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clarifications were made to the final 

CCP where we determined it would be 

appropriate. 

Selected Alternative 

After considering the comments we 

received, we have selected Alternative 2 

for implementation. By implementing 

Alternative 2, we will protect, maintain, 

and, where feasible, restore habitat for 

dusky Canada geese, other waterfowl, 

and imperiled species. We will maintain 

high-quality green forage in pastures 

and wet meadows, and increase 

cropland and wet meadow acreage. 

Wetlands will be managed to increase 

productivity and reduce pumping costs. 

Invasive species and noxious weeds will 

continue to be a primary management 

concern. Enhancing and restoring 

bottomland forest and oak woodland 

habitats will increase. We will complete 

habitat assessments to guide stream and 

tidally influenced wetland restorations. 

We will conduct feasibility studies for 

reintroducing native species such as 

Columbian white-tailed deer and 

western pond turtle, and inventory and 

monitoring efforts will increase. 

Current public use areas and closures 

will continue, the waterfowl hunt area 

will remain unchanged, and changes in 

wetland management will improve the 

hunt program over time. A new access 

point to the River ‘S’ Unit will be 

developed. The existing auto tour route 

will be open year round, and shortened 

slightly, to provide habitat for dusky 

Canada geese and cranes. A new diketop walking trail will be constructed. 

Environmental and cultural education 

and interpretation programs will 

increase. 

Dated: December 20, 2010. 

Richard R. Hannan, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, 

Oregon. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT926000–11–L14200000–BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, 

Montana, on March 18, 2011. 

DATES: Protests of the survey must be 

filed before March 18, 2011 to be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Protests of the survey 

should be sent to Branch of Cadastral 

Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 

5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 

59101–4669. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Alexander, Cadastral Surveyor, Branch 

of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land 

Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, Montana 59101–4669, 

telephone (406) 896–5123 or (406) 896– 

5009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Land Management, Dillon 

Field Office, and was necessary to 

determine federal interest lands. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 2 S., R. 3 W. 

The plat, in one sheet, representing 

the dependent resurvey of Mineral 

Survey No. 5856B, Charity Mill Site and 

Supplemental Plat, Township 2 South, 

Range 3 West, Principal Meridian, 

Montana, was accepted January 27, 

2011. 

We will place a copy of the plat, in 

one sheet, in the open files. It will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. If the BLM receives a 

protest against this survey, as shown on 

this plat, in one sheet, prior to the date 

of the official filing, we will stay the 

filing pending our consideration of the 

protest. We will not officially file this 

plat, in one sheet, until the day after we 

have accepted or dismissed all protests 

and they have become final, including 

decisions or appeals. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Dated: February 9, 2011. 

James D. Claflin, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of 

Resources. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTC 00900.L16100000.DP0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior, Montana, Billings and Miles 

City Field Offices. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Eastern 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC), will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The next regular meeting of the 

Eastern Montana Resource Advisory 

Council will be held on Mar. 24, 2011 

in Miles City, Montana. The meeting 

will start at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: When determined, the 

meeting location will be announced in 

a news release. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Jacobsen, Public Affairs Specialist, 

BLM Eastern Montana/Dakotas District, 

111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, 

Montana 59301. Telephone: (406) 233– 

2831. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior through the Bureau of 

Land Management on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in Montana. At these 

meetings, topics will include: Miles City 

and Billings Field Office manager 

updates, subcommittee briefings, work 

sessions and other issues that the 

council may raise. All meetings are 

open to the public and the public may 

present written comments to the 

Council. Each formal Council meeting 

will also have time allocated for hearing 

public comments. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to comment 

and time available, the time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Individuals who plan to attend 

and need special assistance, such as 

sign language interpretation, tour 

transportation or other reasonable 

accommodations should contact the 

BLM as provided above. 

Dated: February 8, 2011. 

