Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / Notices 26785 

certain lands to The Aleut Corporation 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act. The lands are located on 

the Rat Islands, west of Adak, Alaska, 

aggregating 187.08 acres. Notice of the 

decision will also be published four 

times in the Anchorage Daily News. 

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 June 11, 

2010 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 contact the BLM by calling 

the Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week. 

Dina L. Torres, 

Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Branch 

of Preparation and Resolution. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11286 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–19155–9; 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 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision 

approving the conveyance of the surface 

and subsurface estates in certain lands 

to Doyon, Limited pursuant to the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 

The lands are in the vicinity of Rampart, 

Alaska, and are located in: 

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska 

T. 7 N., R. 15 W., 

Secs. 3 and 4; 

Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2. 

Containing approximately 1,420 acres. 

T. 9 N., R. 13 W., 

Sec. 35. 

Containing approximately 640 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 2,060 acres. 

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 June 11, 

2010 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 contact the Bureau of Land 

Management by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days 

a week. 

Barbara J. Walker, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication I Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11285 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: U.S. Department of Defense, 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District, Walla Walla, WA and Museum 

of Anthropology, Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA 

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 

Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA, 

and Museum of Anthropology, 

Washington State University, Pullman, 

WA, that meets the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary object’’ 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 cultural 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 1968, an unassociated funerary 

object was removed from the floodplain 

area of site 45FR50, Marmes 

Rockshelter, in Franklin County, WA, 

during excavations conducted by 

Washington State University under 

contract with the Army Corps of 

Engineers. The object is an articulated 

owl foot, originally found between two 

modified stone flakes, in the Marmes 

Windust Phase stratum at the site 

(11,000–8,000 BP). The object - the owl 

foot bones and two modified chert or 

chalcedony flakes - was accessioned by 

Washington State University under 

inventory number 5780. 

Site 45FR50 consists of a rockshelter 

and sloping floodplain area in front of 

the rockshelter proper. The 

archeological materials at site 45FR50 

have been variously classified into 

chronological and cultural phases, and 

include the Windust Phase (+11,000– 

8000 BP), Cascade Phase (8000–4500 

BP), Tucannon Phase (4500–2500 BP), 

and Harder Phase (2500–500 BP). The 

floodplain deposits date from the 

earliest period, or the Windust Phase. 

Human remains representing a 

minimum of four individuals and 

associated funerary objects were 

excavated from the floodplain deposits. 

The associated funerary objects 

included 23 pieces of faunal material 

directly associated with the human 

remains, and four bone rods found with 

a specific individual identified at the 

time of excavation as Marmes I. Other 

cultural items excavated from the 

earliest deposit (Windust Phase) include 

stone tools and lithic debitage, worked 

and unworked faunal bone, and 

possibly some red ochre. The owl foot 

object (consisting of the owl foot bones 

and two modified flakes) was excavated 

from the Windust Phase stratum, but 

was not found in direct association with 

any human remains. However, owls are 

important in southern Plateau Native 

American culture as ceremonial 

symbols, and items such as the owl foot 

object are still used as funerary items in 

Yakama and Nez Perce burials. Owl 

parts were often buried with medicine 

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