one with a 

trailer. The three objects of cultural 

patrimony include Item 11: notched 

warrior’s dance whip or wand, Item 18: 

Napeshi spear or dance spear, and Item 

41: notched warrior’s dance whip or 

quirt. Items 5 and 70 (splithorn 

headdresses) are both sacred objects and 

objects of cultural patrimony. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement 

Based on the above-mentioned 

information, officials of the USFWS 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

three of the cultural items described 

above are specific ceremonial objects 

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(3)(D), 

three of the cultural items described 

above have 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(3)(C) 

and 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), two of the 

cultural items described above are 

specific ceremonial objects needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents, and have 

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 eight cultural objects and the 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with these sacred objects and/ 

or objects of cultural patrimony should 

contact the Special Agent in Charge, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, 134 Union Blvd., 

Room 550, Lakewood, CO 80228, 

telephone (303) 236–7540, April 6, 

2012. Repatriation of the sacred objects 

and/or objects of cultural patrimony to 

the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the 

Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement, Lakewood, 

CO, is responsible for notifying the 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5570 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement, Lakewood, 

CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Office of Law Enforcement, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribe, has determined that the 

cultural items listed below meet the 

definition of sacred objects and object of 

cultural patrimony and repatriation to 

the Indian tribe stated below may occur 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the cultural items may 

contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Office of Law Enforcement. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the cultural items 

should contact the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement, at the address below by 

April 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Special Agent in Charge, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, 134 Union Blvd., 

Room 550, Lakewood, CO 80228, 

telephone (303) 236–7540. 

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 27 

cultural items in the possession of the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, that meet the 

definition of sacred objects and object of 


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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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

These items came into the possession 

and control of the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of 

Law Enforcement, pursuant to a 

criminal investigation. Items 1–60 were 

forfeited to the U.S. Government by the 

U.S. Customs Service in separate 

forfeiture actions in January, February 

and March 2001. These items were 

transferred to the USFWS on August 21, 

2001. Items 61–69 were abandoned to 

the USFWS on November 15, 2001. All 

objects listed below were either seized 

or abandoned from various private 

collectors or a public museum pursuant 

to Federal criminal investigations, 

which are now complete. 

USFWS contracted with expert 

consultants to review the collection and 

consulted with 11 tribes having interest 

or affiliation in the objects. Three tribes 

filed claims requesting repatriation of 

objects from the collection. Upon 

review, the USFWS determined that 27 

of the objects are subject to repatriation 

to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 

Indian Reservation of Montana. The 27 

sacred objects are Item 1: All Brave-Dog 

society rattle; Item 2: bird bone whistle; 

Item 3: man’s straight-up headdress; 

Item 4: man’s headdress; Items 7 and 12: 

eagle bone whistle; Item 15: dance club; 

Item 16: dance staff; Items 23–25: 

replica Natoas sundance headdress; 

Item 27: eagle tail feathers; Item 34: 

medicine pipe owner’s headband and 

hair feathers; Item 35: replica of the 

Little Dog Thunder medicine pipe; Item 

36: replica of the secondary pipe from 

a medicine pipe bundle; Item 37: eagle 

feather headdress; Item 38: rawhide 

cylindrical case with replica bear knife 

medicine bundle; Items 44 and 47: war 

bonnet; Item 48: straight-up bonnet; 

Items 49 and 53: Brave Dog Society 

rattles; Item 55: weasel tail shirt; Item 

56: buckskin leggings; Item 64: eagle 

feather headdress; Item 65: medicine 

bundle; and Item 69: leather tipi bag and 

contents. Item 16 (dance staff) is both a 

sacred object and an object of cultural 

patrimony. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement 

Based on the above-mentioned 

information, officials of the USFWS 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 26 

of the cultural items described above are 

specific ceremonial objects 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(3)(C) 

and 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), one of the 

cultural items 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, and 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 27 cultural objects and the 

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation of Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with these sacred objects and 

object of cultural patrimony should 

contact the Special Agent in Charge, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 

Law Enforcement, 134 Union Blvd., 

Room 550, Lakewood, CO 80228; 

telephone (303) 236–7540, April 6, 

2012. Repatriation of the sacred objects 

and object of cultural patrimony to the 

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation, Montana may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement, Lakewood, 

CO, is responsible for notifying the 

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation, Montana that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5578 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: USDA 

Forest Service, Daniel Boone National 

Forest, Winchester, KY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel 

Boone National Forest, has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the remains and any present-day Indian 

tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains may 

contact the Daniel Boone National 

Forest, Winchester, KY. Repatriation of 

the human remains to the Indian tribes 

stated below may occur if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the Forest Tribal Liaison, 

Daniel Boone National Forest, at the 

address below by April 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Tribal Liaison, 

Daniel Boone National Forest, 

Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859) 

745–3138. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects in the possession of the 

Daniel Boone National Forest, 

Winchester, KY. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from three counties, Estill, 

McCreary, and Morgan, inside the 

Daniel Boone National Forest, KY. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by professional staff 


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