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and alienated it to a third party that in 

turn donated or sold it to the Rochester 

Museum & Science Center did not have 

the authority to do so. Museum 

documentation, supported by oral 

evidence presented during consultation 

by the Onondaga Nation NAGPRA 

representatives and other 

Haudenosaunee and nonHaudenosaunee parties, indicates that 

these medicine faces are culturally 

affiliated with the Onondaga Nation, 

and are both sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony. 

Officials of the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 13 

cultural items described above 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 

Rochester Museum & Science Center 

have also determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 13 cultural 

items described above have an ongoing 

historical, traditional, or cultural 

importance central to the Native 

American group or culture itself, rather 

than property owned by an individual. 

Lastly, officials of the Rochester 

Museum & Science Center have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), there is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the sacred objects/ 

objects of cultural patrimony and the 

Onondaga Nation of New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Nation or tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the sacred 

objects/objects of cultural patrimony 

should contact Adele DeRosa, Rochester 

Museum & Science Center, Rochester, 

NY 14607, telephone (585) 271–4552, 

ext 302, before June 7, 2010. 

Repatriation of the sacred objects/ 

objects of cultural patrimony to the 

Onondaga Nation of New York may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Rochester Museum & Science 

Center is responsible for notifying the 

Onondaga Nation of New York that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10371 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Rochester Museum & Science 

Center, Rochester, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center, Rochester, NY, that 

meet the definitions of ‘‘sacred objects’’ 

and ‘‘objects of cultural patrimony’’ 

under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Between 1923 and 1966, the 

Rochester Museum & Science Center 

acquired from various sources 10 

medicine faces made by members of the 

Tonawanda Seneca Nation. 

In 1923, a large wooden medicine face 

was collected by Edward D. Putnam, 

Curator, Rochester Museum, Rochester, 

NY, on the Tonawanda Reservation. It 

was accessioned into the museum’s 

collection on August 25, 1923 (AE 383/ 

23.32.61). According to museum 

documentation, ‘‘This is a shaman’s 

mask used by the Seneca False Face 

Company in curing diseases by invoking 

the spirit of the myth creature 

represented by the face.’’ 

In 1929, the museum accessioned two 

large wooden medicine faces that were 

collected by James Skye from the 

Tonawanda Reservation (AE 1673/ 

29.270.1, made circa 1900; and AE 

1689/29.270.2, made circa 1920). 

In 1929, the museum purchased a 

large wooden medicine face with a 

medicine bag attached to it from Alvin 

Dewey, Rochester, NY (AE 2871/D 

4974/29.259.18). According to the 

catalog card by Dewey, it was ‘‘Last used 

by Chauncey Abrams of Tonawanda 

Reservation.’’ 

In 1929, a large wooden medicine face 

was purchased from Alvin Dewey, 

Rochester, NY (AE 2873/29.259.20). In 

June 1916, Mr. Dewey had purchased 

the medicine face from William S. 

Wakeman, Batavia, NY. Before selling it 

to the museum, it was lent to Arthur C. 

Parker, State Archeologist, on December 

23, 1923. At that time, it was reported 

to have been 75 years old. 

In March 1966, the museum 

purchased five large medicine faces 

from Kidd Smith that were made on the 

Tonawanda Seneca Reservation, circa 

1960. Four are identified as being 

simply wooden medicine faces (AE 

10256/66.356.1, AE 10271/66.356.3, AE 

10272/66.356.4 and AE 10273/66.356.5) 

with the fifth medicine face being made 

of basswood (AE 10257/66.356.2). 

Museum documentation, supported 

by oral evidence presented during 

consultation by Tonawanda Seneca 

Nation NAGPRA representatives, 

indicates that these medicine faces are 

culturally affiliated with the Tonawanda 

Seneca Nation. Tonawanda Seneca 

Nation traditional religious leaders have 

identified these medicine faces as being 

needed for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by presentday adherents. During consultation, it 

was shown that individuals who carved 

a face did not have the authority to 

alienate it to a third party or sell it 

indirectly to the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center. Therefore, based on 

consultation with NAGPRA 

representatives from the Tonawanda 

Seneca Nation and other 

Haudenosaunee and nonHaudenosaunee consultants, the 

museum has determined that the 

medicine faces are both sacred objects 

and objects of cultural patrimony. 

Officials of the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 10 

cultural items described above 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 

Rochester Museum & Science Center 

have also determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 10 cultural 

items described above have an ongoing 

historical, traditional, or cultural 

importance central to the Native 

American group or culture itself, rather 

than property owned by an individual. 

