Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2012 / Notices 11567 

an update on restoration and 

reclamation projects. 

All RAC meetings are open to the 

public with time allocated for hearing 

public comments. On March 29, there 

will be a 30-minute public comment 

period at 1 p.m. The public may also 

submit written comments to the RAC. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. 

Larry Claypool, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4565 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

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. 

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. 

Concession ID No. Concessioner name Park 

MORA002–88 ................................................................ Guest Services, Inc ....................................................... Mount Rainier National Park. 

Jo A. Pendry, 

Acting Associate Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4372 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: American Museum of Natural 

History, New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

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 

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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