[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 45999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17429]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession 
of the Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, MA

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 Springfield Museum of Science, 
Springfield, MA, that meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary 
objects'' under Section 2 of the Act.
     This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these 
cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations within this notice.
     The five cultural items are a copper ``nose ring,'' a bracelet, 
two tubular beads, and a pendant. In 1906, J.T. Bowne purchased these 
cultural items from a collector in Oregon and donated them to the 
Springfield Science Museum in 1925. According to museum records, these 
items were removed from a burial mound at Klamath Falls, OR. Historic 
sources, oral traditions, and consultation information also indicate 
that these cultural items are from the burial of a Klamath individual 
from traditional Klamath territory in Oregon. The Springfield Science 
Museum does not have possession of the human remains from this site.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
Springfield Science Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these 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 a Native American individual. Officials of the 
Springfield Science Museum also have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between these cultural items and the Klamath 
Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Klamath Indian Tribe 
of Oregon. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these unassociated funerary 
objects should contact David Stier, Director, Springfield Science 
Museum, 236 State Street, Springfield, MA 01103, telephone (413) 263-
6800, extension 321, before August 12, 2002. Repatriation of these 
unassociated funerary objects to the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: June 6, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-17429 Filed 7-10-02; 8:45 am]
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