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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17720; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Columbia University, Department of 

Anthropology, New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 

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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partial bundle burial just beyond the 

edge of the house. It is initially 

identified as Burial #12, and later as 

Burial 1 #12 at House 23. W. Raymond 

Wood in his 1955 publication refers to 

this site as the ‘‘Biesterfeldt or 

Sheyenne-Cheyenne Site (32RM1)’’ 

(Plains Anthropological Society 1955 

3:3–12) and describes it as ‘‘the remains 

of a village of the formerly semisedentary Cheyenne Indians.’’ Strong 

writes in his field notes that the site was 

historically Cheyenne and was 

abandoned after a Chippewa attack in 

1790, citing Libby, Swanton, Thompson, 

and others. Two years later, in Strong’s 

1940 work (Smithsonian Miscellaneous 

Collections, 100:353–394), he provides 

the date of 1770 for the abandonment of 

the site. He explained that Swanton 

(1930), drawing on Thompson, believed 

that the village had been burned not 

much before 1790, while Henry (1897) 

‘‘refers to the same event as occurring 

about 1740.’’ At this point, Strong 

‘‘assumed 1770 as a median date’’ (p. 

371). Today, the Cheyenne are 

represented by the Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) 

and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana. 

Determinations Made by Columbia 

University, Department of 

Anthropology 

Officials of Columbia University, 

Department of Anthropology, have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Cheyenne and Arapaho 

Tribes (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) 

and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 Dr. Nan 

Rothschild, Department of 

Anthropology, Columbia University, 

1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 

10027, telephone (212) 854–4977, email 

roth@columbia.edu, by April 15, 2015. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to 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, may proceed. 

The Columbia University, Department 

of Anthropology, is responsible for 

notifying the Cheyenne and Arapaho 

Tribes (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) 

and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17719; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: State 

Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of 

Iowa 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 the State Historical 

Society of Iowa. 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 the State Historical 

Society of Iowa at the address in this 

notice by April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Jerome Thompson or 

NAGPRA Coordinator, State Historical 

Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust, Des 

Moines, IA 50319, telephone (515) 281– 

4221, email jerome.thompson@iowa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 

the State Historical Society of Iowa, 

Iowa City, IA. The human remains were 

removed from the vicinity of Little 

Cheyenne River, 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the State 

Historical Society of Iowa professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River 

Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek 

Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 

Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau 

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; 

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower 

Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower 

Sioux Indian Community in the State of 

Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe 

(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux 

Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, 

South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota; 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud 

Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 

Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; 

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community of Minnesota; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 

Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake 

Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock 

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; 

Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; 

and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South 

Dakota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were placed in an envelope 

in a manuscript collection at the State 

Historical Society of Iowa research 

facility in Iowa City. The envelope 

contains human hair and on the outside 

has the following written description: 


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