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Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 

bands: Battle Mountain 

Band; Elko Band; South 

Fork Band and Wells 

Band).

Donna Hill, ATTG Coordinator/Acting Administrator.37 Mountain View Dr., Battle Mountain, NV 89820.(775) 635–2004 (775) 635–8016 coordinatorbmbc@hotmail.com. 

Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 

bands: Battle Mountain 

Band; Elko Band; South 

Fork Band and Wells 

Band).

Christine Atine, Supervisory 

Social Worker.

21 Lee Unit #13, Spring 

Creek, NV 89815.

(775) 738–0586 (775) 744–4523 christine.atine@bia.gov. 

Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 

bands: Battle Mountain 

Band; Elko Band; South 

Fork Band and Wells 

Band).

Ortencia M. Puhuyaoma, 

Indian Child Welfare 

Specialist.

1745 Silver Eagle Dr., Elko, 

NV 89801.

(775) 738–8889 (775) 778–3397 icwa@elkoband.org. 

Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent 

bands: Battle Mountain 

Band; Elko Band; South 

Fork Band and Wells 

Band).

Ady Prado, ICWA Specialist.P.O. Box 809, Wells, NV 

89835.

(775) 242–9485 .......................... wbc.WSS@gmail.com. 

Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona.

Hue T. Le, Esq., Assistant 

Attorney General.

P.O. Box 830, Sells, AZ 

85634.

(520) 383–3410 (520) 383–2689 Hue.Le@tonation-nsn.gov. 

Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona.Christine Zuber, Social 

Worker.

#30 Tonto Apache Reservation, Payson, AZ 

85541.

(928) 474–5000 (928) 474–9125 llopez@tontoapache.org. 

Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah.

Tonja Willie, ICWA Research Coordinator.P.O. Box 925, Ft. 

Duchesne, UT 84026.

(435) 725–4054 (435) 722–5030 Tonjaw@utetribe.com. 

Walker River Paiute Tribe of 

the Walker River Reservation, Nevada.

Miranda J. Quintero, Social 

Services Director.

P.O. Box 146, Schurz, NV 

89427.

(775) 773–2058 (775) 773–2096 mquintero@wrpt.org. 

Washoe Tribe of Nevada & 

California (Carson Colony, 

Dresslerville Colony, 

Woodfords Community, 

Stewart Community, & 

Washoe Ranches).

Stacy Stahl, Social Service 

Director.

919 Hwy., 935 S, 

Gardnerville, NV 89410.

(775) 265–7024 .......................... stacy.stahl@washoetribe.us. 

White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona.

Cora Hinton, ICWA Representative.P.O. Box 1870, Whiteriver, 

AZ 85941.

(928) 338–4164 (928) 338–1469 chinton@wmat.us. 

Winnemucca Indian Colony 

of Nevada.

Haydyn Williams, ICWA 

Coordinator.

433 W Plumb Ln., Reno, 

NV 89509.

(775) 329–5800 (775) 329–5819 Haydyn.williams@

winnemuccaindiancolony.org. 

Yavapai-Apache Nation of 

the Camp Verde Indian 

Reservation, Arizona.

Melissa Stevens, ICWA 

Caseworker.

2400 W Datsi St., Camp 

Verde, AZ 86322.

(928) 649–7108 (928) 567–6832 mstevens@yan-tribe.org. 

Yavapai-Prescott Indian 

Tribe.

Dale Sams, Administrator .. 530 East Merritt, Prescott, 

AZ 86301.

(928) 515–7358 (928) 515–7350 dsams@ypit.com. 

Yerington Paiute Tribe of the 

Yerington Colony and 

Campbell Ranch, Nevada.

Nathaniel Landa, Human 

Services Director.

171 Campbell Ln., 

Yerington, NV 89447.

(775) 783–0200 (775) 463–5929 nlanda@ypt-nsn.gov. 

Yomba Shoshone Tribe of 

the Yomba Reservation, 

Nevada.

Norma Moyle, Social Worker.311 E Washington St., Carson City, NV 89701.(775) 887–3500 (775) 887–3506 norma.moyle@bia.gov. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This information collection is 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0186, Indian Child Welfare Act 

Proceedings in State Court, which 

expires March 31, 2026. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04067 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[245D0102DM DS600000 DLSN00000.000000 

DX6CS25] 

Statement of Findings: Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw 

Nation Water Rights Settlement 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) is publishing this notice in 

accordance with the Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation 

Water Rights Settlement (Settlement 

Act). The publication of this notice 

causes the settlement agreement 

executed in accordance with the 

Settlement Act to become enforceable 

and causes waivers and releases of 

claims executed pursuant to the 

Settlement Act to become effective. 

DATES: This notice is applicable 

February 28, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Address all comments and requests for 

additional information to Sarah LeFlore, 

Chair, Choctaw-Chickasaw Settlement 

Implementation Team, Secretary’s 

Indian Water Rights Office, 1849 C St. 

