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will expire on July 24, 2006, unless 

extended. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service has filed an application to 

extend PLO No. 6619. This withdrawal 

was made to allow management of the 

following described land as part of the 

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge: 

Fourth Principal Meridian 

T. 18 N., R. 2 E., 

Secs. 1 and 12. 

T. 18 N., R. 3 E., 

Secs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, and 16 (Those parts 

lying south and west of Grand Dike 

Road); sec. 17. 

The area described contains 4,107 acres in 

Juneau County. 

The legal description above has been 

corrected to include only those parts of 

sec. 16 in T. 18 N., R. 3 E., lying south 

and west of Grand Dike Road. There is 

no change in the total acres. 

The purpose of the proposed 

extension is to continue the withdrawal 

created by PLO No. 6619 for an 

additional 20-year term to allow the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 

continue to manage the land as part of 

the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

since the lands described herein contain 

the natural resources and improvements 

of interest for protection. 

No water rights will be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal. For a period of 90 days 

from the date of publication of this 

notice, all persons who wish to submit 

comments, suggestions, or objections in 

connection with the proposed 

withdrawal may present their views in 

writing to the State Director of the BLMEastern States. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BLMEastern States, Milwaukee Field Office, 

626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 during 

regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Individual respondents may 

request confidentiality. If you wish to 

withhold your name or address from 

public review or from disclosure under 

the Freedom of Information Act, you 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. Such 

requests will be honored to the extent 

allowed by law. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal extension. All 

interested persons who desire a public 

meeting for the purpose of being heard 

on the proposed withdrawal extension 

must submit a written request to the 

State Director, BLM-Eastern States 

within 90 days from the date of 

publication of this notice. If the 

authorized officer determines that a 

public meeting will be held, a notice of 

the time and place will be published in 

the Federal Register at least 30 days 

before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

This withdrawal extension proposal 

will be processed in accordance with 

the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 

2310.4. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1) 

Dated: October 19, 2005. 

Ann B. Aldrich, 

Acting State Director, Eastern States. 

[FR Doc. 05–21394 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

American Museum of Natural History, 

New York, NY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of the American 

Museum of Natural History, New York, 

NY. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Yakima and Kittitas Counties, 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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by American 

Museum of Natural History professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian 

Reservation, Washington; Jamestown 

S’Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower 

Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower 

Elwha Reservation, Washington; Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of the 

Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; 

Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; Nooksack 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Port 

Gamble Indian Community of the Port 

Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Quileute 

Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, 

Washington; Quinault Tribe of the 

Quinault Reservation, Washington; 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; 

Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater 

Bay Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Skokomish Indian Tribe of the 

Skokomish Reservation, Washington; 

Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin 

Island Reservation, Washington; 

Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of five individuals were 

collected from a site on the north side 

of River Road, east of the North and 

South Branch Road, in the vicinity of 

Tampico, Yakima County, WA, by 

Harlan I. Smith. No known individuals 

were identified. The 31 associated 

funerary objects are 1 bone point, 25 

dentalium shells (10 of them engraved), 

4 pieces of charcoal, and 1 bone. 

These individuals have been 

identified as Native American based on 

geographic and archeological evidence. 

The human remains were recovered 

from a volcanic ash knoll. The lack of 

postcontact artifacts, the presence of 

incised dentalium shells, and the form 

of interment in a river valley location 

suggest a late precontact date for the 

remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from a site in the vicinity of 

North Yakima, east of the mouth of the 

Naches River, north side of a hill, 

Yakima County, WA, by Harlan I. 

Smith. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on geographic 

evidence and burial practice. The use of 

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a rockslide grave suggests a late 

precontact date for the remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from the James McWhirter 20 

Acre Farm, in the vicinity of North 

Yakima, Yakima County, WA, by Harlan 

I. Smith. The site is 12 miles up the 

Naches River along the north side, on 

the crest of a foothill terrace. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a shell 

disk. 

The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on geographic 

evidence and burial practice. The lack 

of post-contact artifacts, the presence of 

a cut disk shell bead, and the river 

valley location of the bluff pebble grave 

suggest a late precontact date for the 

human remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from a site at Priest Rapids, 

Kittitas County, WA, by Harlan I. Smith. 

The site is along the western bank of the 

Columbia River, 5 miles south of Mr. 

