Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 25, 2000 / Notices 63883

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Sec 04, lot 4 (portion of).

The above described lands aggregate

approximately 35,712 acres, more or

less, in the counties of Grant, Morrow

and Umatilla, Oregon.

Findings: In sec. 2 (3) and (4) of the

OLEA, Congress found that

consolidation of land ownerships

through the exchange will facilitate

sound and efficient management for

both public and private lands, which

will reduce administrative costs to the

United States. Congress also found that

the exchange will improve public

access, aesthetic quality, and

recreational opportunities within wild

and scenic river corridors; and will

provide protection and enhancement of

habitat for threatened, endangered, or

sensitive species. The NOALE Final

Environmental Impact Statement

supports these Congressional findings.

The appraisals show the value of the

lands to be exchanged as approximately

equal. Full equalization of values will

be achieved by payment to the United

States of funds in an amount not to

exceed 25 percent of the total value of

the public lands to be transferred.

Time and Place for Public Review:

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register and in newspapers in

general circulation in the vicinity of the

public lands included in this exchange,

beginning on Monday, October 30, 2000,

the general public will have a 15 day

review period to examine the

comprehensive summaries of the

appraisals for both the public and the

private lands. The BLM is making these

summaries available, in addition to the

complete appraisals of the public and

the private lands, in the public room of

the Prineville District Office, the Baker

Field Office, and the Land Office of the

Oregon State Office.

ADDRESSES: The Comprehensive

Summaries and Appraisals are available

for inspection at the Prineville District

Office, 3050 NE 3rd Street, Prineville,

Oregon 97754, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday. The

Summaries and Appraisals are available

for inspection at the Baker Field Office,

3165 10th Street, Baker City, Oregon

97814, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. You may also

inspect these Summaries and the

Appraisals, at the BLM’s Oregon State

Office, in the 7th floor Land Office,

Branch of Realty and Records Services,

1515 S.W. 5th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

97201, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. All offices will be

closed to the public on official holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You

may also receive detailed information

on this exchange by writing or calling

Barron Bail, District Manger, at the

above Prineville address, phone 541–

416–6700, Penny Dunn Woods, Field

Office Manager, at the above Baker City

address, phone 541–523–1256, or John

K. Keith, Associate Deputy State

Director for Management Services, at the

above Portland address, phone 503–

952–6091.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 00–27443 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural

Item in the Possession of the Field

Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

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 a cultural item in

the possession of the Field Museum of

Natural History that meets the definition

of ‘‘object of cultural patrimony’’ under

Section 2 of the Act.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these cultural items.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

The cultural item is a totem pole,

catalogue number 19341, accession 663.

The totem pole is carved with an eagle,

a thunderbird, and a bear.

Until 1899, the totem pole stood in

Cape Fox, AK. The totem pole was

removed from Cape Fox, AK by the

Harriman Alaska Expedition in July

1899, when the expedition’s steamer

anchored near the deserted village. It

was donated to the Field Museum of

Natural History on January 15, 1900 by

D. G. Elliott. Mr. Elliot had been a

member of the Harriman Expedition,

and was the curator of zoology at the

Field Museum of Natural History at the

time of donation.

Consultation evidence indicates that

at the time of collection by the Harriman

Alaska Expedition the totem pole was

considered to be the communal property

of residents of Cape Fox, AK and could

not have been alienated, appropriated,

or conveyed by any individual.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Field

Museum of Natural History have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(4), this cultural item has

ongoing historical, traditional, and

cultural importance central to the tribe

itself, and could not have been

alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by

any individual. Officials of the Field

Museum of Natural History also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between this item and the Cape

Fox Corporation.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Cape Fox Corporation.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with this cultural item should

contact Dorren Martin-Ross, Registrar,

Department of Anthropology, Field

Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt

Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL

60605, telephone (312) 665–7824, before

November 24, 2000. Repatriation of this

cultural item to the Cape Fox

Corporation may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–27393 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the Alaska

State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, Anchorage, AK

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 Alaska State

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

Anchorage, AK that meet the definition

of unassociated funerary object under

Section 2 of the Act.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

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10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these cultural items.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

The 302 cultural items are stone and

antler arrowheads and arrowhead

fragments, chert flake tools, stone blade

inserts, and ivory ornamental carvings.

