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ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3005 (a)(2),

of the intent to repatriate cultural items

in the possession of the Heard Museum,

Phoenix, AZ, which meet the definition

of ‘‘sacred objects’’ under Section 2 of

the Act.

The cultural items are two painted

rawhide rattles with wood and rawhide

handles. Prior to 1954, these rattles were

purchased by the Heard Museum and

are identified as Oglala from South

Dakota.

Consultation evidence presented by

representatives of the Cheyenne River

Sioux Tribe, Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe,

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and Three

Affiliated Tribes indicate these rattles

are part of a Yuwipi ceremony, and are

specific ceremonial objects needed by

traditional religious leaders for the

practice of Native American religion by

present day adherents.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Heard

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), these

cultural items are specific ceremonial

objects needed by traditional Native

American religious leaders for the

practice of traditional Native American

religions by their present-day adherents.

Officials of the Heard Museum have also

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

3001 (2), there is a relationship of

shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these items

and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,

Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux

Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Santee

Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, and Standing

Rock Sioux Tribe. Representatives of

any other Indian tribe that believes itself

to be culturally affiliated with these

objects should contact Martin Sullivan,

Director, The Heard Museum, 22 E.

Monte Vista Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85004–

1480, telephone (602) 252–8840 before

March 26, 1997. Repatriation of these

objects to the Cheyenne River Sioux

Tribe on behalf of the Oglala Sioux

Tribe may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: February 14, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–4468 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains from

Coos County, OR, in the Possession of

the Los Angeles County Museum of

Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains from Coos County, OR, in the

possession of the Los Angeles County

Museum of Natural History, Los

Angeles, CA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Los Angeles

County Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Coquille Indian Tribe.

In 1969, human remains representing

one individual were recovered from site

35CS3 one the north bank near the

mouth of the Coquille River, Coos

County, OR, by Mrs. Lee Hall. Mrs. Hall

donated the human remains to the Los

Angeles County Museum in 1970. No

known individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Site 35CS3 has been identified as a

Lower Coquille (Miluk) village site

occupied into the historic period based

on manner of internment, oral history,

linguistic distribution, and geographic

location.. Accession information with

this individual states the remains were

found eroding from the riverbank near

the site of an earlier University of

Oregon excavation of the village.

Consultation evidence presented by

representatives of the Coquille Indian

Tribe indicates this is a known village

site and traditional cemetery area.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Los Angeles

County Museum of Natural History have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

one individual of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the Los Angeles

County Museum of Natural History have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and the

Coquille Indian Tribe.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Confederated Tribes of Coos,

Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians,

the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz

Reservation, and the Coquille Indian

Tribe. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Margaret Ann Hardin,

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural

History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los

Angeles, CA 90007; telephone: (213)

744–3382 before March 26, 1997.

Repatriation of the human remains to

the Coquille Indian Tribe may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–4470 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Unassociated Funerary Objects from

Emmet County, MI, in the Possession

of the Museum of Anthropology,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and unassociated funerary

objects in the possession of the Museum

of Anthropology, University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Museum of

Anthropology professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Grand Traverse Bay Band of Chippewa

and Ottawa Indians and the Little

Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians.

In 1924, human remains representing

one individual were sold to the Museum

of Anthropology, University of

Michigan by Rev. L.P. Rowlands of

Detroit, MI. Accession and other

collection information indicates this

individual was recovered during the late

nineteenth century from the Lake

Michigan shore area in Emmet County,

MI between the localities of Cross

Village and Seven Mile Point. No

known individual was identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

The 510 unassociated funerary objects

include silver ornaments, glass beads,

brass and copper kettles, an iron hoe,

trap fragments, a tomahawk pipe, and

textile fragments. In 1924, these items

were sold to the Museum of

Anthropology, University of Michigan

by Rev. L.P. Rowlands of Detroit, MI.

Accession and other collection

information indicates these items came

from graves in the areas of Middle
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Village, Goodhart, and Cross Village, all

located in Emmet County, MI.

Morphological evidence indicates this

individual is Native American, based on

the brachialcephalic formation of the

occipital region of the skull. The areas

of Cross Village, Gathered, and Middle

Village are historic Odawa settlements,

and the types of unassociated funerary

objects are consistent with Odawa

burials of the late seventeenth and

eighteenth centuries. Consultation

evidence presented by the Grand

Traverse Bay Band of Chippewa and

Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse

Bay Band of Odawa Indians supports

the Odawa affiliation for these sites.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Museum of

Anthropology have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Museum of Anthropology have

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

3001 (3)(B), these 510 cultural items 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 an Native

American individual. Lastly, officials of

the Museum of Anthropology have

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

3001 (2), there is a relationship of

shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects and the

Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa

Indians.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Grand Traverse Bay Band of

Chippewa and Ottawa Indians and the

Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa

Indians. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact David Kennedy,

Collections Manager, Museum of

Anthropology, University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, MI 48901; telephone: (313)

764–0485 before March 26, 1997.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the Little

Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–4469 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Bureau of Reclamation

Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss

several issues including: a review of the

Phase II schedule; an overview of the

storage and conveyance component; an

overview of the ecosystem restoration

component; an update on restoration

coordination activities; an update on

activities resulting from the recent

flooding; and an update of progress on

the water use efficiency component. The

BDAC meeting is open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the BDAC or may file

written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council

meeting will be held from 9:30 am to

5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 12,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory

Council meeting will meet at the

Beverly Garland Hotel, 1780 Tribute

Road (at Exposition Boulevard/West),

Sacramento, CA.

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: For the BDAC meeting,

contact Sharon Gross, CALFED BayDelta Program, at (916) 657–2666. If

reasonable accommodation is needed

due to a disability, please contact the

Equal Employment Opportunity Office

at (916) 653–6952 or TDD (916) 653–

6934 at least one week prior to the

meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San

Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin

Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a

critically important part of California’s

natural environment and economy. In

recognition of the serious problems

facing the region and the complex

resource management decisions that

must be made, the state of California

and the Federal government are working

together to stabilize, protect, restore,

and enhance the Bay-Delta system. The

State and Federal agencies with

management and regulatory

responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system

are working together as CALFED to

provide policy direction and oversight

for the process.

One area of Bay-Delta management

includes the establishment of a joint

State-Federal process to develop longterm solutions to problems in the BayDelta system related to fish and wildlife,

water supply reliability, natural

disasters, and water quality. The intent

is to develop a comprehensive and

balanced plan which addresses all of the

resource problems. This effort, the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program),

is being carried out under the policy

direction of CALFED. The CALFED BayDelta Program is exploring and

developing a long-term solution for a

cooperative planning process that will

determine the most appropriate strategy

and actions necessary to improve water

quality, restore health to the Bay-Delta

ecosystem, provide for a variety of

beneficial uses, and minimize Bay-Delta

system vulnerability. A group of citizen

advisors representing California’s

agricultural, environmental, urban,

business, fishing, and other interests

who have a stake in finding long term

solutions for the problems affecting the

Bay-Delta system has been chartered

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA) as the Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on

the program mission, problems to be

addressed, and objectives for the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. BDAC

provides a forum to help ensure public

participation, and will review reports

and other materials prepared by

CALFED staff.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the CALFED the BayDelta Program, Suite 1155, 1416 Ninth

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will

be available for public inspection during

regular business hours, Monday through

Friday within 30 days following the

meeting.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Roger Patterson,

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4451 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATION AGENCY

Agency for International Development

Voluntary Foreign Aid Advisory

Committee; Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of

a meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).