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and Small Cities Program, 14.227 

CDBG/Technical Assistance Program 

(B), 14.225 CDBG Insular Program, and 

14.248 CDBG Section 108. Applications 

must be submitted electronically 

through Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning the CD–TA 

program, contact Guadelupe M. Herrera, 

Deputy Director, Office of Technical 

Assistance and Management, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

telephone number 202–708–4604 (this 

is not a toll-free numbers), Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7228, 

Washington DC 20410–7000. Persons 

with speech or hearing impairments 

may access these telephone numbers via 

TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service during 

working hours at 800–877–8339. 

Dated: August 31, 2009. 

Mercedes Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–22253 Filed 9–11–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14877–B2, F–14935–B2; LLAK964000– 

L14100000–KC0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

surface estate in certain lands for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act will be 

issued to NANA Regional Corporation, 

Inc., Successor in Interest to 

Koovukmeut, Inc. and Isingnakmeut, 

Inc. The lands are in the vicinity of 

Kobuk and Shungnak, Alaska, and are 

located in: 

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska 

T. 18 N., R. 17 E., 

Secs. 6 and 7. 

Containing approximately 1,230 acres. 

T. 20 N., R. 8 E., 

Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive; 

Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive. 

Containing approximately 6,905 acres. 

T. 20 N., R. 9 E., 

Secs. 13 and 14; 

Secs. 19 to 24, inclusive; 

Secs. 30 and 31. 

Containing approximately 6,034 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 14,170 acres. 

The subsurface estate in these lands 

will be conveyed to NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc. when the surface 

estate is conveyed to Koovukmeut 

Incorporated or Isingnakmeut 

Incorporated. Notice of the decision will 

also be published four times in the 

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until October 15, 

2009 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Hillary Woods, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication I Branch. 

[FR Doc. E9–22168 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Tumacacori 

National Historical Park, Tumacacori, 

AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

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 a cultural item in the 

possession of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park, 

Tumacacori, AZ, that meets the 

definition of ‘‘sacred 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 superintendent, Tumacacori 

National Historical Park. 

At an unknown date and under 

unknown circumstances, a buckskin 

object was acquired by Tumacacori 

National Historical Park. Originally 

identified as a buckskin ‘‘shield’’, the 

item was described as ‘‘possibly a 

removable cover for a raw hide shield. 

Feathers are eagle and red-tail hawk, 

attached to the black satin ribbon sewn 

to upper third perimeter, hanging 

streamer on both sides. Buckskin is 

painted in yellow, black, blue, on both 

sides. Buckskin around frame sewn w/ 

buckskin, feathers also sewn with 

buckskin. Other sewing w/ heavy 

commercial thread.’’ 

Consultation between Tumacacori 

National Historical Park and the 

Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 

Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, 

indicates that the object is not a shield, 

but rather a sacred object that is used in 

traditional prayer ceremonies. The 

design and style of manufacture indicate 

the object is Mescalero Apache in 

origin. Such an object would be 

manufactured for a specific ceremony, 

which usually is held annually. 

Typically four such objects were 

manufactured at the same time and, as 

part of a prayer or blessing ceremony, 

placed outside in the four directional 

corners of an area that would be a 

homeland to a group of Mescalero 

Apaches. 

Officials of Tumacacori National 

Historical Park have determined that, 

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

cultural item described above is a 

specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. Officials of 

Tumacacori National Historical Park 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the sacred object and the Mescalero 

Apache Tribe of the Mescalero 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object should 

contact Lisa Carrico, superintendent, 

Tumacacori National Historical Park, 

P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, AZ 85648, 

telephone (520) 398–2341 Ext. 52, 

before October 15, 2009. Repatriation of 


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