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Permit No. TE–215889 

Applicant: Santa Clara University, Santa 

Clara, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey, capture, mark, and 

recapture) the San Francisco garter 

snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in 

conjunction with population monitoring 

and habitat quality/connectivity studies 

in Santa Clara County, California, for 

the purpose of enhancing its survival. 

We invite public review and comment 

on each of these recovery permit 

applications. Comments and materials 

we receive will be available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours at the address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

Michael Long, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 8, 

Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E9–15913 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI 

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 cultural items in the 

possession of the Bishop Museum, 

Honolulu, HI, 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Five cultural items were collected 

from Kanupa Cave, South Kohala, HI, by 

J.S. Emerson and donated to the Bishop 

Museum in 1889, as part of the earliest 

of the Bishop Museum collections. The 

five unassociated funerary objects are 

three poi bowls, a wooden bowl and 

cover, and a fan. 

In 1939, nine cultural items were 

collected from Kanupa Cave, South 

Kohala, HI, by Kenneth Emory, a Bishop 

Museum staff member. The nine 

unassociated funerary objects are six 

pieces of aha, hau and olona cordage, 

and three mat fragments. 

The cultural affiliation of the cultural 

items is established as being Native 

Hawaiian through Bishop Museum 

records and consultation with the 

Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui 

Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, 

and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Both 

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei 

and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs have 

requested repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects. Each 

qualifies as a Native Hawaiian 

organization under NAGPRA, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001(11), and each is 

entitled to claim and receive the 

unassociated funerary objects. 

Officials of the Bishop Museum have 

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

3001 (3)(B), the 14 cultural items 

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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native Hawaiian individual or 

individuals. Officials of the Bishop 

Museum also 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 unassociated funerary objects and 

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei 

and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Both 

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei 

and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs have 

requested repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects, and 

officials of the Bishop Museum cannot 

determine by the preponderance of the 

evidence which requesting party is the 

most appropriate claimant. 

Consequently, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10 

(c)(2), the Bishop Museum will retain 

the unassociated funerary objects until 

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei 

and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs 

mutually agree upon the appropriate 

recipient or the dispute is otherwise 

resolved pursuant to NAGPRA or as 

ordered by a court of competent 

jurisdiction. 

Representatives of any other Native 

Hawaiian organization that believes 

itself to be culturally affiliated with the 

unassociated funerary objects should 

contact Betty Lou Kam, Vice President 

Cultural Resources, Bishop Museum, 

1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 

96817, telephone (808) 848–4144, before 

August 6, 2009. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to Hui 

Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei and 

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may 

proceed after that date when the 

affiliated Native Hawaiian organizations 

have mutually agreed upon a resolution. 

Bishop Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Hawaii Island Burial 

Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 

Hawai’i Nei, and the Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: June 18, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–16023 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York City, 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 in the possession of the New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York City, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Crab Creek Coulee, 

Grant County, 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site on the Crab Creek Coulee, 

Grant County, WA, by Harlan Smith. At 

an unknown date, the human remains 

were acquired by C.B. Moore. In 1917, 

Mr. Moore donated the human remains 

to the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. In 1956, the human 

remains were transferred to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

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known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Museum of the American Indian 

records list the locality of origin as Crab 

Creek Coulee, WA. The morphology of 

the human remains is consistent with 

Native American ancestry. The 

condition of the human remains 

suggests that they were removed from a 

Historic Period burial that probably 

dated to the 1800s. 

Tribal representatives identified Crab 

Creek, Grant County, WA, as part of the 

ancestral territory of both the Wanapum 

and Sinkayuse. Historic records from 

the early 19th century document 

Wanapum and Sinkayuse villages in 

Grant County. The northern boundary of 

the Wanapum extended to Crab Creek, 

while the southern edge of the 

Sinkayuse territory extended to Crab 

Creek. The extremities of the territories 

were defined by diffuse boundaries, and 

boundaries shifted according to who 

lived in or utilized land along the creek. 

At the time, the people living in the 

region did not organize themselves 

according to a tribe in the modern-day 

sense. Organization was along family, 

clan, and village lines. Trading and 

intermarriage were common between 

villages and groups. 

During the 19th century, some 

Wanapum became part of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakima Nation, Washington, while 

others remained part of the staterecognized Wanapum Band that stayed 

in their ancestral territory. The 

Sinkayuse relocated among the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington. Today, all 

three groups maintain close relations 

and coordinate repatriations for human 

remains from Grant County. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

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

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry also 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 the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before 

August 6, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and the Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group, 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; and Wanapum Band, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group, 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: June 15, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–16014 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology Museum 

at the University of California, Davis, 

Davis, CA 

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 Department of 

Anthropology Museum at the University 

of California, Davis, Davis, CA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Lake 

County, CA. 

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 Department of 

Anthropology Museum at the University 

of California, Davis professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of 

the Colusa Indian Community of the 

Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina 

Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 

California; and Rumsey Indian 

Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 

California. 

In 1971–1973, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from CA– 

LAK–152 in Lake County, CA. 

Accompanying records indicate that the 

human remains were recovered by the 

Foundation for Archaeological Research 

during archeological excavations related 

to the construction of Indian Valley 

Reservoir by the Yolo County Flood 

Control and Water Conservation 

District. In 2006, the Yolo County Flood 

Control and Water Conservation District 

donated the Indian Valley archeological 

collection to the Department of 

Anthropology Museum at the University 

of California at Davis. No known 

individual was identified. The 71 

associated funerary objects are 11 

clamshell disk beads, 59 Olivella lipped 

and full lipped beads and bead 

fragments, and 1 obsidian biface. 

Based on burial context and site 

characteristics, the human remains 

described above from Lake County are 

determined to be Native American in 

origin. The presence of clamshell disk 

beads with the burial indicates that it 

dates to Phase 2 of the Late Period 

(approximately A.D. 1500–1790). 

Linguistic evidence indicates that the 

Patwin (Southern Wintun) moved 

southward from the vicinity of the 

California–Oregon border into the 

Sacramento Valley sometime around 

A.D. 0, and then spread into the 

surrounding foothills sometime before 

the beginning of Phase 2 of the Late 

Period. The archeological assemblage 

from CA–LAK–152 also indicates an 

occupation that is consistent with the 

ethnographic Patwin. Based on 

geographical location and age of the 

associated funerary objects, the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are culturally affiliated with 

descendants of the Patwin. 

In 1971–1973, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from CA– 

LAK–153 in Lake County, CA. 

Accompanying records indicate that the 

human remains were recovered by the 

Foundation for Archaeological Research 

during archeological excavations related 

to the construction of Indian Valley 

Reservoir by the Yolo County Flood 

Control and Water Conservation 

District. In 2006, the Yolo County Flood 

Control and Water Conservation District 

donated the Indian Valley archeological 

collection to the Department of 

Anthropology Museum at the University 

of California at Davis. No known 

individual was identified. The 348 

associated funerary objects are 39 clam