11092 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2022 / Notices 

Thierry Gentis, Curator, Haffenreffer 

Museum of Anthropology, Brown 

University, 300 Tower Street, Bristol, RI 

02889, telephone (401) 863–5702, email 

thierry_gentis@brown.edu, by March 30, 

2022. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of these objects of cultural 

patrimony to the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin may proceed. 

The Haffenreffer Museum of 

Anthropology, Brown University is 

responsible for notifying the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 16, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04110 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033435; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, 

PA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Bryn Mawr College, 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 unassociated funerary 

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 Bryn Mawr 

College. 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 

Bryn Mawr College at the address in this 

notice by March 30, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College, 

101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 

19010, telephone (610) 526–5022, email 

mweldon@brynmawr.edu. 

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 Bryn Mawr 

College, Bryn Mawr, PA, 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. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

On an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from the Yazoo 

River region of Mississippi. William 

Sansom Vaux bequeathed a collection to 

the Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) 

upon his death in 1882. That collection 

included the two cultural items. ANS 

accessioned them on June 27, 1912. In 

1961, ANS loaned approximately 3,000 

items to Bryn Mawr College, including 

the cultural items. In 1997, the ANS 

board voted to transfer control of the 

items to Bryn Mawr College and in 

1998, ANS executed the transfer. The 

two unassociated funerary objects are 

one effigy pipe and one bowl. 

Based on geographical and historical 

information provided by The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma, the effigy pipe and 

bowl are culturally affiliated with The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The 

geographical and historical evidence 

includes the 1820 Treaty of Doak’s 

Stand, whereby The Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma ceded lands in the Yazoo 

River region to the United States. 

Determinations Made by Bryn Mawr 

College 

Officials of Bryn Mawr College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the two cultural items described above 

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 a Native American 

individual. 

• 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 

objects and The Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma. 

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 

Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College, 

101 N Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 

19010, telephone (610) 526–5022, email 

mweldon@brynmawr.edu, by March 30, 

2022. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the unassociated funerary 

objects to The Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

Bryn Mawr College is responsible for 

notifying the Cherokee Nation; 

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; The Chickasaw 

Nation; The Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 16, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04108 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033438; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Fowler Museum at the 

University of California Los Angeles, 

Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at the 

University of California Los Angeles 

(Fowler Museum at UCLA), 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 and 

objects of cultural patrimony. 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 

Fowler Museum at UCLA. 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. 


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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 Fowler Museum at UCLA at the 

address in this notice by March 30, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864, email wteeter@

arts.ucla.edu. 

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 Fowler 

Museum at the University of California 

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, that meet 

both the definition of sacred objects and 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony 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 1981, Steven and Susan Nelson 

gifted two Navajo medicine bundles 

(X81.197 and X81.196) to the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, and in 1984, they 

gifted a suitcase of Navajo Yei ceremony 

dance regalia (X84.224) to the Museum. 

The two medicine bundles and one set 

of dance regalia are both sacred objects 

and objects of cultural patrimony. 

The Navajo medicine bundles and 

dance regalia are used in current 

traditional religious ceremonial 

practice. These items are significant to 

the Navajo people, and they are 

considered both ‘‘sacred objects’’ and 

‘‘objects of cultural patrimony’’ due to 

their having ongoing historical, 

traditional, and cultural importance 

central to Navajo (Dine ́) culture, 

spirituality, and religion. 

Determinations Made by the Fowler 

Museum at the University of California 

Los Angeles 

Officials of the Fowler Museum at the 

University of California Los Angeles 

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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the three cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• 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 objects 

of cultural patrimony and the Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah. 

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 

Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864, email wteeter@

arts.ucla.edu, by March 30, 2022. After 

that date, if no additional claimants 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the sacred objects and objects of 

cultural patrimony to the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah may 

proceed. 

The Fowler Museum at the University 

of California Los Angeles is responsible 

for notifying the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 16, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR02800000, 22XR0680A1, 

RX.17868949.0000000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Hold Public Scoping Meetings on the 

2021 Endangered Species Act 

Reinitiation of Section 7 Consultation 

on the Long-Term Operation of the 

Central Valley Project and State Water 

Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for analyzing 

potential modifications to the LongTerm Operation of the Central Valley 

Project (CVP) and the State Water 

Project (SWP). The authorized purposes 

of the CVP include, first, river 

regulation, improvement of navigation 

and flood control; second, irrigation and 

domestic uses and fish and wildlife 

mitigation, protection and restoration; 

and third, power and fish and wildlife 

enhancement. Reclamation is seeking 

suggestions and information on the 

alternatives and topics to be addressed 

and other important issues related to 

multi-year operations of the CVP and 

SWP. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

scope of the EIS on or before March 30, 

2022. 

Reclamation will hold virtual public 

scoping meetings at the following dates 

and times. The virtual public scoping 

meetings are identified geographically; 

however, virtual attendance is open at 

all meetings. Comments during the 

scoping meetings will be recorded. If 

you do not wish to be recorded, you 

may submit written comments to the 

mailing address or email address below 

1. Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 2 p.m. to 

4 p.m., Sacramento, CA, virtual meeting. 

2. Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 5:30 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Red Bluff, CA, virtual 

meeting. 

3. Thursday, March 10, 2022, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Fresno, CA, virtual meeting. 

4. Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 5:306 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Los Banos, CA, virtual 

meeting. 

5. Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Tracy, CA, virtual meeting. 

6. Thursday, March 17, 2022, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Chico, CA, virtual meeting. 

Information on participation will be 

posted at www.usbr.gov/mp/bdo by the 

day prior to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Send written scoping 

comments, requests to be added to the 

mailing list, or requests for other special 

assistance needs to Cindy Meyer, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Bay-Delta 

Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, 

Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; or by 

email to sha-MPR-BDO@usbr.gov. 

To attend the virtual meetings, please 

go to www.usbr.gov/mp/bdo to find the 

web links to specific meetings dates. 


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