8732 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 15, 1995 / Notices

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

which believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains

should contact Jonathan Haas,

MacArthur Curator of North American

Anthropology, The Field Museum of

Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake

Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605,

telephone: (312) 922–9410, extension

641, before March 17, 1995. Repatriation

of these human remains may begin after

that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: February 9, 1995

Francis P. McManamon

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Chief, Archeological Assistance Division

[FR Doc. 95–3684 Filed 2-14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of The Field

Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act of 1990 of the intent to

repatriate cultural items in the

possession of The Field Museum of

Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meet

the definition of ‘‘object of cultural

patrimony’’ under section 2 of the act.

The Little Elk Standing Village

Bundle (FM# 71860–7187) consists of a

hide bundle wrapper with pipe stem

and arrows; paint bag; two scalp locks;

three bundles of braided sweetgrass;

sinew; two goose necks; swan neck;

loon neck; shell; black pipe and stem;

ear of corn; pierced elkhorn scraper; and

penis bone. The bundle was purchased

for the Field Museum by Assistant

Curator James Murie in 1902 and

identified as Pawnee.

The Big Black Meteoritic Bundle

(FM# 71898) consists of a hide bundle

wrapper; war club; two pipe stems; pipe

and stem; two curved bones; pipe

tamper; wooden pole for storing a star

chart, including a metal disc, bag and

skin container; start chart; three arrow

shafts; three birds wrapped in skin; two

scalp locks; small mammal skin; legging

fragments; bird leg with talon; two

feathers; stuffed hawk; two mammal

skins; leather pouch; two bundles of

braided sweetgrass; piece of leather

bound with leather thong; two pouches;

bag; piece of string; ear of corn; two

birds in pouches; thong for tying

bundle; owl skin; rope, and weasel skin.

The bundle was purchased for The Field

Museum by Assistant Curator James

Murie in 1906 and identified as Pawnee.

Authorized representatives of the

Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma have been

provided with copies of the museum

records and have viewed the bundles in

person. Representatives of the Pawnee

Tribe of Oklahoma identify the bundles

as two of the twelve major sacred

bundles of the Pawnee, all of which

have ongoing importance central to the

Pawnee tribe as a whole and which

could not have been alienated,

appropriated, or conveyed by any

individual. The Pawnee Tribe of

Oklahoma Business Council requested

repatriation of the bundles in a letter

dated April 18, 1994.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of The Field

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

the two bundles and the Pawnee Tribe

of Oklahoma. Officials of The Field

Museum have also determined that the

two bundles meet the definition of

object of cultural patrimony pursuant to

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C).

Authorities of the United States Fish

and Wildlife Service have been

contacted regarding applicability of

Federal endangered species statutes to

this transfer and have concurred in the

conclusion that the object is not covered

due to its age.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with this object should contact

Jonathan Haas, MacArthur Curator of

North American Anthropology, The

Field Museum of Natural History,

Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive,

Chicago, IL 60605, telephone: (312)

922–9410, extension 641, before March

17, 1995. Repatriation of the two

bundles to the Pawnee Tribe of

Oklahoma can begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: February 9, 1995

Francis P. MacManamon

Departmental Consulting Archeologist

Chief, Archeological Assistance Division

[FR Doc. 95–3685 Filed 2-14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural

Item in the Possession of the Robert

Hull Flemming Museum of the

University of Vermont, Burlington,

Vermont

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act of 1990 of the intent to

repatriate a cultural item in the

possession of the Robert Hull Flemming

Museum of the University of Vermont,

Burlington, VT, that meets the

definitions of ‘‘sacred object’’ and

‘‘object of cultural patrimony’’ under

section 2 of the act.

The item consists of a rattle made of

a turtle shell and the hollow neck and

head of the turtle, reinforced with

willow, serving as a handle. The tortoise

shell rattle was donated to the Museum

in 1931 by Mr. Henry Schnakenberg, an

art collector who is thought to have

acquired the object in New York City

about 1925–30. The rattle is designated

accession number 1931.10.2 and E593.

The object’s cultural affiliation was

determined from the donor’s

information in consultation with the

Oneida Indian Nation of New York.

Representatives of the Oneida Indian

Nation of New York have identified this

item as a tortoise shell rattle. This

tortoise shell rattle is needed by present

day adherents for continued observance

of the Great Feather Dance, a sacred

ritual observance enacted during

ceremonies of the traditional calendrical

round including the Midwinter festival.

Representatives of the Oneida Indian

Nation of New York also affirm that this

tortoise shell rattle is owned collectively

by the members of the Oneida Indian

Nation of New York and no individual

had the right to sell or otherwise

alienate the item.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Robert Hull

Fleming Museum, University of

Vermont 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

this tortoise shell rattle and the Oneida

Indian Nation of New York. Officials of

the Robert Hull Fleming Museum,

University of Vermont have also

determined that this tortoise shell rattle

meets the definitions of sacred object

and object of cultural patrimony

pursuant to 25 U.s.C. 3001 (3)(C). Copies

of this notice have been sent to the the

Oneida Indian Nation of New York and

the Oneida Tribe of Indians of

Wisconsin.

Representatives of any other Indian

tribe that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with this object should contact

Ann Porter, Director, Robert Hull

Fleming Museum, Colchester Avenue

Burlington, VT 05405, telephone: (802)

656–0750 before March 17, 1995.