Notice of Extension of Visitor Services-Mount Rainier National Park, 11567 [2012-4372]
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Effective Date: January 1, 2013.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DATES:
National Park Service
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[2410–OYC]
Notice of Extension of Visitor
Services—Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Under the terms of the
existing concession contract, the
National Park Service intends to request
an extension of visitor services in
Mount Rainier National Park for a
period not to exceed one year from the
expiration date of the current contract.
SUMMARY:
Deborah Harvey, Acting Chief,
Commercial Services Program, National
Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW., 11th
Floor, Washington, DC 20005;
Telephone: 202–513–7156.
The listed
concession authorization will expire by
its terms on December 31, 2012. The
National Park Service has determined
that the proposed extension is necessary
in order to avoid interruption of visitor
services and has taken all reasonable
and appropriate steps to consider
alternatives to avoid such interruption.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Concession ID No.
Concessioner name
MORA002–88 ................................................................
Guest Services, Inc .......................................................
Jo A. Pendry,
Acting Associate Director, Business Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: American Museum of Natural
History, New York, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The American Museum of
Natural History, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian tribes, has
determined that cultural items meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that repatriation to the
Indian tribe stated below may occur if
no additional claimants come forward.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the cultural items may contact the
American Museum of Natural History.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the cultural items
should contact the American Museum
of Natural History at the address below
by March 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of
Cultural Resources, American Museum
of Natural History, Central Park West at
79th Street, New York, NY 10024,
telephone (212) 769–5837.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
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3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items in the possession of the American
Museum of Natural History that meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
The 34 cultural items include: a
headdress on a spruce frame decorated
with swan down, white eagle tail
feathers, and a plume of red-fox tail,
that is attached to a wooden mask
painted black and green, representing a
Tlingit spirit; a headdress on a spruce
frame, covered with swan down, white
eagle tail feathers, and a plume of brown
bear fur, that is attached to a wooden
mask painted black and green,
representing the spirit of a dead Tlingit;
a headdress on a spruce frame covered
with swan down, white eagle tail
feathers, and plaits of human hair, that
is attached to a wooden mask
representing a dying man; a headdress
on a spruce frame, covered with swan
down, white eagle tail feathers, red fox
fur, and plaits of human hair, that is
attached to a wooden mask representing
the spirit of a dead Tlingit; a headdress
made of hawk skin and attached to a
wooden mask carved to represent a
mosquito; a headdress made of deer
skin, ptarmigan skin, and ornamented in
porcupine quill work and mountain goat
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horns; a hat made of skin with a bark
cover and a carved raven’s head; a
headdress of deer skin ornamented with
eagle tails and sea lion whiskers; a skin
drum framed in wood and metal; a
crown composed of mountain goat
horns and ermine skins, that is inlaid
with haliotis shell; a wooden rattle
carved in bird and land otter designs
and painted green, red, and black; two
wooden rattles ornamented with bird
beaks and decorated with eagle down; a
wooden dance ornament carved to
represent a cockle shell; two bundles of
sticks, bone spikes and feathers
wrapped around an animal tongue; a
bone bracelet ornamented in cuts and
lines with a plant fiber fastener; a neck
ornament composed of hide and two
walrus ivory rings; four ivory charms
carved to represent land otters; an ivory
charm carved to represent a whale; an
ivory charm carved to represent a black
fish; an ivory charm carved to represent
a halibut; a wooden stick carved to
represent a wolf and a bear; a skin waist
robe decorated with ivory, bone, deer
hooves and brass ornaments; a skin
shoulder robe decorated with walrus
ivory rings and painted to represent
spirits and a dog fish; two string
necklaces decorated with bone and
ivory pendants; a hair ornament of ivory
and bone beads; a stick decorated with
deer dew hooves; a headdress consisting
of a skin band decorated with swan
skin, the neck feathers of a mallard
drake, and white eagle tail feathers,
attached to carved wooden masks
representing the shaman’s spirits or
guards; and a wooden box decorated
with carvings of a bear and a raven.
Museum records and consultation
information provided by Kootznoowoo,
Incorporated (an Alaska Native
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2410-OYC]
Notice of Extension of Visitor Services--Mount Rainier National
Park
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the terms of the existing concession contract, the
National Park Service intends to request an extension of visitor
services in Mount Rainier National Park for a period not to exceed one
year from the expiration date of the current contract.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Harvey, Acting Chief,
Commercial Services Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street
NW., 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005; Telephone: 202-513-7156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The listed concession authorization will
expire by its terms on December 31, 2012. The National Park Service has
determined that the proposed extension is necessary in order to avoid
interruption of visitor services and has taken all reasonable and
appropriate steps to consider alternatives to avoid such interruption.
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Concession ID No. Concessioner name Park
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MORA002-88............................ Guest Services, Inc..... Mount Rainier National Park.
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Jo A. Pendry,
Acting Associate Director, Business Services.
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