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Institution. No known individuals were

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

Neither the records of the Peabody

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

nor the Smithsonian Institution indicate

the date of transfer of these individuals

to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology

and Ethnology. Primary accession and

catalogue documents associated with

these individuals at the Smithsonian

record the individuals to be

‘‘Yanktonnais Sioux.’’ Cuthead Band of

Upper Yanktonai Sioux oral traditions

and historical documents indicate that

Fort Stevenson was located within the

Cuthead Band’s traditional territory

during the nineteenth century. The

specific cultural affiliation attributed to

the individuals by the collectors and the

known policy during the nineenth

century of the Smithsonian to request

the remains of recently deceased Native

individuals to be collected by U.S.

Army personnel and Indian agents and

sent to the Smithsonian Institution

further support affiliation with the

Cuthead Band of Yanktonai Sioux. The

Cuthead Band of Yanktonai Sioux are

represented by the Cheyenne River

Sioux Tribe, Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe,

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort

Peck Reservation, and the Standing

Rock Sioux Tribe.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Peabody

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains

listed above represent the physical

remains of three individuals of Native

American ancestry. Officials of the

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and

Ethnology have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is

a relationship of shared group identity

which can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,

Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Assiniboine

and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck

Reservation, and the Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,

Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Assiniboine

and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck

Reservation, and the Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe. Representatives of any

other Indian tribe that believes itself to

be culturally affiliated with these

human remains and associated funerary

objects should contact Barbara Isaac,

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave.,

Cambridge, MA 02138; telephone: (617)

495–2254, before [thirty days after

publication in the Federal Register].

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the

culturally affiliated tribes may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–23367 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items from New York in the

Possession of the Springfield Science

Museum, Springfield, MA

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

from New York in the possession of the

Springfield Science Museum which

meet the definition of ‘‘cultural

patrimony’’ under Section 2 of the Act.

The cultural items are a Seneca false

face mask and a Seneca corn husk mask.

The false face mask is black wood with

brown horsehair and tin eyeplates with

a split leather harness to secure the

mask at the back. The corn husk mask

has white cotton shoelace attachment

cords.

Before 1975, these masks were given

to Mr. John Hesen of Longmeadow, MA

by the maker, Mr. Francis Kettle of the

Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, NY. In

1983, Mrs. Betty S. Hesen donated these

masks to the Springfield Science

Museum.

Consultation evidence indicates one

item is a medicine or false face mask.

Such masks represent the power of

particular medicine beings. The other

mask, known as a Husk Face, or Bushy

Head, is also used in ceremonies.

Representatives of the Haudenosaunee

Standing Committee on Burial Rules

and Regulations affirm that these masks

are needed by the traditional religious

leaders of the Seneca Nation of Indians

and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca for

the practice of traditional ceremonies by

present-day adherents. Representatives

of the Haudenosaunee Standing

Committee on Burial Rules and

Regulations have also stated that false

face masks are owned collectively by

the members of the False Face Society

and that corn husk masks are owned by

the Husk Face Society; and therefore, no

individual had the right to sell or

otherwise alienate the masks.

Officials of the Springfield Science

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), these

two cultural items have ongoing

historical, traditional, and cultural

importance central to the culture itself,

and could not have been alienated,

appropriated, or conveyed by any

individual. Officials of the Springfield

Science Museum have also determined

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2),

there is a relationship of shared group

identity which can be reasonably traced

between these items and the Seneca

Nation of Indians and the Tonawanda

Band of Seneca.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Haudenosaunee Standing

Committee on Burial Rules and

Regulations, the Seneca Nation of

Indians, the Tonawanda Band of

Seneca, 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 John Pretola, Curator of

Anthropology, Springfield Science

Museums, 236 State Street, Springfield,

MA 01103; before [thirty days following

publication in the Federal Register].

Repatriation of these objects to the

Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on

Burial Rules and Regulations on behalf

of the Seneca Nation of Indians and the

Tonawanda Band of Seneca may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–23366 Filed 9–2–97 ; 8:45 am]

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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

September 16, 1997 Board of Directors

Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, September 16,

1997, 1:00 PM (OPEN Portion) 1:30 PM

(CLOSED Portion).

PLACE: Offices of the Corporation,

Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New

York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Meeting OPEN to the Public

from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM; Closed

portion will commence at 1:30 PM

(approx.)

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. President’s Report

2. Approval of June 10, 1997 Minutes

(Open Potion)