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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033279; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Item: The Buffalo History Museum, 

Buffalo, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Buffalo History Museum 

(previously known as the Buffalo 

Historical Society), in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to The Buffalo 

History Museum. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Buffalo History Museum at the 

address in this notice by February 22, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Walter Mayer, Sr. Director of Museum 

Collections, The Buffalo History 

Museum, 1 Museum Court, Buffalo, NY 

14216, telephone (716) 873–9644, email 

wmayer@buffalhistory.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the Buffalo 

History Museum, Buffalo, NY, that meet 

the definition of sacred 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. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In the late 19th century and/or early 

20th century, three cultural items were 

presented by Chief Delos Big Kittle of 

the Seneca Nation of Indians 

[previously listed as Seneca Nation of 

New York] to George Tucker, who 

became an adopted member of the Bear 

Clan in 1918. In 1931, the Buffalo 

History Museum purchased these items 

from George Tucker. The three cultural 

items are one sash worn on all 

ceremonial occasions by Delos Big 

Kittle, one turtle Rattle, and one child’s 

turtle rattle made by Delos Big Kittle’s 

son, Richard Big Kittle. Museum 

documentation indicates that these 

cultural items are sacred objects owned 

by Delos Big Kittle. Richard Big Kittle of 

the Seneca Nation of Indians and a 

descendant of Delos Big Kittle, has 

requested repatriation of these three 

items. These items are important to 

Delos Big Kittle’s descendants and can 

be used in the practice of traditional 

ceremonials. 

Officials of the Buffalo History 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the three cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents and can be used 

in the practice of traditional 

ceremonials by descendants of Delos Big 

Kittle. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and Richard 

Big Kittle. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Walter Mayer, Sr. Director of Museum 

Collections, The Buffalo History 

Museum, 1 Museum Court, Buffalo, NY 

14216, telephone (716) 873–9644, email 

wmayer@buffalhistory.org, by February 

22, 2022. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the sacred 

objects to Richard Big Kittle may 

proceed. 

The Buffalo History Museum is 

responsible for notifying Richard Big 

Kittle and the Cayuga Nation; Oneida 

Indian Nation [previously listed as 

Oneida Nation of New York]; Oneida 

Nation [previously listed as Oneida 

Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin]; 

Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk 

Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis 

Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; 

Seneca Nation of Indians [previous 

listed as Seneca Nation of New York]; 

Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed 

as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma]; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously 

listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York]; and Tuscarora 

Nation that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 12, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033281; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort 

Lewis College, Durango, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Fort Lewis College has 

completed an inventory of associated 

funerary objects, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the associated 

funerary objects and present-day Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request to the Fort 

Lewis College. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the associated funerary 

objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Fort Lewis College at the address in this 

notice by February 22, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kathleen Fine-Dare, NAGPRA Liaison, 

Fort Lewis College, 205 Center of 


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Southwest Studies, 1000 Rim Drive, 

Durango, CO 81301, telephone (970) 

247–7438, email fine_k@fortlewis.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 associated funerary objects under the 

control of Fort Lewis College, Durango, 

CO. The associated funerary objects 

were removed from La Plata County and 

Dolores County, CO. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the 

associated funerary objects was made by 

Fort Lewis College, Center of Southwest 

Studies professional staff in partnership 

with NAGPRA archeological specialist 

Blythe Morrison and in eight separate 

written letter/email consultations with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New 

Mexico [previously listed as Pueblo of 

San Juan]; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New 

Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo 

[previously listed as Kewa Pueblo, New 

Mexico and as Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo]; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute 

Tribe [previously listed as Ute Mountain 

Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah]; Ysleta 

del Sur Pueblo [previously listed as 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas]; and the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

In addition, several face-to-face 

consultation meetings were held at Fort 

Lewis College to review the collections. 

On August 30, 2018, representatives of 

the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla 

Apache Nation, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, 

New Mexico; and the Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado were able to 

review the associated funerary objects 

(at that time they were still categorized 

as unassociated funerary objects 

included with the Homer Root 

Collection). On September 6–7, 2018 

(Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico); September 13, 2018 (Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah and Ysleta del Sur 

Pueblo [previously listed as Ysleta Del 

Sur Pueblo of Texas]); October 4, 2018 

(Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & 

Utah and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 

[previously listed as Ute Mountain Tribe 

of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah]); 

October 9, 2018 (Pueblo of Santa Clara, 

New Mexico); and May 14, 2019 (Pueblo 

of Laguna, New Mexico and Pueblo of 

San Ildefonso, New Mexico). 

Hereafter all Indian Tribes listed in 

this section are referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the 

Associated Funerary Objects 

This notice concerns seven objects 

that are associated with human remains 

that were in the possession of the La 

Plata County Historical Society, 

Durango, Colorado. A Notice of 

Inventory Completion for the human 

remains was published in the Federal 

Register on April 4, 2018 (83 FR 14490– 

14492), and the human remains have 

been repatriated to the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona. 

