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meeting details will be published on the 

SMAC web page at least 10 days in 

advance at https://go.usa.gov/xzkD8. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Thissell, Public Affairs Specialist, BLM 

Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 

West, Hines, Oregon 97738; telephone: 

(541) 573–4519; email: tthissell@

blm.gov. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

SMAC was established August 14, 2001, 

pursuant to the Steens Mountain 

Cooperative Management and Protection 

Act of 2000 (Steens Act) (Pub. L. 106– 

399). The SMAC provides 

recommendations to the BLM regarding 

new and unique approaches to 

management of the land within the 

bounds of the Steens Mountain 

Cooperative Management and Protection 

Area (CMPA), recommends cooperative 

programs and incentives for landscape 

management that meet human needs, 

and advises the BLM on potential 

maintenance and improvement of the 

ecological and economic integrity of the 

area. 

The SMAC’s Recreation and Visitor 

Use Subcommittee was established in 

2019 and serves to gather information, 

conduct research, and analyze 

recreation and/or visitor use issues in 

the Steens Mountain CMPA. Issues 

could relate to parking, hiking, 

motorized or non-motorized use, 

camping, access, signage, interpretation, 

restrooms/sanitation, and trail 

development and maintenance. The 

Subcommittee reviews all aspects of any 

recreation issue, formulates suggestions 

for remedy, and proposes those 

solutions to the entire SMAC for further 

discussion and possible 

recommendation to the BLM. No 

decisions are made at the subcommittee 

level. 

Agenda items for the June 9, 2022, 

virtual meeting include: A recreation 

program update; information sharing 

from the Designated Federal Official; 

reviewing alternatives for the Bridge 

Creek Allotment Management Plans 

Environmental Impact Statement; and 

an opportunity for Subcommittee 

members to share information from their 

constituents and present research. Any 

other matters that may reasonably come 

before the Subcommittee may also be 

included. 

A public comment period is available 

at 1:15 p.m. Depending on the number 

of people wishing to comment and the 

time available, the amount of time for 

oral comments may be limited. Sessions 

may end early if all business items are 

accomplished ahead of schedule or may 

be extended if discussions warrant more 

time. All meetings, including virtual 

sessions, are open to the public in their 

entirety. Written public comments may 

be sent to the BLM Burns District Office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice or emailed to tthissell@blm.gov. 

All comments received at least 1 week 

in advance of the meeting will be 

provided to the Subcommittee. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

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be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Detailed minutes for the SMAC and 

Subcommittee meetings will be 

maintained in the BLM Burns District 

Office. Minutes will also be posted to 

the SMAC’s web page at https://

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(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) 

Jeffrey Rose, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08119 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033705; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Karshner Museum and Center 

for Culture & Arts, Puyallup, WA 

[Formerly the Karshner Museum] and 

the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Karshner Museum and 

Center for Culture & Arts (Karshner 

Center) and the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, have determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of sacred objects, objects 

of cultural patrimony, or 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 the Karshner 

Center. 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 Karshner Center at the address in 

this notice by May 16, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen S. Higgins, Karshner Museum and 

Center for Culture & Arts, 309 4th Street 

NE, Puyallup, WA 98372, telephone 

(253) 841–8748, email higginsks@

puyallup.k12.wa.us. 

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 Karshner 

Museum and Center for Culture & Arts, 

Puyallup, WA, and the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC, that meet the 

definition of sacred objects, objects of 

cultural patrimony, or 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 

In or before 1930, 19 sacred objects 

were separated from the Coastal Salish 

people. The items are one spirit stick in 

the shape of a spear, one cedar bark 

dress, one cedar bark headdress, one 

glass bottle containing red ochre mixed 

with fat, one shirt, 13 bone wedges [one 

of which is currently missing], and one 

stone pipe. Dr. Warner M. Karshner 

acquired the spirit stick (1930.01.1–233) 

from an unidentified individual in La 

Connor, WA, on the Swinomish 

Reservation in Skagit County, and in 


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1930, he donated it to the Karshner 

Museum, which he had founded that 

year. Sometime between 1913 and 1930, 

Mrs. Joe Billy (nee Louise Cassimer) 

gifted the cedar bark dress (1935.01.1– 

47) to Charles L. Judd. In 1935, Mr. Judd 

sold the dress to Dr. Karshner, who in 

turn donated it to the Karshner 

Museum. Sometime between 1913 and 

1930, Mr. Judd acquired the headdress 

(1935.01.1–149) from the Coastal Salish 

First Nations Community of Saanich on 

Vancouver Island, British Columbia. 

