The moccasins taken from a person dead on a battlefield certainly sound like they're NAGPRA eligible to me, at least for notification and consultation, if not repatriation. The NPS just issued draft regulations related to the penalties museums pay for non-compliance (Federal Register, Monday, January 13, 1997, pages 1820-1823). Read the regulations at 43CFR10, and talk to your lawyer about NAGPRA so he/she reads the regulations. Call or write the Departmental Consulting Archeologist's office in the Department of the Interior if you have questions; they wrote the regulations, and are nice, helpful folks. They are: Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Dept. Consulting Archeologist Dr. Timothy McKeown, NAGPRA Team Leader National Park Service P O Box 37127 Washington DC 20013-7127 (202)343-4101 fax: (202)523-1547 Don't presume that you're not liable for NAGPRA compliance without a careful review of the law and consultation with legal counsel. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. L. Dill, Museum Director State Historical Society of North Dakota 612 East Boulevard Bismarck ND 58505-0830 P: (701)328-2666 F: (701)328-3710 E: [log in to unmask] Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -