[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 82 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10534]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession 
of the Section of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 
Pittsburgh, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 Section of Anthropology, 
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA which meet the 
definition of ``unassociated funerary object'' under Section 2 of the 
Act.
    The 326 cultural items consist of a metal pipe (#01187), an English 
clay pipe (#01269); two shell ornaments (#15236); a shell bead 
(#15260); 214 shell beads (#16159); 9 shell beads (#16164); 95 shell 
disc beads , one cylindrical catlinite bead, one round catlinite bead 
(#16196); and one kettle fragment (#16404).
    In 1968, these cultural items were donated by Miss Rhea E. Beck and 
Mrs. Hazel Beck Lees to the Carnegie Museum as part of the John A. Beck 
Archaeological and Ethnographic Collection. During the early 20th 
century, these cultural items were purchased from Wm. W. Adams, an 
individual known for digging into graves and sites for objects to sell.
    Based on catalog information, these cultural items have been 
determined to come from locations within ``old Indian Reservation, 
Cayuga, (Co.), NY'', or Upper Cayuga, NY. Consultations with a 
representative of the Cayuga Nation of New York indicates these 
cultural items were taken from Cayuga tribal land.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Carnegie 
Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2(d)(2)(ii), these 326 cultural items 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 an Native American individual. Officials of the 
Carnegie Museum of Natural History have also determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared group identity 
which can be reasonably traced between these items and the Cayuga 
Nation of New York.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Cayuga Nation of New 
York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these objects should contact Verna L. Cowin, Associate Curator, 
Section of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 5800 Baum 
Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3706; telephone: (412) 665-2601 before May 
30, 2000. Repatriation of these objects to the Cayuga Nation of New 
York may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.

    Dated: April 21, 2000.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Deputy Manager, Archeology 
and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-10534 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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