10232 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 23, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX22EF00COM0000] 

Reconciliation of Derogatory 

Geographic Names Tribal Consultation 

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of tribal consultations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior (DOI) will conduct Tribal 

Consultation sessions to obtain oral and 

written comments on candidate 

replacement names for geographic 

feature names recently declared 

derogatory by DOI Secretary’s Order 

3404 (S.O. 3404). These sessions will be 

held virtually. 

DATES: Oral comments can be provided 

at one of three virtual Tribal 

Consultations to be held on March 21, 

2022, from 12:00 p.m.—2:00 p.m. 

Mountain Time; March 22, 2022, from 

11:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Pacific Time; and 

March 23, 2022, from 1:00 p.m.—3:00 

p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for 

details on how to participate. Written 

comments must be received by 11:59 

p.m. ET on April 24, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please include the Feature 

ID (FID) of the feature(s) of interest 

when submitting your comment. The 

FID for each feature is located in 

Column B of the posted list. Written 

comments must be submitted via email 

to taskforce_consultation@ios.doi.gov or 

by mail to Reconciliation of Derogatory 

Geographic Names, 1849 C Street NW, 

Room 6657, MS 6640–MIB, Washington, 

DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Younkle, Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary for Water and 

Science, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Water and Science, (202) 

853–4345 or at joseph_younkle@

ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 19, 2021, Secretary of the 

Interior Haaland signed S.O. 3404, 

declaring ‘‘squaw’’ as a derogatory term. 

In accordance with S.O. 3404, a list of 

candidate geographic names to replace 

those declared derogatory will be 

available for Tribal Consultation 

consistent with DOI policies and 

procedures. A list of five candidate 

replacement names for each feature was 

developed by the U.S. Geological 

Survey. The candidate replacement 

names were derived through a search of 

nearby named geographic features until 

at least five nearby names were 

available. The candidate replacement 

name will replace the derogatory 

modifier. For example, ‘‘Castle Creek’’ is 

the nearest named feature to ‘‘Squaw 

Mesa’’. The first candidate replacement 

name for the derogatory named feature 

would be ‘‘Castle Mesa’’. 

The Derogatory Geographic Names 

Task Force (Task Force) created by S.O. 

3404 will consider all comments and 

any proposed additional candidate 

replacement names received through the 

Tribal Consultation in developing a 

single recommended replacement name 

for each feature. The Board on 

Geographic Names (BGN) has received 

several proposals to rename a feature 

covered by S.O. 3404 through their 

conventional process, and these 

proposals are not yet resolved. These 

proposed names are indicated in the 

list, will be provided to the Task Force, 

and will be prioritized ahead of the 

proposed candidate replacement names 

on the list. 

Replacement names, to the extent 

possible, shall adhere to BGN 

Principles, Policies, and Procedures for 

the Domestic Names Committee. BGN 

Policy V regarding Derogatory and 

Offensive Names now applies to the 

word ‘‘Squaw’’ as it is declared 

derogatory by S.O. 3404. Replacement 

names proposed during the Tribal 

Consultation session that are in clear 

violation of an existing policy will not 

be considered by the Task Force. The 

list of all replacement names 

recommended by the Task Force will be 

submitted to the BGN Domestic Names 

Committee for final adjudication. 

The list of candidate replacement 

names under review by the Task Force 

is available at https://www.usgs.gov/usboard-on-geographic-names/so3404- 

candidate-names-list. 

Tribal Consultation sessions will be 

held virtually at the following date and 

location: 

Date Time Venue 

March 21, 2022 .... 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Mountain Time Zoom: https://doitalent.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsf-2tqjgpHeeCaeJZV8O5 

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March 22, 2022 .... 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Pacific Time ..... Zoom: https://doitalent.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-6rrTsoGWThRM-JXJn_

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March 23, 2022 .... 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Eastern Time ...... Zoom: https://doitalent.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdu-ppj0jH4KEJ2NRw 

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Authority: The authority for this 

Order is established under 43 U.S.C. 

364–364f. 

Michael Tischler, 

Director, National Geospatial Program, U.S. 

Geological Survey, Chair, DOI Derogatory 

Geographic Names Task Force. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX22EF00COM0000] 

Reconciliation of Derogatory 

Geographic Names 

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice with public comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior (DOI) is requesting public 

comment on candidate replacement 

names for geographic feature names 

recently declared derogatory by DOI 

Secretary’s Order 3404. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 25, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket Number DOI– 

2022–0001, by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: You 

may submit written comments online at 

http://www.regulations.gov by entering 

‘‘DOI–2022–0001’’ in the Search bar and 

clicking ‘‘Search’’. 

• Mail: Reconciliation of Derogatory 

Geographic Names, MS–511, U.S. 

Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Dr., Reston, VA 20192. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number. All comments received 


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