22254 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 86 / Thursday, May 3, 2001 / Notices

Reservation, South Dakota; the Spirit

Lake Tribe, North Dakota; the Lower

Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota;

the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; the Rosebud

Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; the Standing

Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South

Dakota; the Santee Sioux Tribe of the

Santee Reservation of Nebraska; the

Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;

the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the

Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;

the Prairie Island Indian Community of

Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians

of the Prairie Island Reservation,

Minnesota; the Upper Sioux Indian

Community of the Upper Sioux

Reservation, Minnesota; the SissetonWahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake

Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; the

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South

Dakota; the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of

the Lower Brule Reservation, South

Dakota; and the Shakopee

Mdewakanton Sioux Community of

Minnesota (Prior Lake). Representatives

of any other Indian tribe that believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with

these human remains should contact

James W. Bradley, Director, Robert S.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology,

Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810,

telephone (978) 749–4490, before June

4, 2001. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Cheyenne River Sioux

Tribe of the Cheyenne River

Reservation, South Dakota; the Crow

Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek

Reservation, South Dakota; the Spirit

Lake Tribe, North Dakota; the Lower

Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota;

the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; the Rosebud

Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; the Standing

Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South

Dakota; the Santee Sioux Tribe of the

Santee Reservation of Nebraska; the

Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;

the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the

Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;

the Prairie Island Indian Community of

Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians

of the Prairie Island Reservation,

Minnesota; the Upper Sioux Indian

Community of the Upper Sioux

Reservation, Minnesota; the SissetonWahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake

Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; the

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South

Dakota; the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of

the Lower Brule Reservation, South

Dakota; and the Shakopee

Mdewakanton Sioux Community of

Minnesota (Prior Lake) may begin after

that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: April 18, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the Tioga

County Historical Society, Owego, NY

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 Tioga County

Historical Society, Owego, NY, that

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated

funerary objects’’ 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 eight cultural items are an iron

tomahawk, a celt, copper points,

arrowshaft fragments, carbonized

material, and a deer bone ornament. The

iron tomahawk, copper points,

arrowshaft fragment, and carbonized

material have not been located.

In 1953, the iron tomahawk, celt,

copper points, arrowshaft fragment and

carbonized material were donated by

James S. Truman to the Tioga County

Historical Society. Donor information

indicates that the iron tomahawk was

removed from an ‘‘Indian grave in

Cayuga County, NY’’; the celt was

removed from ‘‘an Indian mound in

Cayuga County, NY’’; and the copper

points, arrowshaft fragment, and

carbonized material were removed

‘‘from a Cayuga County, NY Indian

grave.’’ Donor information indicates that

the deer bone ornament was removed

from ‘‘a grave in Cayuga County, NY’’

and was donated at an unknown date to

the Tioga County Historical Society by

Frank Truman.

Based on geographic location,

archeological evidence, and object

types, these cultural items have been

affiliated with the Cayuga Nation of

New York. Historical evidence indicates

that the Cayuga Nation of New York

were the aboriginal occupants of the

areas in which the cultural items were

found. Oral history of the Cayuga

indicates that the area in which the

cultural items were found is within

their traditional territory.

Officials of the Tioga County

Historical Society have determined that,

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

eight 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 Tioga County Historical

Society 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 Cayuga Nation of

New York.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Cayuga Nation of New York; St.

Regis Band of Mohawk Indians; Seneca

Nation of New York; Oneida Nation of

New York; Onondaga Nation of New

York; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of

Oklahoma; Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin;

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indian of

New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New

York. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these objects

should contact Dana Leo, Curator, Tioga

County Historical Society, 110 Front

Street, Owego, NY 13827, telephone

(607) 687–2460, before June 4, 2001.

Repatriation of these objects to the

Cayuga Nation of New York may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: April 11, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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