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• Inclusion of adaptive management 

criteria to deal with future issues. 

Public participation will be encouraged 

throughout the process. The BLM will 

collaborate and build relationships with 

tribes, State and local governments, 

Federal agencies, local stakeholders and 

others within the community of interest 

for the RMP. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing to the 

BLM at any public scoping meeting, or 

you may submit them to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. To be most 

helpful, you should submit comments 

within the 30-day scoping period. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including you 

personal identifying information—may 

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. The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan and 

place them into one of three categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this 

plan. 

The BLM will provide an explanation in 

the Draft RMP/EIS regarding why an 

issue was placed in category two or 

three. The public is also encouraged to 

help identify any management questions 

and concerns that should be addressed 

in the plan. The BLM will work 

collaboratively with the interested 

parties to identify the management 

decisions that are best suited to local, 

regional, and national needs and 

concerns. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan in order 

to consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified. Specialists 

with expertise in the following 

disciplines will be involved in the 

planning process: Wildlife; Threatened 

and Endangered Species; Vegetation; 

Riparian and Wetlands; Soils; Invasive 

and Noxious Weeds; Rangeland 

Management; Fire Ecology and 

Management; Cultural Resources and 

Native American Concerns; Hydrology; 

Geology and Minerals; Lands and 

Realty; Recreation; Visual Resource 

Management; Public Safety; Law 

Enforcement; and Geographic 

Information Systems. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Dave Hunsaker, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3846 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA 

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 Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA, 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 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The item is a coiled, cylindrical 

basket with black linear designs. 

At an unknown date, this basket was 

collected by Grace Nicholson at an 

unknown locality, but likely in 

California. It was donated to the 

Peabody Museum by Lewis Farlow in 

1905. Museum documentation states 

that this item was ‘‘rescued from pyral 

fire.’’ The description of ‘‘pyral fire’’ 

indicates that this item was intended to 

be burned as part of a funeral rite. The 

Peabody Museum is not in possession of 

the human remains. 

Museum documentation describes 

this item as ‘‘probably Moquelumnan 

stock.’’ The term ‘‘Moquelumnan’’ was 

used to describe Miwok people. 

Consultation evidence indicates that 

present-day groups which represent 

Miwok people are the Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; California Valley Miwok 

Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria, California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; Jackson 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Shingle Springs Band of 

Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

Wilton Rancheria, California. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

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

3001 (3)(B), the one cultural item 

described above is 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 is believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of an Native American individual. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology 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 object and the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria, California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; Jackson 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Shingle Springs Band of 

Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

Wilton Rancheria, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

object should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, 

telephone (617) 496–3702, before March 

29, 2010. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary object to the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria, California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; Jackson 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Shingle Springs Band of 

Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

Wilton Rancheria, California may 


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proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Buena Vista Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; 

California Valley Miwok Tribe, 

California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian 

Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; 

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

Wilton Rancheria, California that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 11, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3767 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Stephen F. Austin State 

University, Nacogdoches, TX 

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 

control of Stephen F. Austin State 

University, Nacogdoches, TX, 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 Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the 

unassociated funerary objects was made 

by the professional staff of 

Archeological & Environmental 

Consultants, LLC, under a sub-contract 

with the Historic Preservation Program 

of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, 

which was under contract with Stephen 

F. Austin State University. 

In 1957, 15 cultural items were 

removed from a pre-contact burial when 

workmen were excavating a grave site in 

Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches, 

Nacogdoches County, TX. This area was 

later determined to be part of the 

Washington Square Site (41NA49). The 

human remains from this burial were 

not saved and no known individuals 

were identified. The objects were placed 

in the Stone Fort Museum on the 

Stephen F. Austin State University 

campus. The objects are considered to 

be unassociated funerary objects and 

were moved to the repository of the 

Stephen F. Austin State University 

anthropology lab after 1975. The 15 

unassociated funerary objects are 1 

ceramic vessel and 14 chipped stone 

arrow points. 

