NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENDED REPATRIATION: WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, BELLINGHAM, WA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- National Park Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Western Washington University Archaeological Repository, Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 28 by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

Summary: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Western Washington University Archaeological Repository (WWUAR), Department of Anthropology 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 cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiia...