NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENDED REPATRIATION: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX, RIDGEFIELD, WA

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- National Park Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Ridgefield, WA.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 18 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 the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in t...