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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 

In 1926, 57 cultural items, identified 

as a set of Midewiwin medicines, were 

removed from a cave at Crane Lake in 

St. Louis County, MN. The objects were 

discovered and removed by a group of 

men canoeing on the lake who took 

shelter in the cave during a storm. The 

objects (called the Crane Lake Cache by 

the Minnesota Historical Society) were 

transferred to the Minnesota Historical 

Society in 1927. 

In the near 90 years since their 

accession, some parts of the Crane Lake 

Cache have gone missing, and the 

current number of objects in the 

collection is 54. The 54 sacred objects 

still extant that comprise the Crane Lake 

Cache are: 4 birch bark scrolls; 3 birch 

bark disks; 1 wooden disk; 1 birch bark 

container for medicine; 1 can rattle; 8 

invitation bird quills; 1 shooting 

diagram; 1 snakeskin bundle; the 

fragments of 1 water drum; 15 

individual packages of medicines; 1 

bear claw; 6 shells; 2 quartz crystals; 1 

nut; 1 ceramic object; 1 otolith; 5 glass 

beads; and 1 wooden container for 

medicines. The missing items are 1 

sucking tube and 2 packages of 

medicine. 

Consultation with the Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota, confirmed both that 

these materials fit the definition of 

sacred objects under NAGPRA, and that 

Crane Lake was within the boundaries 

of the traditional property of the Bois 

Forte Band. 

In 1987, the Minnesota Historical 

Society purchased the Nett Lake War 

Charm Necklace at Sotheby’s Auctions. 

This object was identified as such at 

auction by the seller. Further 

provenance is unavailable for this 

object. 

Consultation with Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota, confirmed both that 

this object fit the definition of a sacred 

object under NAGPRA, and that Nett 

Lake was within the boundaries of the 

traditional property of the Bois Forte 

Band. 

Determinations Made by the Minnesota 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Minnesota Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 55 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. 

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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the Bois 

Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Leah Bowe, Minnesota Historical 

Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, 

MN 55102, telephone (651) 259–3255, 

email leah.bowe@mnhs.org, by April 15, 

2015. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects to the 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, 

may proceed. 

The Minnesota Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying the Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, 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 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–IA–2014–N051; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments to 

allow us to authenticate any scientific or 

commercial data you include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the street 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

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Act. Before including your address, 

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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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