Subsequently—most likely in 1935—Mr. 

Judd sold the cedar bark headdress to 

Dr. Karshner. In 1935, Dr. Karshner 

donated the cedar bark headdress to the 

Karshner Museum. Sometime between 

1913 and 1930, Mr. Judd acquired a 

glass bottle containing red ochre mixed 

with fat (1935.01.1–228) from an 

unidentified individual in La Connor, 

Washington, on the Swinomish 

Reservation in Skagit County. In 1935, 

Mr. Judd sold the glass bottle to Dr. 

Karshner, who in turn donated it to the 

Karshner Museum. Sometime between 

1913 and 1930, Mr. Judd acquired the 

shirt (1935.01.1–231) from an 

unidentified individual in La Connor, 

Washington, on the Swinomish 

Reservation in Skagit County. In 1935, 

Mr. Judd sold the shirt to Dr. Karshner, 

who in turn donated it to the Karshner 

Museum. Sometime between 1913 and 

1930, Mr. Judd acquired four bone 

wedges (1935.01.1–414) from an 

‘‘archaeological dig’’ at Weaverling Spit 

on Fidalgo Island, San Juan Islands, 

Skagit County. In 1935, Mr. Judd sold 

the bone wedges to Dr. Karshner, who 

in turn donated them to the Karshner 

Museum. In or before 1935, Dr. 

Karshner obtained a stone pipe bowl 

from San Juan Island, Skagit County 

(1935.01.1–492). In 1935, he donated 

the pipe bowl to the Karshner Museum. 

In 1935, Dr. Karshner acquired nine 

bone wedges (1935.01.1–493) from San 

Juan Island, Skagit County, WA, and 

donated them to the Karshner Museum. 

The 19 cultural items described above 

are used by the Coastal Salish people of 

the Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community [previously listed as 

Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish 

Reservation of Washington] in Siown 

ceremonies. 

In or before 1935, one object of 

cultural patrimony was separated from 

the Coastal Salish people. The item is a 

wild goat hair blanket (1935.01.1–237). 

Sometime between 1913 and 1930, 

Charles L. Judd acquired the blanket 

from an unidentified individual in La 

Connor, Washington, on the Swinomish 

Reservation in Skagit County. In 1935, 

Mr. Judd sold the blanket to Dr. 

Karshner, who in turn donated it to the 

Karshner Museum. 

In or before 1936, four unassociated 

funerary objects were removed from a 

grave on the Swinomish Reservation 

located in Skagit County, WA. The 

items are four worked stones 

(1936.01.1–214). In 1936, Dr. and Mrs. 

Karshner donated them to the Karshner 

Museum. 

Determinations Made by the Karshner 

Museum and Center for Culture & Arts 

and the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Officials of the Karshner Museum and 

Center for Culture & Arts and the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 19 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 one cultural item described above 

has 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(3)(B), 

the four 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 cultural items and the 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 

[previously listed as Swinomish Indians 

of the Swinomish Reservation of 

Washington]. 

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 

Karen S. Higgins, Karshner Museum and 

Center for Culture & Arts, 309 4th Street 

NE, Puyallup, WA 98372, telephone 

(253) 841–8748, email higginsks@

puyallup.k12.wa.us, by May 16, 2022. 

After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects, object of 

cultural patrimony, and unassociated 

funerary objects to the Swinomish 

Indian Tribal Community [previously 

listed as Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation of Washington] 

may proceed. 

The Karshner Museum and Center for 

Culture & Arts and the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 

are responsible for notifying the 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 

[previously listed as Swinomish Indians 

of the Swinomish Reservation of 

Washington] that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 7, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033703; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Channel Islands National 

Park, Ventura, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Channel 

Islands National Park has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains 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 

human remains should submit a written 

request to Channel Islands National 

Park. If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains 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 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Channel Islands National 

Park at the address in this notice by May 

16, 2022. 


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