NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENDED REPATRIATION: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, WASHINGTON, DC, AND AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST, LOS ANGELES, CA

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- National Park Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC, and Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 8 by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

Summary: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S Department of Defense, Department of the Navy (Navy) and the Autry Museum of the American West (Southwest Museum Collection), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cu...