Craig’s house. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on geographic 

evidence and burial practice. The 

remains were found in a sand grave 

covered with flat river stones. The 

location of the grave in a river valley 

suggests a late precontact date for the 

remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from a site at Priest Rapids, 

Kittitas County(?), WA, by Harlan I. 

Smith. The site is at the edge of the 

Columbia River, 12 miles north of Mr. 

Craig’s house. No known individual was 

identified. The four associated funerary 

objects are one stone mortar and three 

pestles. 

The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on geographic 

evidence and burial practice. The 

remains were found in a sand grave 

covered with river cobbles. The location 

of the grave in a river valley suggests a 

late precontact date for the remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from a site 10 miles north of 

the head of Priest Rapids on the 

Columbia River, 8 miles above Mr. 

Craig’s house, Kittitas County, WA, by 

Harlan I. Smith. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on the talus 

slope inhumation, a form of burial 

consistent with the postcontact 

practices of Sahaptin speakers of the 

area. The presence of cedar slabs in the 

grave also suggests a postcontact date 

for these remains. The cedar slabs are 

not part of the museum’s collection. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

collected from the east side of an 

escarpment running south of the 

Columbia River, near the head of Priest 

Rapids, 2 miles southwest of Mr. Craig’s 

house, Kittitas County, WA, by Harlan 

I. Smith. No known individuals were 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are one roll of birch bark and 

one piece of stitched rush matting. 

The individuals have been identified 

as Native American based on the kinds 

of associated funerary objects and burial 

type. The remains were found interred 

in a talus slope, a form of burial 

consistent with the postcontact 

practices of Sahaptin speakers of the 

area. The presence of upright wood 

posts, bark, and matting in the grave 

also suggests a postcontact date for the 

remains. The wood posts are not part of 

the museum’s collection. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of 10 individuals were 

collected from Mr. Bull’s farm, 7 miles 

south of Ellensburg, Kittitas County, 

WA, by Harlan I. Smith. The site is east 

of Cherry Creek in the western 

extension of the Saddle Mountains. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

1295 associated funerary objects are 5 

pieces of leather, 109 shells, 28 glass 

beads, 3 iron bracelets, 1 perforated 

bone disk, 1 freshwater shell fragment, 

1 reed mat fragment, 1 reed mat 

fragment with hide and copper and 

shell beads, 1 piece of animal fur, 3 

pieces of matting, 1098 copper, glass, 

and shell beads strung on fiber and 

leather, 4 shell ornaments (including 1 

nose ornament), 2 copper pendants, 4 

metal bracelets, 5 rodent teeth, 1 copper 

disk pendant, 1 wood knot hole, 1 piece 

of iron, 1 fragment of fabric 

incorporating feathers and fur, 1 copper 

ornament, 1 brass pendant with copper 

head, 1 metal pendant with leather 

thong, 1 piece of shell, 13 iron cones, 2 

iron pendants, 2 antler fragments, 1 

triangular copper object, 2 shell 

pendants, and 1 unidentified shell 

object. 

The individuals have been identified 

as Native American based on the kinds 

of associated funerary objects and type 

of burial. The presence of postcontact 

funerary objects and the use of talus 

slope for interment suggest a 

postcontact date for these remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from a site on the south side 

of Yakima Ridge, Yakima County, WA, 

by Harlan I. Smith. The site is 1 mile 

east of the confluence of the Yakima and 

Naches Rivers. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

This individual has been identified as 

Native American based on geographic 

information and burial type. The 

remains were found in a talus slope, 

which suggests a postcontact age. The 

presence of rush matting in the grave 

also suggests a postcontact date for the 

remains. The rush matting is not part of 

the museum’s collection. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

collected from a site on the north side 

of the Naches River, 1/2 mile above the 

confluence of the Yakima and Naches 

Rivers, Yakima County, WA, by Harlan 

I. Smith. No known individuals were 

identified. The 91 associated funerary 

objects are 4 wooden pieces of a fire 

drill, 20 dog or wolf bones, 1 partial 

decorated bow, 3 basket fragments, 1 

fragment of rush mat, approximately 50 

copper tubes and beads, 4 bone tubes, 

1 bone point, 1 perforated stone 

cylinder, 3 stone flakes, and 3 projectile 

points. 