M. Elaine Raper, 

Manager, Eastern Montana—Dakotas District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–65] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

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ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, 

that meet the definitions of sacred 

objects and/or objects of cultural 

patrimony 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In this notice there are eight Tlingit 

objects that were purchased by Louis 

Shotridge, a Tlingit curator employed by 

the University of Pennsylvania Museum 

to conduct research and make museum 

collections. Tlingit objects affiliated 

with the Tlingit Kaagwaantaan Clan of 

Sitka, AK, are two helmets (catalog 

numbers NA8507 and 29–1–1) and three 

hats (catalog numbers NA6864, 

NA11741, and NA11742). The 

remaining three objects affiliated with 

the Tlingit L’ooknax.a ́di Clan of Sitka, 

AK, are one helmet (catalog number 

NA8502) and two hats (catalog numbers 

NA10512 and NA10511). 

The following five cultural objects are 

affiliated with the Tlingit Kaagwaantaan 

Clan of Sitka, AK, as indicated through 

museum records, and through evidence 

presented by the Central Council of 

Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 

Alaska, a Federally-recognized Indian 

tribe, acting on behalf of the 

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Sitka, AK. 

The first cultural item is a helmet 

called Wolf (NA8507). It is carved of 

wood and represents a wolf, and is 

painted with green, red, black, and 

white pigment. Natural wolf fur, ears 

and teeth make the helmet more 

realistic. Red cloth is added to the 

mouth to represent a tongue, and a 

white ermine skin is attached to the 

back of the helmet. The helmet 

measures approximately 38.5 cm long, 

16.5 cm wide, and 16 cm high. In 1918, 

Louis Shotridge purchased the Wolf 

Helmet (NA8507) as part of a collection 

of five objects referred to as the ‘‘Eagle’s 

Nest House Collection,’’ for $40.00 in 

Sitka, AK, for the collections of the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum. 

The second cultural item is a hat 

called Ganook (NA6864). It is made of 

maple wood in the shape of a bird’s face 

and beak, and painted with blue, red, 

and black pigment. Opercula shell is 

inlaid for teeth, and the helmet is also 

decorated with red and white hair. Four 

potlatch rings woven of split spruce 

roots are mounted on the top. The hat 

measures approximately 28 cm long, 27 

cm wide, and 37 cm high. The old hat 

represents Ganook, a petrel, also known 

as the most ancient being in Tlingit 

mythology. In 1925, Louis Shotridge 

purchased the Ganook Hat (NA6864) for 

$450.00 from a Tlingit individual, 

Augustus Bean (Ke.t-xut’.tc), a 

housemaster of one of the three Wolf 

Houses of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of 

Sitka, AK, for the collections of the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum. 

The third cultural item is a hat called 

Noble Killer (NA11741). It represents a 

whale and is carved from one piece of 

spruce wood, ornamented with abalone 

shell. The hat is intricately carved and 

painted with greenish-blue, red, and 

black pigment. A wooden piece 

projecting from the back represents the 

dorsal fin of the animal. Human hair is 

used as ornamentation on the fin. The 

hat measures approximately 36 cm long, 

34 cm wide, and 27.5 cm high. Museum 

documentation indicates the Noble 

Killer Hat (NA11741) represents the 

maritime power of the Kaagwaantaan 

clan. 

The fourth cultural item is a hat 

called Eagle (NA11742). It is carved, in 

one piece, from the root of the red cedar, 

and is painted with greenish-blue, red, 

black, and white pigment. The hat is 

decorated with coarse, grayish-brown 

human hair. Designs carved on the 

sides, some of which are inlaid with 

abalone shell, represent the wings. 

Designs on the front part of the hat 

represent the eagle’s legs and talons. 

The hat measures approximately 33 cm 

long, 25.5 cm wide, and 26 cm high. 

The Eagle Hat represents the Eagle 

moiety of the Tlingit nation. 

In 1926, Louis Shotridge purchased 

the Noble Killer (or Noble Killerwhale) 

Hat (NA11741) and the Eagle Hat 

(NA11742) from a Tlingit individual, 

Augustus Bean (Ke.t-xut’.tc), a 

housemaster for one of the three Wolf 

Houses of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of 

Sitka, AK. These two hats, together with 

a third hat, were acquired by Louis 

Shotridge for $800.00. 

