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| | Four Corners United States Attorneys offer amnesty for return of illegally possessed Indian artifacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | DENVER — John Suthers, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, announced today that he and his counterparts in the Districts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah have agreed not to prosecute anyone who turns in illegally possessed Indian tribal cultural patrimony items during an amnesty period of approximately 3 ½ months. |
 | | Illegally possessed items, which are generally ancient Native American artifacts, can be turned in to the curator of the Bureau of Land Management’s Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, Colorado. |
 | | The penalties for violating this Act are up to 2 years in federal prison and/or a fine of $250,000 (if the item removed is valued at over $500), and up to 5 years in prison for a second conviction. |
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