In September of 1936, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 22 

individuals were excavated from a 

burial site within the city limits of 

Durango, CO. The excavation was 

carried out at the Ignacio site (12:18) by 

members of the National Youth 

Administration under the supervision of 

Helen Sloan Daniels, an avocational 

archeological enthusiast, in anticipation 

of the creation of a gravel pit operated 

by the City of Durango. (In 2017, the site 

was given Smithsonian Site Number 

5LP11284.) The site, which contained a 

pit structure, a midden, and several 

room blocks, has been identified as 

belonging to the late Basketmaker III or 

early Pueblo I period. 

After being disinterred, the human 

remains were taken to the Durango 

Public Library for cleaning, display, and 

storage. At some unknown time, the 

human remains were transferred to the 

private residence of Helen Sloan Daniels 

in Durango, CO. In 1989, they were 

donated to the La Plata County 

Historical Society. In 1962, six of the 

associated funerary objects were 

donated to the Fort Lewis College 

Museum, and in 2001, they were 

transferred to the Fort Lewis College 

Center of Southwest Studies (CSWS). 

These six associated funerary objects 

have been determined to be associated 

with the remains of four children that 

were in the possession of the La Plata 

County Historical Society. The six 

unassociated funerary objects are two 

Rosa Grayware jars, two Rosa Grayware 

pitchers, one Rosa Grayware bowl, and 

one Rosa Black-on-White bowl. Pottery 

attributes indicate that the objects were 

manufactured during the Basketmaker 

III/Pueblo I period, A.D. 500–900. 

In 1937, human remains representing 

at minimum, 27 individuals were 

excavated from an archeological site on 

private land (‘‘Sago School’’) in Dove 

Creek, Dolores County, CO. National 

Youth Administration (NYA) workers, 

under the supervision of archeological 

enthusiast Lola Sanders, removed the 

burial items for the Durango Public 

Library Museum Project. At least one 

associated funerary object, a Mesa Verde 

Black-on-White bowl (1962:02111), was 

given to the Durango Public Library by 

Sanders. At an unknown date, Helen 

Sloan Daniels donated the bowl to the 

Fort Lewis College Museum. The bowl’s 

current location unknown. The human 

remains of the 27 individuals with 

which it is associated are currently in 

the care of the La Plata County 

Historical Society. The one associated 

funerary object (FLC Catalogue 

#1962:02112) is a Mesa Verde Black-onWhite mug. Pottery attributes indicate 

that the mug was manufactured during 

the Pueblo II period, A.D. 900–1150. 

These associated funerary objects 

listed in this notice are most likely from 

Ancestral Puebloan sites dating from the 

Basketmaker III (A.D. 500) to the Pueblo 

III (A.D. 1300) periods. Consultation 

with members of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona and other Tribes have 

determined that these cultural objects 

are of Puebloan ancestry. In addition, 

cultural affiliation studies from Mesa 

Verde National Park, Fort Lewis College, 

Navajo Reservoir, Canyons of the 

Ancients, and the San Juan District 

establish cultural affiliation of the 

ancient Mesa Verde pueblos with the 21 

federally recognized Pueblo Tribes of 

Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The 

preponderance of geographical, kinship, 

archeological, anthropological, 

biological, linguistic, oral tradition, and 

historical information, as well as other 

expert opinion, supports the conclusion 

that Ancestral Puebloan sites are 

culturally affiliated with modern 


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Puebloan Tribes. The style and dating of 

the associated funerary objects from the 

Ignacio site burials and the site in 

Montezuma County also strongly 

indicate that these are of Puebloan 

manufacture. 

Determinations Made by Fort Lewis 

College 

Officials of Fort Lewis College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the seven objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• 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 associated 

funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Dr. Kathleen Fine-Dare, NAGPRA 

Liaison, Fort Lewis College, 205 Center 

of Southwest Studies, 1000 Rim Drive, 

Durango, CO 81301, telephone (970) 

247–7438, email fine_k@fortlewis.edu, 

by February 22, 2022. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

associated funerary objects to the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona may proceed. 

Fort Lewis College is responsible for 

notifying The Consulted Tribes that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 12, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2022–0004; EEEE500000 

223E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Well Operations and 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) 

proposes to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by either of the following methods listed 

below: 

• Electronically go to http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter BSEE–2022–0004 then click 

search. Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view all 

related materials. We will post all 

comments. 

• Email kye.mason@bsee.gov, fax 

(703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry 

comments to the Department of the 

Interior; Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

ATTN: Nicole Mason; 45600 Woodland 

Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1014– 

0028 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Nicole Mason by email 

at kye.mason@bsee.gov or by telephone 

at (703) 787–1607. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), all information collections 

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may not conduct, or sponsor and you 

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number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

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burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

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assess the impact of our information 

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information collection requirements and 

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We are especially interested in public 

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Abstract: Regulations governing well 

operations and equipment are primarily 

covered in 30 CFR 250, subpart G and 

are the subject of this collection. In 

addition, BSEE also issues various 

Notices to Lessees (NTLs) and Operators 

to clarify and provide additional 

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