The fifth cultural item is a helmet 

called Shark (29–1–1). It is made of 

walrus hide, and has visible interior 

supports made of wood. The helmet is 

carved and painted with greenish-blue, 

red, and black pigment, and includes 

abalone shell eyes and mouth, and 

opercula shell teeth. The nose of the 

shark is covered by an arched frame 

made of carved and painted walrus 

hide, decorated with hair. The helmet 

measures approximately 38 cm long, 

40.5 cm wide, and 48.5 cm high. 

According to museum documentation, it 

is an old object that is associated with 

the founding of the Kaagwaantaan clan. 

In 1929, Louis Shotridge purchased the 

Shark Helmet (29–1–1) for $350.00 from 

a Tlingit individual of the 

Kaagwaantaan clan for the collections of 

the University of Pennsylvania 

Museum. 

Based on consultation, museum 

documentation, anthropological 

literature, and expert opinion, one 

cultural item is considered to be a 

sacred object (Wolf Helmet, NA8507), 

one is considered to be an object of 

cultural patrimony (Shark Helmet, 29– 

1–1), and three are considered to be 

both sacred objects and objects of 

cultural patrimony (Ganook Hat, 

NA6864; Noble Killer Hat, NA11741; 

Eagle Hat, NA11742). 

The remaining three cultural objects 

are affiliated with the Tlingit 

L’ooknax.a ́di Clan of Sitka, AK, as 

indicated through museum records, and 

through evidence presented by the 

Central Council of Tlingit and Haida 

Indian Tribes of Alaska, a Federallyrecognized Indian tribe, acting on behalf 

of the Tlingit L’ooknax.a ́di Clan of Sitka, 

AK. 

The first cultural item affiliated with 

the L’ooknax.a ́di Clan of Sitka, AK, is a 

helmet called Barbecuing Raven 

(NA8502). It is carved out of wood in 

the shape of a large raven with a wide 

flat tail, talons, and a second face 

underneath the raven’s beak at the front. 

The wings are made of painted hide. 

The helmet is painted with blue-green, 

red, and black pigment and it is 

decorated with copper, and a few 

remaining remnants of puffin beaks. 

Two potlatch rings woven of split 

spruce roots are mounted on the top, 

decorated with a single ermine skin. 

The helmet measures approximately 49 

cm long, 38 cm wide, and 30 cm high. 

In 1918, Louis Shotridge purchased the 

Barbecuing Raven Helmet (NA8502) as 

part of a collection of five objects, 

referred to as the ‘‘Sealion House 

Collection,’’ for $360.00, in Sitka, AK, 

for the collections of the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum. 

The second cultural item is a hat 

called Whale (catalog number 

NA10512). It is a basketry hat, woven of 

spruce tree roots, which has been 

painted white. A design representing a 

whale with an open mouth is painted in 

black pigment. A carved wooden 

element secured to the top of the hat 

represents the whale’s dorsal fin, and 

includes a face painted with blue-green, 

red, black and white pigment, abalone 

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shell teeth and eyes, and human hair. 

The helmet measures approximately 39 

cm long, 35 cm wide, and 36 cm high. 

The third cultural item is a hat called 

Raven of the Roof (NA10511). It is 

carved and painted with blue-green, red, 

black and white pigment, and decorated 

with copper eyebrows, ears, and nose 

and human hair. Seven potlatch rings 

woven of split spruce roots are mounted 

on the top of the hat, with an ermine 

skin for decoration. The hat measures 

approximately 34 cm long, 31 cm wide, 

and 35 cm high. 

In 1925, Louis Shotridge purchased 

the Whale Hat (NA10512) and the Raven 

of the Roof Hat (NA10511) as part of a 

collection of six objects, referred to as 

the ‘‘Sitka Whale House Collection,’’ for 

$640.00, in Sitka, AK, for the collections 

of the University of Pennsylvania 

Museum. 

