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activities that are related to energy

issues/concerns, North Atlantic activity,

GOM deepwater activity, hard mineral

activity, and other topics that are

relevant to both Committees.

The meeting is open to the public.

Upon request, interested parties may

make oral or written presentations to the

OCS Policy Committee. Such requests

should be made no later than May 10,

2000, to the Minerals Management

Service, 381 Elden Street, MS–4001,

Herndon, Virginia, 20170, Attention:

Jeryne Bryant.

Requests to make oral statements

should be accompanied by a summary

of the statement to be made. For more

information, call Jeryne Bryant at (703)

787–1211.

Minutes of the OCS Policy Committee

meeting will be available for public

inspection and copying at the MMS in

Herndon, Virginia.

DATES: Tuesday, May 16 and

Wednesday, May 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Oakes Hotel,

119 Eden Street, Bar Harbour, Maine

04609, (207) 288–5801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeryne Bryant at the address and phone

number listed above.

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee

Act, Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C. Appendix

1, and the Office of Management and

Budget’s Circular No. A–63, Revised.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the Section

of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of

Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10(a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the Section of

Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of

Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA which

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated

funerary object’’ under Section 2 of the

Act.

The 326 cultural items consist of a

metal pipe (#01187), an English clay

pipe (#01269); two shell ornaments

(#15236); a shell bead (#15260); 214

shell beads (#16159); 9 shell beads

(#16164); 95 shell disc beads , one

cylindrical catlinite bead, one round

catlinite bead (#16196); and one kettle

fragment (#16404).

In 1968, these cultural items were

donated by Miss Rhea E. Beck and Mrs.

Hazel Beck Lees to the Carnegie

Museum as part of the John A. Beck

Archaeological and Ethnographic

Collection. During the early 20th

century, these cultural items were

purchased from Wm. W. Adams, an

individual known for digging into

graves and sites for objects to sell.

Based on catalog information, these

cultural items have been determined to

come from locations within ‘‘old Indian

Reservation, Cayuga, (Co.), NY’’, or

Upper Cayuga, NY. Consultations with

a representative of the Cayuga Nation of

New York indicates these cultural items

were taken from Cayuga tribal land.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Carnegie

Museum of Natural History have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(d)(2)(ii), these 326 cultural items

are reasonably believed to have been

placed with or near individual human

remains at the time of death or later as

part of the death rite or ceremony and

are believed, by a preponderance of the

evidence, to have been removed from a

specific burial site of an Native

American individual. Officials of the

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

have also determined that, pursuant to

43 CFR 10.2(e), there is a relationship of

shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these items

and the Cayuga Nation of New York.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Cayuga Nation of New York and

the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these objects should

contact Verna L. Cowin, Associate

Curator, Section of Anthropology,

Carnegie Museum of Natural History,

5800 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA

15206–3706; telephone: (412) 665–2601

before May 30, 2000. Repatriation of

these objects to the Cayuga Nation of

New York may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Veletta Canouts,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archeologist, Deputy Manager, Archeology

and Ethnography Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Control of the Denver Art

Museum, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the Denver Art

Museum (DAM), Denver, CO which

meet the definition of ‘‘sacred object’’

under Section 2 of the Act.

The 17 cultural items are: A Motoki

Society snake headdress bundle

(1946.60) consisting of a beaded leather

snake, shell, paint stick, two paint bags,

three grass braids, three eagle feather

uprights, and an eagle bone whistle; a

Motoki Society snake headdress bundle

(1946.208) consisting of a beaded

leather snake, leather bag, braid of

sweetgrass, gut tubular bag for feathers,

four sticks with eagle feathers, a paint

stick, and an eagle bone whistle; a

Motoki Society snake headdress bundle

component (1946.103) consisting of a

bag containing green paint; a Motoki

Society buffalo headdress bundle

(1938.143) consisting of a parfleche and

a headdress of bison fur; an imitation

Motoki Society headdress bundle

(1946.216) consisting of a parfleche, a

cloth wrapping, a headdress made of

bison fur, a parfleche containing nine

paint containers, three shells, and a

paint stick; a component (1946.186) of

the preceding imitation Motoki Society

bundle consisting of an eagle bone

whistle with attached string of blue

glass beads; a Motoki Society bird

headdress bundle (1938.254) consisting

of a parfleche, a headdress made of

bison fur and feathers, an eagle bone

whistle, two shells, two cloth

wrappings, a paint stick, and four braids

and tassel of sweetgrass, a Motoki

Society bird headdress bundle

(1946.129) consisting of a headdress

made of bison fur and feathers, and a

pair of wooden sticks (a shell attributed

to this bundle actually goes with

1946.208); a Dog Society headdress

(1938.135) consisting of a feather bonnet

with red flannel trailer with attached

eagle feathers; a rattle (1938.217)

associated with the preceding headdress

and consisting of wood stick with

attached ermine tails, feathers, and

bells; a Dog Society rattle (1938.225)

consisting of a wood stick with a fringe

of bells and an attached feather; an All

Brave Dog Society headdress bundle

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(1938.265) consisting of a parfleche and

headdress made of red strouding with

feathers, weasel tails, strands of quill,

and bells; an All Brave Dog Society

rattle bundle (1939.129) consisting of a

parfleche and rattle with feathers; an All

Brave Dog Society headdress bundle

(1939.132) consisting of a parfleche,

headdress made of red strouding with

two bear claws, feathers, and weasel

tails, and rattle with attached feathers;

a Children’s Medicine Pipe Bundle

(1946.207) consisting of a parfleche pipe

with black Micmac-type bowl, deerskin

and cloth wrappers for pipe, eagle bone

whistle, and sweetgrass; and a beaver

bundle pipe bowl (1942.178) made of

sandstone and bladder bag.

A Motoki Society snake headdress

bundle (1946.60) was kept by a society

member named Mrs. Healy until her

death about 1921. In 1939, her daughter,

Katy, either sold the headdress bundle

to Madge Hardin Walters via Percy

Creighton, a Blood man, or she sold it

to Creighton who sold it to Walters.

Walters loaned the bundle to DAM in

1940 and sold it to DAM in 1946.

A Motoki Society snake headdress

bundle (1946.208) was sold by Percy

Creighton in 1943 to Madge Hardin

Walters. It is possible, but uncertain,

that this headdress bundle was kept by

a society member named Mrs.

Scratching Chief until her death about

1930, and her daughter, Mrs. Black

Plume, sold it to Percy Creighton, and

he sold it to Walters. In 1943, Walters

loaned the bundle to DAM and sold it

to DAM in 1946.

A Motoki Society snake headdress

bundle (1940.103) was originally kept

by one of two members of the Motoki

Society, named Small Face Woman and

Separate Spear Woman, but it is not

clear which was the keeper. In 1938,

this bundle was sold by Percy Creighton

to Madge Hardin Walters. In 1953, this

bundle was exchanged by DAM to the

National Museum of Natural History,

but a component consisting of a bag

containing green paint was retained by

DAM.

In 1938, a Motoki Society buffalo

headdress bundle (1938.143) was sold

by Madge Hardin Walters to DAM. This

bundle was mistakenly associated with

an object history authored by Ethel Tail

Feathers and consequently identified

incorrectly as a ‘‘Beaver Bundle buffalo

headdress.’’ It may have been sold to

Walters by Percy Creighton or by a party

who used Creighton as an intermediary.

Consultation with the Blood Tribe

Motoki Society in 1998 confirmed that

this headdress conforms to the style of

a Motoki Society buffalo headdress.

In 1939, a probable imitation Motoki

Society buffalo headdress bundle

(1946.216) was sold by Frank Red Crow,

a Blood man, to Madge Hardin Walters.