Lastly, officials of the Rochester 

Museum & Science Center have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), there is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the sacred objects/ 

objects of cultural patrimony and the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Nation or tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the sacred 

objects/objects of cultural patrimony 

should contact Adele DeRosa, NAGPRA 


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Coordinator/Collections Manager, 

Rochester Museum & Science Center, 

657 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607, 

telephone (585) 271–4552, ext 302, 

before June 7, 2010. Repatriation of the 

sacred objects/objects of cultural 

patrimony to the Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca Indians of New York may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Rochester Museum & Science 

Center is responsible for notifying the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10787 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before April 3, 2010. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 

60 written comments are being accepted 

concerning the significance of the 

nominated properties under the 

National Register criteria for evaluation. 

Comments are also being accepted on 

the following properties being 

considered for removal pursuant to 36 

CFR 60.15. Comments may be 

forwarded by United States Postal 

Service, to the National Register of 

Historic Places, National Park Service, 

1849 C St., NW., 2280, Washington, DC 

20240; by all other carriers, National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service,1201 Eye St., NW., 8th 

floor, Washington, DC 20005; or by fax, 

202–371–6447. Written or faxed 

comments should be submitted by May 

24, 2010. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

ALABAMA 

Madison County 

Warden’s Residence, 151 Stone St, Triana, 

10000258 

COLORADO 

Adams County 

Eastlake Farers Co-Operative Elevator 

Company, 126th Ave and Claude Ct, 

Thornton, 10000259 

CONNECTICUT 

New Haven County 

Hooker, Elizabeth R., House, 123 Edgehill Rd, 

New Haven, 10000260 

IOWA 

Cerro Gordo County 

Surf Ballroom, 460 N Shore Dr, Clear Lake, 

10000261 

KANSAS 

Ellsworth County 

Holyrod Santa Fe Depot, (Railroad Resources 

of Kansas MPS) Between Main St and 

Smith St, Holyrod, 10000262 

Shawnee County 

Uniontown Cemetery, NW Douglas Rd, 

Willard, 10000263 

MICHIGAN 

Mason County 

Ludington United States Coast Guard Station, 

101 S Lakeshore Dr, Ludington, 10000264 

MISSOURI 

Clay County 

Ligon Apartments, 211 E Excelsior St, 

Excelsior Springs, 10000265 

NORTH DAKOTA 

Pembina County 

Walla Theater, 909 Central Ave, Walhalla, 

10000266 

TEXAS 

Bexar County 

University of the Incarnate Word 

Administration Building, 4301 Broadway, 

San Antonio, 10000267 

Galveston County 

The Settlement Historic District, 

Centered on the intersection of N Bell Dr and 

the 100 block of S Bell Dr with cross-streets 

Carve Ave and Eunice St, Texas City, 

10000268 

WISCONSIN 

Oconto County 

Chute Pond Dam, Chute Pond County Park, 

SH 32/64, Town of Mountain, 10000269 

[FR Doc. 2010–10767 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) MidAtlantic Proposed Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 220 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of indefinite 

postponement of comment period on 

and cancellation of public meetings to 

scope for an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for Proposed MidAtlantic Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220. 

SUMMARY: This Notice serves to cancel 

scoping meetings and to postpone the 

comment period on scoping for Sale 220 

until further notice. Three public 

scoping meetings that had been 

scheduled on May 12, 25, and 27, in the 

Federal Register (Vol. 75, No. 82, page 

22623) to solicit information to assist 

MMS in preparing an EIS to evaluate 

potential environmental effects of 

proposed Lease Sale 220 are hereby 

cancelled. Also, the public scoping 

meeting scheduled for May 12, 2010, in 

Norfolk, Virginia, to solicit public input 

on both Sale 220 and the Geological & 

Geophysical Programmatic EIS on the 

Mid- and South Atlantic OCS (G&G 

PEIS) is hereby cancelled. This Notice 

does not affect the public scoping 

period for the G&G PEIS. The scoping 

period for that PEIS ends on May 17, 

2010 (see 75 FR 16830). 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq) (NEPA), MMS had reopened the 

scoping comment period on the EIS for 

proposed Lease Sale 220 for a period of 

45 days from the date of the Federal 

Register notice on April 29, 2010. The 

closing date for scoping under that 

notice was to be June 14, 2010. The 

scoping period for Lease Sale 220 is 

now postponed until or unless we 

provide further notification. 

DATES: On April 29, 2010, MMS 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (Vol. 75, No. 82, page 22623) 

announcing the continuation of scoping 

for a 45-day period and that three public 

meetings were scheduled on: 

• May 12 at Hilton Norfolk Airport in 

Norfolk, Virginia; 

• May 25 at Princess Royale 

Oceanfront Hotel and Conference 

Center, Ocean City, Maryland; and 

• May 27 at Elizabeth City State 

University Fine Arts Complex in 

Elizabeth City, North Carolina. 

These meetings are cancelled. 

Comments: Comments that are 

provided in the period between 


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