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the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In 1926, 57 cultural items, identified
as a set of Midewiwin medicines, were
removed from a cave at Crane Lake in
St. Louis County, MN. The objects were
discovered and removed by a group of
men canoeing on the lake who took
shelter in the cave during a storm. The
objects (called the Crane Lake Cache by
the Minnesota Historical Society) were
transferred to the Minnesota Historical
Society in 1927.
In the near 90 years since their
accession, some parts of the Crane Lake
Cache have gone missing, and the
current number of objects in the
collection is 54. The 54 sacred objects
still extant that comprise the Crane Lake
Cache are: 4 birch bark scrolls; 3 birch
bark disks; 1 wooden disk; 1 birch bark
container for medicine; 1 can rattle; 8
invitation bird quills; 1 shooting
diagram; 1 snakeskin bundle; the
fragments of 1 water drum; 15
individual packages of medicines; 1
bear claw; 6 shells; 2 quartz crystals; 1
nut; 1 ceramic object; 1 otolith; 5 glass
beads; and 1 wooden container for
medicines. The missing items are 1
sucking tube and 2 packages of
medicine.
Consultation with the Bois Forte Band
(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota, confirmed both that
these materials fit the definition of
sacred objects under NAGPRA, and that
Crane Lake was within the boundaries
of the traditional property of the Bois
Forte Band.
In 1987, the Minnesota Historical
Society purchased the Nett Lake War
Charm Necklace at Sotheby’s Auctions.
This object was identified as such at
auction by the seller. Further
provenance is unavailable for this
object.
Consultation with Bois Forte Band
(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota, confirmed both that
this object fit the definition of a sacred
object under NAGPRA, and that Nett
Lake was within the boundaries of the
traditional property of the Bois Forte
Band.
Determinations Made by the Minnesota
Historical Society
Officials of the Minnesota Historical
Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the 55 cultural items described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
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by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred objects and the Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Leah Bowe, Minnesota Historical
Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul,
MN 55102, telephone (651) 259–3255,
email leah.bowe@mnhs.org, by April 15,
2015. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred objects to the
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota,
may proceed.
The Minnesota Historical Society is
responsible for notifying the Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 23, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Endangered Species; Receipt of
Applications for Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless Federal authorization is
acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
April 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of
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Management Authority, Branch of
Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358–
2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax);
DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of
applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
Please include the Federal Register
notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant
in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an email or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please
confine your comments to issues for
which we seek comments in this notice,
and explain the basis for your
comments. Include sufficient
information with your comments to
allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the street
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
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be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation
responsibilities for affected species, and
in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along
with Executive Order 13576,
‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and
Accountable Government,’’ and the
President’s Memorandum for the Heads
of Executive Departments and Agencies
of January 21, 2009—Transparency and
Open Government (74 FR 4685; January
26, 2009), which call on all Federal
agencies to promote openness and
transparency in Government by
disclosing information to the public, we
invite public comment on these permit
applications before final action is taken.
Applicant: Cooper Ribman, Dallas,
TX; PRT–56756B.
Applicant: Donald McNeeley,
Romeoville, IL; PRT–55106B.
Applicant: Gregory Loman, Edmond,
OK; PRT–56486B.
Applicant: Sarah Sackman, Port
Washington, NY; PRT–55182B.
Applicant: Mathew Lavender, Alvord,
TX; PRT–54091B.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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III. Permit Applications
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Columbia University, Department of
Anthropology, New York, NY
A. Endangered Species
AGENCY:
Applicant: Lincoln Children’s Zoo,
Lincoln, NE; PRT–839363
ACTION:
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Multiple Applicants
The following applicants each request
a permit to import the sport-hunted
trophy of one male bontebok
(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled
from a captive herd maintained under
the management program of the
Republic of South Africa, for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival
of the species.
Applicant: Carl Pennella, Ringwood,
NJ; PRT–55131B.
Applicant: John Holz, Fairbanks, AK;
PRT–55885B.