In 1940, Walters loaned this bundle to

DAM, and DAM purchased this bundle

from Walters in 1946. Red Crow

provided two conflicting accounts of the

history of this headdress. In

correspondence to Walters in 1939, Red

Crow wrote that a man inherited the

headdress from his mother who had

died ‘‘some time ago.’’ Red Crow

asserted that he was simply acting as an

intermediary between this man and

Walters. In 1951, however, Red Crow

told John Ewers that he arranged the

sale to Walters of the headdress from a

member of the society named Owl

Woman. Also in 1951, Cecile Black Boy

told Ewers that, in her opinion, Red

Crow had simply ‘‘just made up’’ the

headdress for sale to Walters. Following

extensive research on Blood conveyance

patterns, DAM is skeptical that any

living member of the Motoki Society

would have sold her headdress bundle

during the 1930s. In a 1977 publication,

Adolph Hungry Wolf presented oral

information that Red Crow was known

to reproduce objects for sale, an

accusation supported by other

information collected by John Ewers in

1951 from Chewing Black Bones. In

DAM’s opinion, this headdress was

probably made as a replica by Frank Red

Crow for sale to Walters. DAM finds that

this headdress does not fit a NAGPRA

category.

A Motoki Society headdress bundle

component (1946.186) consisting of an

eagle bone whistle with attached string

of blue glass beads is probably

associated with the above buffalo

headdress bundle (1946.216) on the

basis of an uncontested association

made in a DAM accession record. As

discussed above, this headdress bundle

component was probably made as a

replica by Frank Red Crow for sale to

Walters. DAM finds that this headdress

bundle component does not fit a

NAGPRA category.

In 1938, a Motoki Society bird

headdress bundle (1938.254) was sold to

DAM by Madge Hardin Walters. An

attribution of unknown significance is

made on one DAM record: ‘‘From

Hungry Crow.’’

A Motoki Society bird headdress

bundle (1938.136) was kept by a

member of the society named Awl Body

until her death sometime around 1904–

1910. Her daughter, Mrs. Mountain

Horse, sold the bundle either to Percy

Creighton or to Madge Hardin Walters

via Creighton in 1939. In 1940, Walters

sold this bundle to DAM.

In 1940, a Motoki Society bird

headdress bundle (1946.129) was loaned

to DAM by Madge Hardin Walters, who

sold this bundle to DAM in 1946.

In 1936, a Dog Society headdress

(1938.135) and rattle (1938.217) were

sold by Percy Creighton, probably acting

as an intermediary on behalf of an

unnamed person, to Madge Hardin

Walters, who loaned this headdress and

rattle to the DAM. In 1938, Walters sold

this headdress and rattle to DAM.

In 1938, a Dog Society rattle

(1938.225) was sold to DAM by Madge

Hardin Walters.

In 1937, an All Brave Dog Society

headdress bundle (1938.265) was sold

by a man named Gambler to Madge

Hardin Walters via Percy Creighton. In

February, 1938, Walters loaned this

bundle to DAM, and sold it to DAM in

April, 1938.

Prior to 1939, an All Brave Dog

Society headdress bundle (1939.132)

was sold by a Blood man named Dick

Black Plume to Madge Hardin Walters

via Percy Creighton. In 1939, Walters

sold this bundle to DAM.

In 1941, a Children’s Medicine Pipe

Bundle (1946.207) was sold by a Blood

man named Charlie Davis to Madge

Hardin Walters via Percy Creighton.

Also in 1941, Walters loaned this

bundle to DAM, and sold it to DAM in

1946. DAM finds that the Blackfoot

Confederacy has not presented

sufficient evidence to show this bundle

meets the NAGPRA definition for sacred

object.

In 1942, a beaver bundle (1942.178)

was sold by Madge Hardin Walters to

DAM. In 1952, the bundle was

exchanged to the Peabody Museum of

Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,

MA, but a pipe bowl was retained by

DAM. DAM finds that the Blackfoot

Confederacy has not presented

sufficient evidence to show this pipe

bowl meets the NAGPRA definition for

sacred object.

Denver Art Museum records show

that the above cultural items originated

from citizens of the Blood Tribe during

the 1930s and 1940s. Consultation with

officials and religious leaders of the

Blackfoot Confederacy in 1998 confirm

the identifications of the cultural items

as originating from the tribe and that the

items associated with the societies are

needed for ceremonial objects needed

by traditional Native American religious

leaders for the practice of traditional

Native American religions by their

present-day adherents. The Blood Tribe

is one of four tribes comprising the

Blackfoot Confederacy, which includes

the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, the

Peigan Nation, and the Siksika Nation.

