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directly or indirectly, the use of any part 

of the patented lands or any of the 

facilities whereon by any person 

because of such person’s race, creed, 

color, or national origin, title shall 

revert to the United States. 

The lands are not needed for Federal 

purposes. Leasing and later patenting is 

consistent with current Bureau of Land 

Management policies and land use 

planning. The estimated intended time 

of lease issuance is May 15, 2009, with 

the patent being issued upon substantial 

development taking place. The proposal 

serves the public interest since it would 

provide a regional fire station. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5) 

Joel Farrell, 

Assistant Field Manager, Land and Resources, 

Farmington Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–6570 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate a 

Cultural Item: Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center of the American West, Los 

Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center of the American West, Los 

Angeles, 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The one cultural item is a wooden 

Kickapoo Prayer Stick (object number 

2006.85.11). There are symbolic images 

on the front of the stick and a sticker on 

the back reads ‘‘Kickapoo Indians/from 

Kansas/Prayer stick.’’ The museum 

acquired the cultural item from an 

anonymous donor in 2006. In an 

unknown year, the donor received the 

object from a Mr. Robert Babcock, owner 

of an ‘‘Indian Curio’’ shop located in 

Beverly Hills, CA. It is unknown how 

Mr. Babcock obtained the cultural item. 

The Prayer Stick is used in the 

Kennekuk religion, which is one of the 

traditional religions of the Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas. The Kennekuk 

religion is derived from a tribal 

bandleader, Kennekuk, who began the 

religion in the early 19th century. The 

Kickapoo are originally from the Ohio 

and Southern Michigan area between 

Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. From the 

mid 1600s to the early 1800s, the 

Kickapoo tribe moved west to Indiana 

and then to Illinois. In the early 1800s, 

many Kickapoo bands traveled to 

various places within the United States 

and Northern Mexico. Kennekuk 

remained in western Illinois with his 

followers. In 1832, his band along with 

another band from Missouri signed the 

Treaty of Castor Hill, which created a 

reservation in northeastern Kansas. The 

Missouri band eventually left the 

reservation, while Kennekuk’s band 

remained. Thus, this religion and this 

Prayer Stick is specific to the Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas. 

The symbols on the Prayer Stick 

represent prayers said by religious 

leaders and Kennekuk followers for 

individuals, other members of the 

religion, and tribal members. This object 

is intricately tied to the practice of the 

Kennekuk religion. Additionally, the 

icons are also derived from Kickapoo 

traditional culture. During consultation, 

members of the Kennekuk religion have 

identified this Prayer Stick as authentic 

and needed for the continual use of the 

religion. 

Officials of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center of the American West 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. 

Officials of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center of the American West also have 

determined that, 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 Kickapoo Tribe of Indians 

of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object should 

contact LaLena Lewark, NAGPRA 

Senior Coordinator, Southwest Museum 

of the American Indian, Autry National 

Center of the American West, 4700 

Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 

90027, telephone (323) 667–2000, 

extension 220, or Steven M. Karr, Ph.D., 

Ahmanson Curator of History and 

Culture and Interim Executive Director 

for the Southwest Museum of the 

American Indian, Autry National Center 

of the American West, 234 Museum 

Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065, 

telephone (323) 221–2164, before April 

24, 2009. Repatriation of the sacred 

object to the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians 

of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Southwest Museum of the 

American Indian, Autry National Center 

of the American West is responsible for 

notifying the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians 

of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, and 

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 6, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–6511 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest, 

Silver City, NM 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession and control of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Gila National Forest, Silver 

City, NM, that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Between 1972 and 1974, pottery 

sherds were removed from burial 

contexts at four archeological sites (LA 

11609, LA 83194, LA 147976 and LA 

148037) in Grant County, NM, during 

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Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 

TX. The single bag of sherds was 

curated at Western New Mexico 

University, Silver City, NM, until the 

early 1990s when it was transferred to 

the Forest Supervisor’s Office, Gila 

National Forest. The sherds are listed as 

having been recovered from a burial 

context. 

LA 11609, LA 83194, LA 147976 and 

LA 148037 are a group of geographically 

and culturally related sites in the Burro 

Mountains of southwestern New 

Mexico. Based on material culture and 

site organization, the four sites have 

been identified as Mogollon villages 

occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1300. 

In 1977, one ceramic vessel was 

removed from a burial context at LA 

65250, Grant County, NM, as a result of 

illegal excavations by an unknown 

individual or individuals. The object 

was subsequently recovered by the 

Forest Service. The objects were curated 

at Western New Mexico University until 

the early 1990s when it was transferred 

to the Forest Supervisor’s Office, Gila 

National Forest. The vessel is listed as 

having been recovered from a burial 

context. 

Based on material culture and site 

organization, LA 65250 has been 

identified as a Mogollon village 

occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1200. 

Continuities between ethnographic 

materials and technology indicate the 

affiliation of the above mentioned two 

Mogollon sites that are located in 

southwestern New Mexico with the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The oral 

traditions of the Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico support the cultural affiliation 

of these three Indian tribes with 

Mogollon sites in southwestern New 

Mexico. 

In 1973, 32 pottery sherds were 

removed illegally from an unknown site 

or sites in the area of Apache Creek, 

Catron County, NM, by Brad Triplehorn. 

Mr. Triplehorn subsequently donated 

the pottery sherds to the Ohio Historical 

Society, Columbus, OH, where they 

were curated until 2008 when the 

objects were transferred to the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, Gila National 

Forest. The sherds are listed as having 

been recovered from a burial context. 

Based on material culture, the site(s) 

has been identified as Upland Mogollon 

and occupied between A.D. 600 and 

1300. 

In 1978, two ceramic vessels were 

removed from the WS Ranch Site (LA 

3009) in Grant County, NM, during 

legally authorized excavations by the 

University of Texas at Austin. These 

objects were curated at Western New 

Mexico University until the early 1990s 

when they were transferred to the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, Gila National 

Forest. The vessels are listed as having 

been recovered from a burial context. 

Based on material culture and site 

organization, the WS Ranch site has 

been identified as an Upland Mogollon 

masonry pueblo which was occupied 

between A.D. 1150 and 1300. 

Continuities between ethnographic 

materials and technology indicate the 

affiliation of the two Upland Mogollon 

sites that are located in west-central 

New Mexico with the Pueblo of Acoma, 

New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. The oral traditions of the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico support 

the cultural affiliation of these three 

Indian tribes with Mogollon sites in 

west-central New Mexico. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 36 

cultural items described above are 

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 are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Gila National Forest also have 

determined that, 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 objects and the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Dr. Frank E. 

Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Southwestern Region, USDA Forest 

Service, 333 Broadway Blvd., SE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone 

(505) 842–3238, before April 24, 2009. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Pueblo of Acoma, 

New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 6, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Texarkana Museums System, 

Texarkana, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession of the Texarkana Museums 

System (formerly the Texarkana 

Historical Museum), Texarkana, TX, 

that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

From 1971 to 2008, private citizens 

from Miller County, AR, and Bowie 

County, TX, donated 209 unassociated 

funerary objects to the museum. There 

are no associated human remains in the 

museum collection for these funerary 

objects. The 209 unassociated funerary 

objects are 57 pieces of pottery; 2 stone 

tools; 1 projectile fragment; 2 stone 

knives; 7 clay pipes; 5 ear spools; and 

135 pottery fragments. 

The objects were found in Southwest 

Arkansas, Northeast Texas, and 

Southeast Oklahoma. These areas are 

associated with the Caddo Nation, and 

are in close proximity to identified and 

suspected Caddo burial sites. The 

decorative and construction techniques 

used in the pottery are consistent with 

Caddo traditional techniques and with 

other identified Caddo artifacts found in 

proximity to Caddo grave sites in the 

region. The unassociated funerary 

objects are related to the Caddo Nation 

who settled the Red River Valley more 

than 1,200 years ago. The Caddo Nation 

remained a strong presence in this 


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