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The Columbia University,
Department of Anthropology, has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to Columbia
University. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Columbia University at
the address in this notice by April 15,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Nan Rothschild,
Department of Anthropology, Columbia
University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New
York, NY 10027, telephone (212) 854–
4977, email roth@columbia.edu.
SUMMARY:
The applicant requests renewal of
their captive-bred wildlife registration
under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following
family and species, to enhance the
species’ propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Families
Lemuridae
Species
Leontopithecus species
Snow leopard (Uncia uncia)
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus
orientalis)
Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus
rodricensis)
African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus
tetraspis tetraspis)
Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis
nigra)
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Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
Columbia University. The human
remains were removed from SheyenneCheyenne Site, Ransom County, ND.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
The detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Columbia
University, Department of
Anthropology, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
(previously listed as the CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1938, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from Sheyenne-Cheyenne site
in Ransom County, ND. The excavation
was led by William Duncan Strong and
jointly sponsored by Columbia
University and the State Historical
Society of North Dakota. Strong brought
the human remains to the American
Museum of Natural History (AMNH),
where they were placed on ‘‘permanent
loan.’’ The cranium had suffered
extensive postmortem damage and was
partially restored at the AMNH by
Kenneth Mowbray at some date prior to
2002. In January 2002, a detailed
assessment of the human remains was
made by researchers at Columbia
University, and in August 2011, the
AMNH transferred the human remains
to the Department of Anthropology at
Columbia University. The remains
consist of a cranium representing one
adult individual. This individual was
identified as Native American based on
Strong’s documentation and noninvasive assessment of cranial features.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Strong, in his expedition field notes
(National Anthropological Archives,
Strong Papers, Box 21, Field Work
1938), refers to beginning excavations at
Sheyenne-Cheyenne site on July 8, 1938
(p.19a). He writes of the discovery of a
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-IA-2014-N051; FXIA16710900000-156-FF09A30000]
Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal
authorization is acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before
April 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358-2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104
(telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of applications or comments and
materials concerning any of the applications to the contact listed
under ADDRESSES. Please include the Federal Register notice publication
date, the PRT-number, and the name of the applicant in your request or
submission. We will not consider requests or comments sent to an email
or address not listed under ADDRESSES. If you provide an email address
in your request for copies of applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or comments as specific as possible.
Please confine your comments to issues for which we seek comments in
this notice, and explain the basis for your comments. Include
sufficient information with your comments to allow us to authenticate
any scientific or commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and
likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by
quantitative information or studies; and (2) Those that include
citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations. We
will not consider or include in our administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by others?
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will
be available for public review at the street address listed under
ADDRESSES. The public may review documents and other information
applicants have sent in support of the application unless our allowing
viewing would violate the Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may
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be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation responsibilities for affected
species, and in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along with
Executive Order 13576, ``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and
Accountable Government,'' and the President's Memorandum for the Heads
of Executive Departments and Agencies of January 21, 2009--Transparency
and Open Government (74 FR 4685; January 26, 2009), which call on all
Federal agencies to promote openness and transparency in Government by
disclosing information to the public, we invite public comment on these
permit applications before final action is taken.
III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln, NE; PRT-839363
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following family and
species, to enhance the species' propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Families
Lemuridae
Species
Leontopithecus species
Snow leopard (Uncia uncia)
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis)
African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis)
Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)
Multiple Applicants
The following applicants each request a permit to import the sport-
hunted trophy of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus)
culled from a captive herd maintained under the management program of
the Republic of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
Applicant: Carl Pennella, Ringwood, NJ; PRT-55131B.
Applicant: John Holz, Fairbanks, AK; PRT-55885B.
Applicant: Cooper Ribman, Dallas, TX; PRT-56756B.
Applicant: Donald McNeeley, Romeoville, IL; PRT-55106B.
Applicant: Gregory Loman, Edmond, OK; PRT-56486B.
Applicant: Sarah Sackman, Port Washington, NY; PRT-55182B.
Applicant: Mathew Lavender, Alvord, TX; PRT-54091B.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
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