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to the Horner Museum in 1933, and they
were gifted to the Horner Museum by
the heirs of Mr. Hill in 1981.
Although the necklaces are nearly
identical, museum records indicate only
one is Seminole in cultural affiliation. A
representative of the Miccosukee Tribe
of Indians of Florida has identified the
two cultural items as traditional to the
Miccosukee and as cultural items that
would have been buried with their
owner. The Horner Collection, Oregon
State University has no evidence the
cultural items were ever buried with
any individual. However, Mr. Hill is
known to have collected human remains
and cultural items from burials and
mounds. Based on information obtained
through consultation, the Horner
Collection, Oregon State University has
identified the two cultural items as
unassociated funerary objects.
Officials of the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the two cultural items
described above 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 a Native American individual.
Officials of the Horner Collection,
Oregon State University also 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 two
unassociated funerary objects and the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Sabah Randhawa,
Executive Vice President and Provost,
President’s Office, Oregon State
University, 600 Kerr Administration
Building, Corvallis, OR 97331,
telephone (541) 737–8260, before
August 7, 2006. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Horner Collection, Oregon State
University is responsible for notifying
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; Cow
Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of
Oregon; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of
Florida; Seminole Tribe of Florida,
Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; and
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: May 25, 2006.
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Institute for American Indian
Studies, Washington, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 a cultural item in the
possession of the Institute for American
Indian Studies, Washington, CT, that
meets the definition of ‘‘sacred object’’
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
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The one cultural item is an Onondaga
False Face mask.
In 1993, an Onondaga False Face
mask (#67.29.14) was transferred from
the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT,
to the Institute for American Indian
Studies. The mask had been transferred
to the Mattatuck Museum from the
Museum of the American Indian/Heye
Foundation, New York, NY, on October
20, 1967. The only information on the
mask derives from the Mattatuck
accession records, which note the
following: ‘‘Onondago [sic] Reservation,
NY, 1946.’’
According to museum records and
Institute for American Indian Studies
professional staff and consultants, the
mask is a sacred object used by Native
American religious practitioners in
healing and other religious ceremonies.
Consultation with the Onondaga Nation
of New York confirm and support that
the mask is of Native American religious
importance to the Onondaga people.
Officials of the Institute for American
Indian Studies have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the
cultural item described above is a
specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
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Native American religions by their
present-day adherents. Officials of the
Institute for American Indian Studies
also 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 object and the Onondaga
Nation of New York.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred object should
contact Dr. Lucianne Lavin, Director of
Research and Collections, Institute for
American Indian Studies, 38 Curtis
Road, Washington, CT 06793, telephone
(860) 868–0518, before August 7, 2006.
Repatriation of the sacred object to the
Onondaga Nation of New York may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Institute for American Indian
Studies is responsible for notifying the
Onondaga Nation of New York that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 7, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–10509 Filed 7–5–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–S
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Institute for American Indian
Studies, Washington, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 Institute for American
Indian Studies, Washington, CT, that
meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated
funerary objects’’ 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.
The two cultural items are elbow
pipes. The first elbow pipe is a plain
burnished clay elbow pipe bowl and
part of a stem. The second pipe is a
‘‘copper pipe’’ with a thin stem 6 inches
in length.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Institute for
American Indian Studies, Washington, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 a cultural item in the possession of the Institute for
American Indian Studies, Washington, CT, that meets the definition of
``sacred object'' 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
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The one cultural item is an Onondaga False Face mask.
In 1993, an Onondaga False Face mask (67.29.14) was
transferred from the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, to the Institute
for American Indian Studies. The mask had been transferred to the
Mattatuck Museum from the Museum of the American Indian/Heye
Foundation, New York, NY, on October 20, 1967. The only information on
the mask derives from the Mattatuck accession records, which note the
following: ``Onondago [sic] Reservation, NY, 1946.''
According to museum records and Institute for American Indian
Studies professional staff and consultants, the mask is a sacred object
used by Native American religious practitioners in healing and other
religious ceremonies. Consultation with the Onondaga Nation of New York
confirm and support that the mask is of Native American religious
importance to the Onondaga people.
Officials of the Institute for American Indian Studies have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the cultural item
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their present-day adherents. Officials of
the Institute for American Indian Studies also 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 object and
the Onondaga Nation of New York.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the sacred object should contact Dr.
Lucianne Lavin, Director of Research and Collections, Institute for
American Indian Studies, 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT 06793,
telephone (860) 868-0518, before August 7, 2006. Repatriation of the
sacred object to the Onondaga Nation of New York may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Institute for American Indian Studies is responsible for
notifying the Onondaga Nation of New York that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 7, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-10509 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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