NW, Mail Stop 3045, Washington, DC 


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20240, (202) 208–5436, sarah_leflore@

ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Settlement Act, Public Law 114–322, 

was enacted to resolve certain claims to 

water of the Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma (Choctaw Nation) and the 

Chickasaw Nation as set forth in the 

State of Oklahoma, Choctaw Nation, 

Chickasaw Nation, City of Oklahoma 

City Water Settlement Agreement 

(Settlement Agreement) and the 

Settlement Act, including all claims or 

defenses in and to Chickasaw Nation 

and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma v. 

Fallin, et al., Case No. CIV 11–927–G 

(W.D. Okla.) and Oklahoma Water 

Resources Board v. United States, et al., 

Case No. CIV 12–275–G (W.D. Okla.). 

The Settlement Parties include the 

Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation, 

State of Oklahoma (State, including the 

Oklahoma Water Resources Board 

(OWRB)), City of Oklahoma City (City), 

Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust 

(Trust), and the United States. 

The Settlement Act and Settlement 

Agreement, inter alia, recognize and 

protect the Chickasaw Nation and 

Choctaw Nation’s respective existing 

water uses and also provides procedures 

for expanded water uses in the future; 

create mechanisms by which the 

Nations will participate in the OWRB’s 

consideration of certain applications to 

appropriate water within their historic 

treaty territories; and resolve certain 

issues related to Sardis Reservoir. 

Although section 3608(i)(2) of the 

Settlement Act established September 

30, 2020 as the original deadline by 

which the findings herein were to be 

certified, the Settlement Parties twice 

extended the deadline pursuant to 

section 3608(i)(4) of the Settlement Act. 

The current deadline for this 

certification runs until March 31, 2024. 

Statement of Findings 

In accordance with section 3608(i)(1) 

of the Settlement Act and section 4.1 of 

the Settlement Agreement, I find and 

certify as follows: 

(1) To the extent the Settlement 

Agreement conflicts with the Settlement 

Act, the Settlement Agreement has been 

amended to conform with the 

Settlement Act; 

(2) The Settlement Agreement, as 

amended, has been executed by the 

Secretary of the Interior, the Choctaw 

Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, the 

Governor and Attorney General of the 

State, the OWRB, the City, and the 

Trust; 

(3) The Amended Storage Contract 

has been amended to conform with the 

Settlement Act; 

(4) The Amended Storage Contract, as 

amended to conform with the 

Settlement Act, has been executed by 

the State, the City, and the Trust, and 

approved by the Secretary of the Army; 

(5) An order has been entered in 

United States v. Oklahoma Water 

Resources Board, Case No. Civ. 98–C– 

521–E with any modifications to the 

order dated September 11, 2009, as 

provided in the Settlement Act; 

(6) Orders of dismissal have been 

entered in Chickasaw Nation and 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma v. Fallin, 

et al., Case No. CIV 11–927–G (W.D. 

Okla.) and Oklahoma Water Resources 

Board v. United States, et al., Case No. 

CIV 12–275–G (W.D. Okla.) as provided 

in the Settlement Agreement; 

(7) The OWRB has issued the City 

Permit; 

(8) The final documentation of the 

Kiamichi Basin hydrologic model is on 

file at the Oklahoma City office of the 

OWRB; 

(9) The Atoka and Sardis 

Conservation Projects Fund has been 

funded as provided in the Settlement 

Agreement; and, 

(10) The Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw 

Nation, and United States have executed 

the required waivers and releases of 

claims as required by the Settlement Act 

and Settlement Agreement. 

Deb Haaland, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037471; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort 

Lewis College, Durango, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Fort Lewis 

College has completed an inventory of 

human remains and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

removed from La Plata County and 

Montezuma County, CO. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after March 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Amy Cao, Fort Lewis 

College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 

81301, telephone (970) 247–7030, email 

arcao@fortlewis.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of Fort Lewis 

College. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. Additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the inventory or related 

records held by Fort Lewis College. 

Description 

In 1978 and 1979, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 21 

individuals were removed from site 5LP 

117 (also referred to as 5LP 138), in La 

Plata County, CO. These were recovered 

during survey and salvage excavations 

conducted on private land in the Bodo 

Industrial Park south of Durango along 

the Animas River under the direction of 

Dr. Susan Riches as part of Fort Lewis 

College summer field school classes. 

The 1978 excavation was assigned site 

number 5LP 117 and initially, the 1979 

excavations were assigned 5LP 138, 

however, according to documentation, 

Dr. Riches concluded that this was a 

continuation of the 5LP 117 site. Bags, 

labels, and other documentation may 

list 5LP 138, but this all refers to the 

1979 summer excavations of site 5LP 

117. No associated funerary objects are 

present. Based on the artifactual 

evidence, this site is designated as 

Ancestral Pueblo from the Pueblo I 

period (A.D. 700–840) (Charles, MC, 

1996. ‘‘The Emergency Excavations of 

Three Human Burials in Bodo Industrial 

Ranches, La Plata County, CO’’). 

Between 1984 and 1997, human 

remains representing, at minimum, nine 

individuals were removed from site 

5MT 4802 (the Pigg site), in Montezuma 

County, CO, under the direction of Jim 

Judge as part of Fort Lewis College field 

school classes. No associated funerary 

objects are present. Based on 

architectural and artifactual evidence, 

this site is designated as Ancestral 

Pueblo from the Pueblo II/III period 

(A.D. 1150–1250). 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 


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