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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 Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

This notice corrects the list of tribes

in the Notice of Inventory Completion

published April 3, 2001 (Federal

Register Document 01-8170, pages

17733-17735) to whom repatriation of

the human remains may begin after May

3, 2001 if no additional claimants come

forward. In the last paragraph of the

April 3, 2001, notice, add the following

tribe to the list of tribes following

‘‘Repatriation of the human remains to

...’’: Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota.

Dated: April 23, 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 Putnam

Museum of History and Natural

Science, Davenport, IA

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 Putnam Museum

of History and Natural Science,

Davenport, IA, that meet the definition

of ‘‘sacred 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 cultural items are two gourd

rattles (catalog number AE 103 A–B,

accession number 1957–35). The

handles are made of hand-carved wood

and have been stained black. The top of

each gourd has been removed so that the

handle fits snugly into the neck of the

gourd. The handles form the axis with

1.75 inches protruding at the top. There

are small brown beads inside each of the

rattles. One gourd has a dyed blackishbrown knotted rope (0.25 inches in

diameter) tied to the handle.

The rattles were purchased by A. Lang

Baily during the summer of 1956 at

Tama, IA. The rattles were donated to

the Davenport Public Museum (now the

Putnam Museum of History and Natural

Science) on October 22, 1957, by his

wife, Kay Baily.

Cultural affiliation with the Sac and

Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa is

indicated by the rattles’ acquisition at

Tama, IA, where the Sac and Fox Tribe

of the Mississippi in Iowa settlement is

located. Also, according to the accession

record as well as to the catalog card the

objects are designated as being

‘‘Mesquaki,’’ which is the name the Fox

use for themselves.

Correspondence with the Sac and Fox

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

indicates that the rattles are sacred

according to past and current traditional

practices and standards of Sac and Fox

religious integrity. Furthermore,

information presented in the

consultation indicates that these rattles

are specific ceremonial objects that are

needed by the present-day adherents of

traditional Sac and Fox religious

practices. Correspondence with the tribe

further suggests these rattles may also be

objects of cultural patrimony since the

objects were tribal property at the time

of alienation.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Putnam

Museum of History and Natural Science

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2(d)(3), these rattles 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 Putnam

Museum of History and Natural Science

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 rattles

and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the

Mississippi in Iowa.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the

Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and Fox

Nation of Missouri in Kansas and

Nebraska; and the Sac and Fox Nation,

Oklahoma. Representatives of any other

Native American tribe that believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with

these sacred objects should contact

Janice Hall, Chief Curator, Putnam

Museum of History and Natural Science,

1717 West 12th Street, Davenport, IA

52804, telephone (563) 324–1054, before

June 13, 2001. Repatriation of these

sacred objects to the Sac and Fox Tribe

of the Mississippi in Iowa may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: April 13, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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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

Possession of the San Diego Museum

of Man, San Diego, CA

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), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the San Diego

Museum of Man, San Diego, CA.

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 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 was made by San Diego

Museum of Man professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon,

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

Community of Oregon, Confederated

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

of Oregon, Fort Bidwell Indian

Community of the Fort Bidwell

Reservation of California, and Quartz

Valley Indian Community of the Quartz

Valley Reservation of California.

In 1922, human remains representing

one individual were recovered from

beneath the lakebed of Tule Lake,

Siskiyou County, CA, by George

Redicial. At some time after 1922, Mr.

Redicial donated these human remains

to the San Diego Museum of Man, San

Diego, CA. No known individual was

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.