[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24137]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4881]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the 
Ancient Midwest and South''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 
of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of 
April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian 
Art of the Ancient Midwest and South,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with the foreign owner. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the exhibit objects at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 
from on or about November 20, 2004, to on or about January 30, 2005, 
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, from on or about March 4, 
2005, to on or about May 30, 2005; The Smithsonian National Museum of 
Natural History, Washington, DC, from on or about July 1, 2005, to on 
or about September 25, 2005, and at possible additional venues yet to 
be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julianne Simpson, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 
(telephone: (202) 619-6529). The address is U.S. Department of State, 
SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 22, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-24137 Filed 10-27-04; 8:45 am]
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