The individuals have been identified 

as Native American based on the type of 

associated funerary objects and the form 

of burial. The two graves were talus 

slope interments of a form used by the 

postcontact Shahaptin speakers who 

occupied the area. The associated 

funerary objects also suggest a 

postcontact date for the remains. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

collected from a site in the vicinity of 

Selah, Yakima County, WA, by Harlan 

I. Smith. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The individuals have been identified 

as Native American based on the form 

of burial. The graves were talus slope 

interments of a form used by the 

postcontact Sahaptin speakers who 

occupied the area. The presence of 

wood in both graves, and leather and 

desiccated soft tissue in one grave may 

suggest a postcontact date for the 

remains. The wood and leather are not 

part of the museum’s collection. 

In 1903, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

collected from a site 2 miles northeast 

of the mouth of the Naches, south of the 

Yakima River in Yakima County, WA, 

by Harlan I. Smith. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

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The individual has been identified as 

Native American based on the form of 

burial. The grave was a talus slope 

interment of a form used by the 

postcontact Sahaptin speakers who 

occupied the area. The presence of 

pieces of cedar in the grave suggests a 

postcontact date for the remains. The 

pieces of cedar are not part of the 

museum’s collection. 

The geographic location of all of the 

sites described above is consistent with 

the early postcontact territory of 

Sahaptin speakers who are ancestors of 

the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 

the Yakama Nation, Washington. The 

burial type described by Mr. Smith for 

all of the remains reported here is 

consistent with the late precontact and 

postcontact burial practices of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington. Experts in 

Oregon Plateau archeology suggest that 

there has been cultural continuity from 

late precontact to the postcontact period 

in this area. 

Officials of the American Museum of 

Natural History have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 30 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the American 

Museum of Natural History also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 1,424 objects described 

above are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. Lastly, officials of the 

American Museum of Natural History 

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 Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Nell Murphy, Director of 

Cultural Resources, American Museum 

of Natural History, Central Park West at 

79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192, 

telephone (212) 769–5837, before 

November 25, 2005. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The American Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian 

Reservation, Washington; Jamestown 

S’Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower 

Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower 

Elwha Reservation, Washington; Lummi 

Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of the 

Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 

Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington; 

Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; Nooksack 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Port 

Gamble Indian Community of the Port 

Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Quileute 

Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, 

Washington; Quinault Tribe of the 

Quinault Reservation, Washington; 

Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; 

Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater 

Bay Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Skokomish Indian Tribe of the 

Skokomish Reservation, Washington; 

Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin 

Island Reservation, Washington; 

Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 30, 2005 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–21330 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest, 

Silver City, NM, and Field Museum of 

Natural History, Chicago, IL 

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 

control of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest, Silver City, NM, and in 

the possession of the Field Museum of 

Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meets 

the definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

object’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. The 

cultural item was removed from the Gila 

National Forest, Catron County, NM. 

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. 

The cultural item is a small San 

Francisco Red pottery jar. 

A detailed assessment of the cultural 

item was made by the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest and the Field Museum 

of Natural History professional staff in 

consultation with the Hopi Tribe, 

Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico. 

In 1954, the cultural item was 

removed from Valley View Pueblo in 

the Gila National Forest, Catron County, 

NM, during legally authorized 

excavations and collected by Dr. Paul S. 

Martin of the Field Museum of Natural 

History, Chicago, IL. In August 2005, the 

Field Museum of Natural History, 

Chicago, IL, found an unassociated 

funerary object among its collections 

that had been taken from Gila National 

Forest, Catron County, NM, by Dr. 

Martin. Unassociated funerary objects 

removed from Gila National Forest, 

Catron County, NM, were previously 

published in the Federal Register of 

June 1, 2005, FR Doc. 05–10805, page 

31510, and in a subsequently corrected 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate published 

in the Federal Register on August 3, 

2005, FR Doc. 05–15322, page 44687. 

Material culture, architecture, and site 

organization indicate that Valley View 

Pueblo is an Upland Mogollon site 

occupied between A.D. 550 and 1150. 

The territory of the Upland Mogollon 

stretched from south-central Arizona to 

south-central New Mexico. The Upland 

Mogollon territories are claimed, 

currently inhabited, or used by the Hopi 

Tribe, Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. Most 

archeological evidence linking Upland 

Mogollon to present-day Indian tribes 

relies on ceramics that suggest cultural 

connections between these groups. 

Present-day descendants of the Upland 

Mogollon are the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. Oral traditions preserved in the 

ethnographic literature and presented 

by representatives of the Hopi Tribe,