Federally-owned collections held in a depository can certainly be deaccessioned from the museum collection, but they still remain federal property. We are facing this situation in terms of repatriation, in which repatriated objects will be deaccessioned from the museum, but still must go through the Federal property disposal process. This has the potential of further complicating the repatriation process and requires close coordinated effort between federal and museum staff. Mike Lewis University of Alaska Museum