24950 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 97 / Friday, May 17, 1996 / Notices

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 3-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: May 3, 1996.

Patricia L. Neubacher,

Acting Field Director, Pacific West Area.

[FR Doc. 96–12490 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains from

Lake Winnepesauke, NH, in the

Possession of the Hood Museum of

Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

AGENCY: National Park Service.

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 Hood Museum

of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by the Hood Museum

of Art professional staff in consultation

with representatives of the Penobscot

Indian Nation and representatives of the

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi (Western

Abenaki) and the Abenaki Family

Alliance, two non-Federally recognized

Native American groups.

In 1945, human remains representing

one individual were recovered from the

shore of Lake Winnepesauke in

Tuftonboro, NH, and donated to the

Hood Museum of Art. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects were

present.

Visual examinations conducted when

this individual was recovered

concluded this is a Native American

child buried during the mid-18th

century. The Western Abenaki are

known to have occupied this area

during that time, and the place of

recovery of this individual is consistent

with known Abenaki internment

practice.

Because the Abenaki Nation of

Missisquoi is a non-Federally

recognized Native American group, the

Hood Museum of Art included these

remains on the museum’s culturally

unidentifiable human remains

inventory. Pursuant to the Abenaki

Nation of Missisquoi’s request for

repatriation, the Hood Museum of Art

requested a finding from the Native

American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Review Committee for

disposition of these human remains. A

letter of support from the Penobscot

Indian Nation for the Abenaki Nation of

Missisquoi’s request was included in

the documentation presented to the

Review Committee.

On December 11, 1995, officials of the

Hood Museum of Art were formally

notified of the recommendation from

the Review Committee stating that the

Hood Museum of Art ‘‘ * * *publicize

the Western Abenaki’s (Abenaki Nation

of Missisquoi) repatriation request in

local newspapers with circulation in

New Hampshire and Vermont * * *If

after 30 days, no other claimants have

expressed interest in repatriating the

remains, [the Hood Museum of Art] may

proceed with the repatriation process.’’

Classified legal notices and/or feature

articles publicizing the repatriation

request ran in five regional/statewide

newspapers between January 31, 1996

and March 24, 1996.

As of April 24, 1996, one response

was received from these classified legal

notices and articles. The Abenaki

Family Alliance has stated that the

Alliance represents Abenaki families

who do not wish to be represented by

the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi. The

Abenaki Family Alliance has further

stressed that they do not want to slow

down or contest the repatriation process

in this instance.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Hood

Museum of Art 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 Hood Museum of Art 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 the

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Penobscot Indian Nation, the

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi (Western

Abenaki), and the Abenaki Family

Alliance. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Kellen G. Haak, Registrar

and Repatriation Coordinator, Hood

Museum of Art, Dartmouth College,

Hanover, NH 03755, telephone (603)

646–3109 before June 17, 1996.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

Veletta Canouts,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archeologist,

Deputy Chief, Archeology & Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 96–12494 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains from

the Straits of Juan de Fuca, WA, in the

Control of the Peabody Museum of

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard

University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

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 from the Straits of Juan de

Fuca, WA, in the control of the Peabody

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.