The unassociated funerary objects are 

determined to be affiliated with the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. The 

ceramic and arrow point styles were 

identified as Caddo, dating from 

approximately A.D. 1200 to 1400. 

Prior to 1977, human remains and 

cultural items were removed from 

41NA113 (no site name) in Nacogdoches 

County, TX, by David Tucker, a private 

citizen. The human remains were not 

documented and the current location of 

the human remains is unknown. Since 

the whereabouts of the human remains 

is not known, the funerary objects are 

considered to be unassociated. The five 

unassociated funerary objects are two 

ceramic vessels, one long Olivella shell 

bead with a longitudinal perforation, 

and two small round light aqua glass 

beads. 

The unassociated funerary objects 

from 41NA113 (no site name) were 

determined to be affiliated with the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. The 

ceramic styles were identified as Caddo 

and date from A.D. 1500 to 1800. The 

glass beads date the burial to the time 

of European contact in the area. 

In 1983, a burial with four ceramic 

vessels but no preserved human skeletal 

remains was excavated at 41PN48 (no 

site name) in the Martin Lake Mine in 

Panola County, TX. The four ceramic 

vessels are considered to be 

unassociated funerary objects because 

no human remains were preserved in 

the burial. Professional archeologists 

from Espey, Huston & Associates, Inc. 

excavated the burial. The four ceramic 

vessels were placed in the repository of 

the university’s anthropology lab in 

1984. 

The unassociated funerary objects 

from 41PN48 (no site name) were 

determined to be affiliated with the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. The 

ceramic styles were all identified as 

Caddo and date to after A.D. 1250. The 

small size of the ceramic vessels may 

suggest the burial of a child. 

Prior to 1975, an unknown number of 

burials were excavated in the Greasy 

Creek area of Camp County, TX, by 

unknown individuals. The human 

remains are not in the university’s 

collection. The exact date of when the 

unassociated funerary objects vessels 

were placed in the repository of the 

university’s anthropology lab is not 

known because they were never 

accessioned. The unassociated funerary 

objects are two ceramic vessels. 

The two unassociated funerary objects 

recovered from the Greasy Creek area 

were determined to be affiliated with 

the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. The 

ceramic styles were identified as Caddo 

and date to A.D. 1400–1600. 

In 1991, three ceramic vessels were 

removed from a single shovel test at site 

41SY83 (unnamed site), in Shelby 

County, TX, by professional 

archeologists from Espey, Huston & 

Associates, Inc. The cultural items were 

recovered from 40–60 cm below ground 

surface; clay was encountered at 70 cm 

below ground surface. No human 

remains were observed, but the context 

of the three ceramic vessels was 

interpreted as a human burial. The 

ceramic vessels from 41SY83 are 

therefore, considered unassociated 

funerary objects. 

The three unassociated ceramic 

vessels recovered from (unnamed site) 

41SY83 were determined to be affiliated 

with the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

The ceramic styles were all identified as 

Caddo and date to A.D. 1400–1600. 

Sometime prior to 1975, burials were 

excavated near Alto in Cherokee 

County, TX, by unknown individuals. 

An unassociated funerary object from 

this excavation was placed in the Stone 

Fort Museum on the Stephen F. Austin 

University campus at an unknown date, 

and was moved to the repository of the 

university’s anthropology lab after 1986. 

The unassociated funerary object is one 

ceramic vessel. 

The unassociated funerary object 

recovered from Cherokee County was 

determined to be affiliated with the 

Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma. The style of 

the ceramic vessel is Caddo and dates to 

A.D. 1200–1400. 

Prior to 1975, an unknown number of 

burials were excavated by unknown 

individuals in unknown counties of East 

Texas. The human remains are not in 

the possession of the university. The 

exact date of when these unassociated 

funerary objects were placed in the 

repository of the university’s 

anthropology lab is not known, as these 


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