During 1956-61, these cultural items

were recovered by Dr. J. Louis Giddings

during legally authorized excavations

from a series of burials at Cape

Krusenstern, Battle Rock Site vicinity,

and the Choris Peninsula from five

features judged to be former surface

burials where all skeletal remains had

completely decayed.

Based on geographic location,

archeological evidence, and types of

objects, these cultural items have been

affiliated with Inupiat Eskimo culture

and specifically with the Native Village

of Kotzebue. This determination of

cultural affiliation has been based upon

the continuity of Native Americans in

the Kotzebue area and their oral

tradition that the area where the

remains were found is within their

traditional territory.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Bureau of

Land Management have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2)(ii),

these 302 cultural items 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 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

Bureau of Land Management also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between these items and the

Native Village of Kotzebue. This notice

has been sent to officials of the Native

Village of Kotzebue. Representatives of

any other Indian tribe that believes itself

to be culturally affiliated with these

unassociated funerary objects should

contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State

NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West 7th Avenue,

#13, Anchorage, AK 99513–7599,

telephone (907) 271-5510, before

November 24, 2000. Repatriation of

these unassociated funerary objects to

the Native Village of Kotzebue may

begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–27369 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

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 Bureau of Indian Affairs

and in the Possession of the Oshkosh

Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI

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 Bureau of Indian

Affairs and in the possession of the

Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has possession of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by Oshkosh Public Museum

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Menominee

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

In 1926, Oshkosh Public Museum

staff Arthur Kannenberg excavated the

graves of two individuals located on the

Menominee Indian Reservation in

Keshena, WI. The remains of one

individual, believed to have been those

of Chief Oshkosh, were re-interred at a

new location in Oshkosh, WI shortly

thereafter. The remains of the second

individual, believed to have been those

of one of Chief Oshkosh’s wives, were

not re-located. Two cervical vertebrae

were removed from one of the two

graves and donated to the Oshkosh

Public Museum by an unknown person,

presumably Mr. Kannenberg, at an

unknown time after 1926. An unknown

person, presumably Mr. Kannenberg,

retained remnants of Chief Oshkosh’s

original casket, including pieces of

glass, metal, cloth, wood, beads, three

nails, and scraps of beaded cloth. These

nine funerary objects were donated to

the Oshkosh Public Museum,

presumably by Mr. Kannenberg, at an

unknown time between 1926-1945. At

an unknown time, but presumably

during the 1926 exhumation, 11

funerary objects consisting of a wooden

spool, 8 buttons, shears, and 1 nail were

collected from the grave of a wife of

Chief Oshkosh. They were donated to

the Oshkosh Public Museum by an

unknown person, but presumed to be

Mr. Kannenberg, at an unknown time

between 1926–1945.

A contemporaneous account of the

exhumation notes the identification of

the remains as Chief Oshkosh based

upon surface markers of ‘‘three rocks

marking the graves of the old chief and

two of his wives. Several graves in this

vicinity were opened, those of the wives

being identified by earrings, brooches

and jewelry in the one, and shears,

needles, buttons and a spool in the

other.’’

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Oshkosh

Public Museum have determined that,

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

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Oshkosh Public Museum also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the 20 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.

While the likely identity of the

individual reported in this notice has

been determined, officials of the

Oshkosh Public Museum have not been

able to trace a direct and unbroken line

of descent to a particular individual,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (b)(1). Lastly,

officials of the Oshkosh Public Museum

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of

shared group identity that can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects and the

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Menominee Indian Tribe of

Wisconsin. Any lineal descendent and

representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Joan Lloyd, Registrar, Oshkosh

Public Museum, 1331 Algoma

Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901,

telephone (920) 424–4747, before

November 24, 2000. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe