Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 1997 / Notices 10877

shortly after the publication of this

notice.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Michael J. Tollefson,

Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings Canyon

National Parks.

[FR Doc. 97–5858 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Issue a Prospectus

for the Operation of Pack Station

Services and Facilities Within Sequoia

National Park

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is

seeking a concessioner to operate, under

a 4-year permit, a pack station providing

pack and saddle animal services and

facilities within the Mineral King area of

Sequoia National Park. These facilities

would be operated for the public under

the provisions of a Concession Permit.

This notice is the formal announcement

of the availability of this business

opportunity and the initiation of the

contracting process.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pack

station is located at an elevation of

7,800 feet in the Southern Sierra

Nevada. It is a summer seasonal

operation serving visitors to Sequoia

National Park. The existing operator

does not have a preference in the

renewal of this concession permit. The

award will be fully competitive based

upon the requirements of this

Prospectus.

If you are interested in this business

opportunity, please ask to be placed on

the mailing list by writing or calling:

National Park Service, Concession

Management Office, Sequoia National

Park, Three Rivers, CA 93271, or call:

(209) 565–3103—Peggy Williams.

When the Prospectus is issued,

submittals will be accepted for a Sixty

(60) day period under terms that will be

described in the Prospectus. The release

of the Prospectus is expected to occur

shortly after the publication of this

notice.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Michael J. Tollefson,

Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings Canyon

National Parks.

[FR Doc. 97–5859 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service

Cape Cod National Seashore South

Wellfleet, Massachusetts Cape Cod

National Seashore Advisory

Commission; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5

U.S.C. App 1, section 10), that a meeting

of the Cape Cod National Seashore

Advisory Commission will be held on

Friday, March 28, 1997.

The Commission was reestablished

pursuant to Public Law 99–349,

Amendment 24. The purpose of the

Commission is to consult with the

Secretary of the Interior, or his designee,

with respect to matters relating to the

development of the Cape Cod National

Seashore, and with respect to carrying

out the provisions of sections 4 and 5

of the Act establishing the Seashore.

The Commission members will

convene at Headquarters, Marconi

Station at 10:00 a.m. for a field trip to

the former North Truro Air Force

Station.

The Commission members will then

meet at 1:00 p.m. at Headquarters,

Marconi Station, for their regular

business meeting which will be held for

the following reasons:

1. Adoption of Agenda

2 Approval of Minutes of Previous

Meeting (01/31/97)

3. Reports of Officers

Use & Occupancy

GMP

Nickerson Fund

4. Superintendent’s Report

Site Planning—(Fort Hill, Pamet

Cranberry Bog, former North Truro

AFS)

Dune Shacks

Hatches Harbor/Airport

News from Washington

5. Old Business—Advisory Commission

Handbook

6. New Business—Follow-up

discussions—Former North Truro

AFS—New name?

7. Agenda for next meeting

8. Date for next meeting

9. Public comment

10. Adjournment

The meeting is open to the public. It

is expected that 15 persons will be able

to attend the meeting in addition to the

Commission members.

Interested persons may make oral/

written presentations to the Commission

during the business meeting or file

written statements. Such requests

should be made to the park

superintendent at least seven days prior

to the meeting. Further information

concerning the meeting may be obtained

from the Superintendent, Cape Cod

National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site

Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667.

Richard Obernesser,

Acting Superintendent.

[FR Doc. 97–5856 Filed 3–7–96; 8:45 am]

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Native American Graves Protection

and Repatriation Act Review

Committee: Meeting—Revised Notice

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988),

that a meeting of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA) Review Committee will be

held on March 25–27, 1997 in Norman,

OK.

The Review Committee will meet at

the Oklahoma Center for Continuing

Education (OCCE) on the campus of the

University of Oklahoma in Norman.

Meetings will begin each day at 8:30

a.m. and conclude not later than 5:00

p.m.

The Native American Graves

Protection and Repatriation Act Review

Committee was established by Public

Law 101–601 to monitor, review, and

assist in implementation of the

inventory and identification process and

repatriation activities required under

the statute.

