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the ethnographic literature. Descendants 

of the Southern Coast Salish speaking 

people of the Puget Sound area are 

members of the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington. 

Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology also have determined 

that, 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 human 

remains and the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Judd King, Interim 

Director of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology, University of 

California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

94720, telephone (510) 642–3682, before 

June 1, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and/or Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe 

of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 

Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of 

the Nisqually Reservation, Washington; 

Port Gamble Indian Community of the 

Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe of Washington; Skokomish 

Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 

Reservation, Washington; Squaxin 

Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island 

Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish 

Tribe of Washington; Suquamish Indian 

Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes 

of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; 

and Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of 

Washington that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Review Committee: 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a 

meeting of the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee). The 

Review Committee will meet on October 

30–31, 2009, in Sarasota, Florida. On 

October 30, the meeting will take place 

at David Cohen Hall, located in the 

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 

709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 

34236 (the Friedman Symphony Center 

is located on Van Wezel Way, a short 

street that runs between Boulevard of 

the Arts and 10th Street, one block west 

of Tamiami Trail). On October 31, the 

meeting will take place at the Hyatt 

Regency Sarasota, 1000 Boulevard of the 

Arts, Sarasota, FL 34236. 

Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 

a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. each day. A 

detailed agenda for this meeting will be 

posted on or before September 25, 2009, 

at http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include a report on National NAGPRA 

Program activities during fiscal year 

2009; activity reports from the National 

NAGPRA Program as requested by the 

Review Committee; requests for 

recommendations regarding the 

disposition of culturally unidentifiable 

human remains; requests, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(3), for reviews and 

findings of fact related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of human remains or 

other cultural items, or the return of 

such items; disputes among Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

or lineal descendants and Federal 

agencies or museums relating to the 

return of human remains or other 

cultural items, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(4); presentations by Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

museums, Federal agencies, and the 

public; and the selection of dates and a 

site for the fall 2010 meeting. 

The Review Committee will consider 

the following requests: by anyone, to 

make a presentation; by museums and 

Federal agencies, to act on an agreement 

concerning the disposition of human 

remains determined to be culturally 

unidentifiable (CUI); by Indian tribes, 

Native Hawaiian organizations, lineal 

descendants, museums, and Federal 

agencies, to review and make findings of 

fact related to the identity or cultural 

affiliation of human remains or other 

cultural items, or the return of such 

items; and by Indian tribes, Native 

Hawaiian organizations, lineal 

descendants, museums, and Federal 

agencies, to facilitate a dispute and 

make findings of fact and 

recommendations related to the 

identity, cultural affiliation, or the 

return of human remains or other 

cultural items. 

Requests to make a presentation must 

include an abstract of the presentation 

and contact information for the 

presenter(s). 

Requests to act on a CUI disposition 

agreement should be made on the form 

posted on the National NAGPRA 

Program website, and also should 

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include all the materials requested on 

the form. To access and download the 

form, go to www.nps.gov/history/ 

nagpra; then click on ‘‘Review 

Committee;’’’’ then click on 

‘‘Procedures;’’ then, under ‘‘Request by 

a Museum/Federal Agency for a CUI 

Disposition Agreement,’’ click on the 

highlighted word ‘‘form.’’ 

Requests to convene parties and hear 

a dispute, or otherwise review and make 

findings of fact related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of human remains or 

other cultural items, or the return of 

such items should include - 

a. The proposed questions for the 

Review Committee to consider. 

b. A statement of facts relevant for 

answering the questions posed. 

c. Copies of documents that are 

relevant for answering the questions 

posed. 

d. A statement of the requesting 

party’s position and reasoning for their 

position. 

e. A list of all interested parties 

known to the requesting party. 

f. A summary of the consultation 

record. 

g. The findings of fact and 

recommendations sought from the 

Review Committee. 

