40800 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2017 / Notices 

• 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 object of 

cultural patrimony and the Wiyot Tribe, 

California (previously listed as the Table 

Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe 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 Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon 

Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas, 

Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern 

Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, 

telephone (718) 501–6283, 

nancy.rosoff@brooklynmuseum.org, by 

September 27, 2017. After that date, if 

no additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the sacred 

object and object of cultural patrimony 

to the Wiyot Tribe, California 

(previously listed as the Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) may proceed. 

The Brooklyn Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Wiyot Tribe, California 

(previously listed as the Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 26, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23693; 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science. 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 these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Denver Museum of Nature & Science 

at the address in this notice by 

September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Chip Colwell, Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 

Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, 

telephone (303) 370–6378, email 

chip.colwell@dmns.org. 

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 cultural 

items under the control of the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, 

CO, that meet the definition of sacred 

objects and 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 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(s) 

Prior to 1964, 10 cultural items were 

removed from The Pueblo of Acoma in 

Cibola County, NM. The 10 sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony include one Katsina 

Uuwaa’ka (AC.6501), collected by Byron 

Harvey III, a great grandson of Fred 

Harvey; one Katsina Uuwaa’ka 

(AC.7696), collected by the Taos Book 

Shop; one Katsina Uuwaa’ka (AC.4820), 

collected by William S. Dutton of La 

Posada Gift Shop; one ceremonial pot 

(AC.118), used to keep ceremonial paint 

and to collect rain water to make 

ceremonial medicine for curing 

ceremonies, collected by Erich Kohlberg 

of Kohlberg’s Antiques and Indian Arts; 

two ceremonial pots (AC.2278 and 

AC.2279), used in kivas for ceremony, 

collected by Julius Gans, of Southwest 

Arts and Crafts in Santa Fe, NM; and 

four prayer sticks (AC.4809A, 

AC.4809C, AC4809D, and AC.4809E), 

collected by William S. Dutton of La 

Posada Gift Shop. All of the cultural 

objects were purchase by Mary and 

Francis Crane between 1954 and 1964. 

The Cranes then donated nine of the 

items to DMNS on May 27, 1983. The 

ceremonial pot (AC.118) was donated to 

DMNS in November of 1972. 

Cultural affiliation was established 

through documentation, consultation, 

and notification procedures undertaken 

by Damian Garcia and Aaron Sims, and 

corroborated by the DMNS’s accession 

documentation, showing cultural 

affiliation with the Pueblo of Acoma. 

Determinations Made by the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science 

Officials of the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 10 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), 

the 10 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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony and the Pueblo of 

Acoma. 

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 these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Chip Colwell, Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado 

Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, 

telephone (303) 370–6378, email 

chip.colwell@dmns.org, by September 

27, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony to the Pueblo of Acoma may 

proceed. 

The Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science is responsible for notifying the 

Pueblo of Acoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 5, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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