This notice amends the meeting

agenda to include presentation of

additional information regarding a

dispute over the disposition of a carved

wooden figure from Hawaii in the

possession of the City of Providence and

preparation of the committee’s 1995–

1996 report to Congress. The agenda

will also include discussion of the

compliance by Federal agencies,

implementation of the statute in the

States of Oklahoma and Texas, and the

disposition of culturally unidentifiable

human remains.

This meeting will be open to the

public. However, facilities and space for

accommodating the public are limited.

Any member of the public may file a

written statement concerning the

matters to be discussed with Dr. Francis

P. McManamon, Departmental

Consulting Archeologist.

Persons wishing further information

concerning this meeting, or who wish to

submit written statements may contact

Dr. Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Archeology and Ethnography Program

(MS 2275), National Park Service, P.O.
10878 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 1997 / Notices

Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013–

7127; telephone: (202) 343–4101. Draft

summary minutes of the meeting will be

available for public inspection

approximately eight weeks after the

meeting at the office of the

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

800 North Capitol St. NW, Suite 210,

Washington, DC.

Dated: February 26, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–5782 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects From

Chautauqua and Onondaga Counties,

NY, in the Possession of the

Springfield Science Museum,

Springfield, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Springfield

Science Museum, Springfield, MA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Springfield

Science Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Onondaga Nation, the Seneca Nation of

Indians, and the Tonawanda Band of

Senecas.

In 1925, human remains representing

two individuals were donated to the

Springfield Science Museum by Mr. J.T.

Bowne. No known individuals were

identified. The approximately 165

associated funerary objects include

mammal bone implements, stone

implements; stone pendants; coral

fossils; red ochre; a brass triangular

point; a metal ax; glass beads; shells and

shell beads; charred corn and beans;

pottery; a red paint stick; and sheet

brass.

In 1907, Mr. J.T. Bowne purchased

these human remains and associated

funerary objects from M.R. Harrington,

who obtained these remains from the

Silverheels Site and the Page Jimmerson

Site, in Chautauqua County, NY.

These two sites, Silverheels Site and

the Page Jimmerson Site were all used

as cemetery areas between the late

precontact period into the midnineteenth century. The associated

funerary objects and manner of

internments indicate a continuity of

occupation throughout this period

consistent with known traditional

Iroquoian practices. Consultation

evidence presented by the Seneca

Nation indicates these associated

funerary objects and burial practices are

identical to Iroquoian, specifically

Seneca, traditional practices.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Springfield

Science Museum 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 Springfield Science Museum have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the approximately

165 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

Springfield Science Museum 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

associated funerary objects and the

Seneca Nation of Indians.

In 1861, human remains representing

one individual was donated to the

Springfield Science Museum by Mr.

H.O. Marcy. No known individual was

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

H.O. Marcy removed these human

remains from the ‘‘Fort Lot Site’’,

Onondaga County, NY. Consultation

evidence presented by the Onondaga

Nation and the Haudenosunee Standing

Committee on Burial Rules and

Regulations indicates that this site is

likely one of several early Onondaga

historic villages in Onondaga County,

NY which dated from the seventeenth

and eighteenth centuries. These historic

villages are often referred to as ‘‘forts’’

or ‘‘lots’’ in nineteenth century

historical documents.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Springfield

Science 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 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 Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects and the

Onondaga Nation.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Haudenosaunee Standing

Committee on Burial Rules and

Regulations, the Onondaga Nation, the

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, the

Seneca Nation of Indians, and the

Tonawanda Band of Senecas.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact John Pretola, Curator of

Anthropology, Springfield Science

Museums, 236 State Street, Springfield,

MA 01103; telephone: (413) 263–6800,

before April 7, 1997. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Seneca Nation of Indians

and the Onondaga Nation may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: February 24, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–5781 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; March 11, 1997

Board of Directors Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, March 11,

1997, 1:00 p.m. (OPEN Portion) 1:30

p.m. (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 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Closed

portion will commence at 1:30 p.m.

(approx.)

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. President’s Report

2. New Appointment

3. Approval of December 10, 1996

Minutes (Open Portion)

4. Meeting schedule through December,

1997

FURTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

(Closed to the Public 1:30 p.m.).

1. Finance Project in Russia

2. Insurance Project in Bangladesh

3. Pending Major Projects

Finance Project in Venezuela

4. Approval of December 10, 1996

Minutes (Closed Portion)

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Information on the meeting may be

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202)

336–8438.