Based on consultation, museum 

documentation, anthropological 

literature, and expert opinion, two 

cultural items are considered to be 

objects of cultural patrimony 

(Barbecuing Raven Helmet, NA8502; 

Whale Hat, NA10512), and one is 

considered to be both a sacred object 

and object of cultural patrimony (Raven 

of the Roof Hat, NA10511). Therefore, of 

the eight Tlingit objects, one is a sacred 

object, three are objects of cultural 

patrimony, and four are both sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony. 

Officials of the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), that 

five cultural items described above are 

specific ceremonial objects needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. Officials of the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology have 

also determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(D), that seven cultural items 

described above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. Lastly, officials 

of the University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred object, objects of 

cultural patrimony, and sacred objects/ 

objects of cultural patrimony and the 

Central Council of Tlingit and Haida 

Indian Tribes of Alaska, a Federallyrecognized Indian tribe, and the Tlingit 

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Sitka, AK, and 

the Tlingit L’ooknax.a ́di Clan of Sitka, 

AK. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object, objects 

of cultural patrimony, and/or sacred 

objects/objects of cultural patrimony 

should contact Dr. Richard Hodges, 

Director, University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology, 3260 South St., 

Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324, 

telephone (215) 898–4050, before March 

18, 2011. Repatriation of the cultural 

items to the Central Council of Tlingit 

and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, a 

Federally-recognized Indian tribe, on 

behalf of the Tlingit Kaagwaantaan Clan 

of Sitka, AK, and L’ooknax.a ́di Clan of 

Sitka, AK, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Central Council of Tlingit 

and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, a 

Federally-recognized Indian tribe, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–65] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Washington State Department of 

Natural Resources, Olympia, WA and 

University of Washington, Department 

of Anthropology, Seattle, WA; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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 in the control of the 

Washington State Department of Natural 

Resources, Olympia, WA, and in the 

physical custody of the University of 

Washington, Department of 

Anthropology, Seattle, WA. The human 

remains were removed from 

Huckleberry Island, Skagit County, WA. 

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. 

This notice corrects the controlling 

agency and adds two additional Indian 

tribes found to have a shared group 

relationship to a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 14463, March 25, 2010). 

Since the time of publication, an 

additional two Indian tribes have been 

found to have a cultural affiliation with 

the Native American human remains. In 

addition, in the original Notice, the 

University of Washington, Department 

of Anthropology, had believed it was in 

control of the Native American human 

remains, however, the land was under 

the control of the Washington State 

Department of Natural Resources at the 

time of removal, and as such the 

Washington State Department of Natural 

Resources is in control of the Native 

American human remains. This Notice 

replaces the Notice of March 25, 2010, 

with the following: 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Washington, Department of 

Anthropology, and Burke Museum staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 

Reservation, Washington; Samish Indian 

Tribe, Washington; and the Swinomish 

Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, 

Washington. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from 

Huckleberry Island, Skagit County, WA. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The human remains were determined 

to be consistent with Native American 

morphology, as evidenced through 

cranial deformation and presence of 

wormian bones. 

Huckleberry Island is a small island 

located approximately 1⁄4 mile southeast 

of Guemes Island, in Skagit County, 

WA. This area falls within the Central 

Coast Salish cultural group (Suttles 

1990). Historical documentation 

indicates that the aboriginal Samish 

people traditionally occupied Guemes 

Island (Amoss 1978, Roberts 1975, Ruby 

and Brown 1986, Smith 1941, Suttles 

1951, Swanton 1952) and Huckleberry 

Island (Barg 2008, unpublished report) 

both before and after contact. The Treaty 

of Point Elliot in 1855 stated that the 

Samish were to be relocated to the 

Lummi Reservation. After the Treaty of 

Point Elliot, many Samish individuals 

relocated to either the Lummi 

Reservation or the Swinomish 

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