24714 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 82 / Thursday, April 27, 2000 / Notices during the 1930s. The Denver Art Notice is hereby given in accordance remains and associated funerary objects Museum holds right of possession to all with provisions of the Native American and the Native Village of Eagle, Alaska. of these items pursuant to Section 2 of Graves Protection and Repatriation Act This notice has been sent to officials the Act, and offers the items as gifts to (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the of the Native Village of Eagle, Alaska. the Blackfeet Nation of Montana and the completion of an inventory of human Representatives of any other Indian tribe Blood Tribe of Alberta, Canada. remains and associated funerary objects that believes itself to be culturally Based on the above-mentioned in the control of the Alaska State Office, affiliated with these human remains and information, officials of the Denver Art Bureau of Land Management, associated funerary objects should Museum have determined that, Anchorage, AK. contact Dr. Robert King, Alaska State pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(3), these 13 A detailed assessment of the human NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land cultural items are specific ceremonial remains was made by Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13, objects needed by traditional Native Management and University of Alaska Anchorage, AK 99513–7599; telephone: American religious leaders for the Museum professional staff in (907) 271–5510, before May 30, 2000. practice of traditional Native American consultation with representatives of the Repatriation of the human remains and religions by their present-day adherents. Native Village of Eagle, AK. associated funerary objects to the Native Officials of the Denver Art Museum In 1939, human remains representing Village of Eagle, Alaska may begin after have also determined that, pursuant to one individual were uncovered during that date if no additional claimants 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship legally authorized construction of the come forward. of shared group identity which can be Civilian Aeronautics Administration Dated: April 20, 2000. reasonably traced between these 17 building in Eagle, AK. No known Francis P. McManamon, items and the Blackfeet Nation of individual was identified. The 115 Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Montana on behalf of the Blackfoot associated funerary objects include glass Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Confederacy (Blackfeet Nation of beads, one dentalium shell, 13 pieces of Program. Montana, the Peigan Nation, the Blood wood with red color, and one bag of [FR Doc. 00–10463 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am] Tribe, and the Siksika Nation). wood fragments and particles. BILLING CODE 4310±70±F This notice has been sent to officials In 1949, human remains representing of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana on one individual were uncovered in the behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy same vicinity as the 1939 individual DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Blackfeet Nation of Montana, the during legally authorized collections by Peigan Nation, the Blood Tribe, and the Dr. Otto Geist of the University of National Park Service Siksika Nation). Representatives of any Alaska Museum. No known individual other Indian tribe that believes itself to was identified. The 19 associated Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural be culturally affiliated with these funerary objects are birch bark pieces Items in the Possession of the South objects should contact Nancy J. with lacing holes. Dakota State Archaeological Research Blomberg, Curator of Native Arts, Both of these individual are curated at Center, Rapid City, SD Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th the University of Alaska Museum. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Avenue Parkway, Denver, CO 80204; Based on skeletal morphology, ACTION: Notice. telephone: (720) 913–0161 before May geographic location, and associated 30, 2000. Repatriation of these objects to artifacts, these two individuals have Notice is hereby given under the the Blackfeet Nation of Montana on been identified as Native American, Native American Graves Protection and behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy affiliated with Han Athabaskan culture Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of (Blackfeet Nation of Montana, the and specifically with the Native Village the intent to repatriate cultural items in Peigan Nation, the Blood Tribe, and the of Eagle, AK. This determination of the possession of the South Dakota State Siksika Nation) may begin after that date cultural affiliation has been based upon Archaeological Research Center, Rapid if no additional claimants come the continuity of Native Americans in City, SD which meet the definition of forward. the Eagle area and their oral tradition ‘‘unassociated funerary object’’ under Dated: April 20, 2000. that the area where the remains were Section 2 of the Act. Francis P. McManamon, found is a traditional burial site. The 107 cultural items consist of two Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Based on the above mentioned pipes, three stones, a large metal ring, Manager, Archeology and Ethnography information, officials of the Bureau of five lots of beads, 31 buttons, 11 Program. Land Management have determined wristlets, two bear tooth pendants, an [FR Doc. 00–10464 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am] that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the elk tooth pendant, two pairs of earrings, BILLING CODE 4310±70±F human remains listed above represent a watch fob, a ball and chain ornament, the physical remains of two individuals two armbands, a metal disc with scarf, of Native American ancestry. Officials of a bullet mold, a powder flask, a DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the Bureau of Land Management have percussion cap box, two metal knives, a also determined that, pursuant to 43 pistol cleaning rod, a fishhook, a strike- National Park Service CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 134 objects listed a-light, four spoons, a hand-mirror with above are reasonably believed to have case, seven bells, a pair of scissors, two Notice of Inventory Completion for been placed with or near individual bone tubes, an ivory gaming chip, a Native American Human Remains and human remains at the time of death or stoneware ink bottle, a nail, a metal Associated Funerary Objects in the later as part of the death rite or fragment, six leather fragments, three Control of the Alaska State Office, ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bureau wood fragments, six textile fragments, a Bureau of Land Management, of Land Management have determined fur fragment, and a gunstock club. Anchorage, AK that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there Between 1923–1941, these cultural AGENCY: National Park Service. is a relationship of shared group items were removed with human identity which can be reasonably traced remains representing nine individuals ACTION: Notice. between these Native American human from burials at the Vermillion Bluff
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