The present-day Blackfoot Confederacy

is descended from the four tribes of the

Blackfoot Confederacy as it existed

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during the 1930s. The Denver Art

Museum holds right of possession to all

of these items pursuant to Section 2 of

the Act, and offers the items as gifts to

the Blackfeet Nation of Montana and the

Blood Tribe of Alberta, Canada.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Denver Art

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(3), these 13

cultural items are specific ceremonial

objects needed by traditional Native

American religious leaders for the

practice of traditional Native American

religions by their present-day adherents.

Officials of the Denver Art Museum

have also determined that, pursuant to

43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these 17

items and the Blackfeet Nation of

Montana on behalf of the Blackfoot

Confederacy (Blackfeet Nation of

Montana, the Peigan Nation, the Blood

Tribe, and the Siksika Nation).

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana on

behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy

(Blackfeet Nation of Montana, the

Peigan Nation, the Blood Tribe, and the

Siksika Nation). Representatives of any

other Indian tribe that believes itself to

be culturally affiliated with these

objects should contact Nancy J.

Blomberg, Curator of Native Arts,

Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th

Avenue Parkway, Denver, CO 80204;

telephone: (720) 913–0161 before May

30, 2000. Repatriation of these objects to

the Blackfeet Nation of Montana on

behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy

(Blackfeet Nation of Montana, the

Peigan Nation, the Blood Tribe, and the

Siksika Nation) may begin after that date

if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the Alaska State Office,

Bureau of Land Management,

Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the Alaska State Office,

Bureau of Land Management,

Anchorage, AK.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Bureau of Land

Management and University of Alaska

Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Native Village of Eagle, AK.

In 1939, human remains representing

one individual were uncovered during

legally authorized construction of the

Civilian Aeronautics Administration

building in Eagle, AK. No known

individual was identified. The 115

associated funerary objects include glass

beads, one dentalium shell, 13 pieces of

wood with red color, and one bag of

wood fragments and particles.

In 1949, human remains representing

one individual were uncovered in the

same vicinity as the 1939 individual

during legally authorized collections by

Dr. Otto Geist of the University of

Alaska Museum. No known individual

was identified. The 19 associated

funerary objects are birch bark pieces

with lacing holes.

Both of these individual are curated at

the University of Alaska Museum.

Based on skeletal morphology,

geographic location, and associated

artifacts, these two individuals have

been identified as Native American,

affiliated with Han Athabaskan culture

and specifically with the Native Village

of Eagle, AK. This determination of

cultural affiliation has been based upon

the continuity of Native Americans in

the Eagle area and their oral tradition

that the area where the remains were

found is a traditional burial site.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Bureau of

Land Management have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of two individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Bureau of Land Management have

also determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 134 objects listed

above are reasonably believed to have

been placed with or near individual

human remains at the time of death or

later as part of the death rite or

ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bureau

of Land Management have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there

is a relationship of shared group

identity which can be reasonably traced

between these Native American human

remains and associated funerary objects

and the Native Village of Eagle, Alaska.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Native Village of Eagle, Alaska.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Dr. Robert King, Alaska State

NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land

Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13,

Anchorage, AK 99513–7599; telephone:

(907) 271–5510, before May 30, 2000.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the Native

Village of Eagle, Alaska may begin after

that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the South

Dakota State Archaeological Research

Center, Rapid City, SD

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the South Dakota State

Archaeological Research Center, Rapid

City, SD which meet the definition of

‘‘unassociated funerary object’’ under

Section 2 of the Act.

The 107 cultural items consist of two

pipes, three stones, a large metal ring,

five lots of beads, 31 buttons, 11

wristlets, two bear tooth pendants, an

elk tooth pendant, two pairs of earrings,

a watch fob, a ball and chain ornament,

two armbands, a metal disc with scarf,

a bullet mold, a powder flask, a

percussion cap box, two metal knives, a

pistol cleaning rod, a fishhook, a strikea-light, four spoons, a hand-mirror with

case, seven bells, a pair of scissors, two

bone tubes, an ivory gaming chip, a

stoneware ink bottle, a nail, a metal

fragment, six leather fragments, three

wood fragments, six textile fragments, a

fur fragment, and a gunstock club.

Between 1923–1941, these cultural

items were removed with human

remains representing nine individuals

from burials at the Vermillion Bluff