In addition, requests to convene 

parties and hear a dispute should 

include - 

h. A summary of previous efforts to 

resolve the dispute, including, if 

applicable, the results of alternative 

dispute resolution. 

i. A statement providing the 

requesting party’s understanding of the 

other party’s/parties’ position and 

reasoning for their position. 

The Review Committee will consider 

a request to convene parties and hear a 

dispute, or otherwise review and make 

findings of fact related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of human remains or 

other cultural items, or the return of 

such items if the request is received on 

or before June 29, 2009. The Review 

Committee will consider a request to act 

on a CUI disposition agreement if the 

request is received on or before July 29, 

2009. The Review Committee will 

consider a request to make a 

presentation if the request is received on 

or before August 29, 2009. Electronic 

submissions are preferred, and are to be 

sent to: DavidlTarler@nps.gov. Mailed 

submissions are to be sent to: 

Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA 

Review Committee, National Park 

Service, National NAGPRA Program, 

1201 Eye Street, NW, 8th Floor (2253), 

Washington, DC 20005. 

The transcript of the October Review 

Committee meeting will be available, on 

request, approximately fourteen weeks 

after the meeting. For a transcript, 

contact the Designated Federal Officer, 

at DavidlTarler@nps.gov. Information 

about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, 

and Review Committee meetings, and 

the minutes to the meetings are 

available at the National NAGPRA 

Program website, http://www.nps.gov/ 

history/nagpra/. For the Review 

Committee’s meeting procedures, click 

on ‘‘Review Committee,’’ then click on 

‘‘Procedures.’’ 

The Review Committee was 

established in Section 8 of the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 

U.S.C. 3006. Review Committee 

members are appointed by the Secretary 

of the Interior. The Review Committee 

is responsible for monitoring the 

NAGPRA inventory and identification 

process; reviewing and making findings 

related to the identity or cultural 

affiliation of cultural items, or the return 

of such items; facilitating the resolution 

of disputes; compiling an inventory of 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains that are in the possession or 

control of each Federal agency and 

museum, and recommending specific 

actions for developing a process for 

disposition of such human remains; 

consulting with Indian tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations and museums 

on matters affecting such tribes or 

organizations lying within the scope of 

work of the Committee; consulting with 

the Secretary of the Interior on the 

development of regulations to carry out 

NAGPRA; and making 

recommendations regarding future care 

of repatriated cultural items. The 

Review Committee’s work is carried out 

during the course of meetings that are 

open to the public. 

Dated: April 24, 2009. 

David Tarler, 

Designated Federal Officer, Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAN00000.L18200000.ZX0000; 9–00160– 

ILM] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Northwest 

California Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 

(FACA), the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Northwest California Resource 

Advisory Council will meet as indicated 

below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday and Friday, July 30 and 31, 

2009, at the Bureau of Land 

Management Arcata Field Office, 1695 

Heindon Rd., Arcata, California. On July 

30, the council convenes at 10 a.m. and 

departs immediately for a tour of public 

lands managed by the BLM Arcata Field 

Office. On July 31, the meeting begins 

at 8 a.m. in the Arcata Field Office 

Conference Room. Time for public 

comment is set for 11 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynda Roush, BLM Arcata Field Office 

Manager, (707) 825–2309, or BLM 

Public Affairs Officer Joseph J. Fontana, 

(530) 252–5332. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 12- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Northwest California. At 

this meeting agenda topics include 

access alternatives for the South Cow 

Mountain Recreation Area near Ukiah, 

BLM image topics and updates from the 

BLM Arcata, Redding and Ukiah field 

offices. All meetings are open to the 

public. Members of the public may 

present written comments to the 

council. Each formal council meeting 

will have time allocated for public 

comments. Depending on the number of 

persons wishing to speak, and the time 

available, the time for individual 

comments may be limited. Members of 

the public are welcome on field tours, 

but they must provide their own 

transportation and lunch. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation and other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

BLM as provided above. 

Dated: April 22, 2009. 

Joseph J. Fontana, 

Public Affairs Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9952 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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