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and local agencies, along with Tribes 

and other stakeholders who may be 

interested in or affected by the proposed 

action that the BLM is evaluating, are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process and, if eligible, may request or 

be requested by the BLM to participate 

in the development of the EA as a 

Cooperating Agency. 

The BLM will provide a public 

comment period for the Draft RMP 

Amendment(s)/EA. The BLM will 

continue to work collaboratively with 

interested parties to identify the 

amendments and selected route that are 

best suited to local, regional, and 

national needs and concerns. 

The BLM used an interdisciplinary 

approach to select an alternative from 

the Supplemental EIS to respond to the 

ROW application, and will continue this 

approach in reconsidering the January 

19, 2017, Decision. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Timothy M. Murphy, 

BLM Idaho State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023877; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 

NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Brooklyn Museum, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribe, has determined that the 

cultural item listed in this notice meets 

the definition of sacred object and object 

of cultural patrimony. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim this cultural item 

should submit a written request to the 

Brooklyn Museum. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural item to the Indian 

Tribe stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim this cultural item should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the claim to the Brooklyn 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. 

Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the 

Americas, Brooklyn Museum, 200 

Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, 

telephone (718) 501–6283, 

nancy.rosoff@brooklynmuseum.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 a 

cultural item under the control of the 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, that 

meets the definition of sacred object and 

object 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 that has control of the 

Native American cultural item. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item 

On August 7, 1905, Stewart Culin, the 

Brooklyn Museum’s Curator of 

Ethnology (1903–1929) purchased a 

woman’s dance skirt from Brouse 

Brizard in Arcata, Humboldt County, 

CA. Culin purchased the skirt at 

Brizard’s home, not in his Arcata store. 

Following Culin’s purchase of the skirt, 

it was brought to the Brooklyn Museum 

where it was accessioned as Hupa and 

given the accession number 

06.331.7923. This woman’s dance skirt 

has been identified as Wiyot and as a 

sacred object and object of cultural 

patrimony. 

Museum records and information 

provided during consultation with 

Wiyot representatives indicate that the 

skirt is culturally affiliated with the 

Wiyot Tribe of northwestern California. 

The skirt is identified as Wiyot based 

upon its physical appearance and 

construction. It is made of deer hide and 

adorned with abalone shell, clam shell, 

copper, bear grass, maidenhair fern, iris 

fibers, and glass beads. While most 

abalone shell is a dull grey or white on 

the outside, the cut shell pieces on the 

Brooklyn Museum skirt are red, which 

means that they are from red abalone, an 

identification that relates to the Wiyot 

story of Abalone Woman, whose drops 

of blood created the red-shelled abalone. 

The story explains why red abalone is 

only found along the shores of Wiyot 

territory, and therefore is used in the 

making of Wiyot regalia. 

Tribal representatives also identified 

the skirt as a ceremonial garment worn 

by Wiyot women during the Brush 

Dance, which is held during the annual 

World Renewal Ceremony in winter or 

early spring. As such, it is considered 

sacred, and an inalienable ceremonial 

object, which was obtained without the 

consent of an appropriate Wiyot 

authority. The Wiyot maintain that 

Brouse Brizard was not the rightful 

owner of the garment because Wiyot law 

prohibits the sale of ceremonial items. 

The circumstances in which sacred 

and ceremonial objects were separated 

from the Wiyot people can be explained 

by their history. In 1860, Wiyot life in 

their traditional homeland was violently 

interrupted by the nighttime massacre of 

as many as 250 women, children and 

elders, probably by gold prospectors. 

The massacre resulted in survivors 

fleeing Wiyot territory and ultimately 

seeking protection among their Hupa 

and Yurok neighbors. During a lengthy 

period when the Wiyot were refugees, 

ceremonial life was curtailed. In 1981, 

the Wiyot Tribe received federal 

recognition and, in 1991, they were 

moved to the Table Bluff Reservation. 

Slowly they have been buying back 

lands that were originally part of their 

traditional territory. Today the Wiyot 

Tribe has approximately 650 enrolled 

members. It has a language 

revitalization program, and an active 

repatriation program to bring cultural 

heritage objects back home. In 2014, 

after the industrial contamination of 

their sacred site on Indian Island was 

cleaned up, the Wiyot held their first 

World Renewal Ceremonial in over 150 

years. 

Determinations Made by the Brooklyn 

Museum 

Officials of the Brooklyn Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the one cultural item described above is 

a specific ceremonial object 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. 


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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred object and object of 

cultural patrimony and the Wiyot Tribe, 

California (previously listed as the Table 

Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe not identified in this 

notice that wish to claim this cultural 

item should submit a written request 

with information in support of the claim 

to Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon 

Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas, 

Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern 

Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, 

telephone (718) 501–6283, 

nancy.rosoff@brooklynmuseum.org, by 

September 27, 2017. After that date, if 

no additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the sacred 

object and object of cultural patrimony 

to the Wiyot Tribe, California 

(previously listed as the Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) may proceed. 

The Brooklyn Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Wiyot Tribe, California 

(previously listed as the Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 26, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23693; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 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 Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science. 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 Denver Museum of Nature & Science 

at the address in this notice by 

September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Chip Colwell, Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 

Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, 

telephone (303) 370–6378, email 

chip.colwell@dmns.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 Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, 

CO, that meet the definition of sacred 

objects and 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 

Item(s) 

Prior to 1964, 10 cultural items were 

removed from The Pueblo of Acoma in 

Cibola County, NM. The 10 sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony include one Katsina 

Uuwaa’ka (AC.6501), collected by Byron 

Harvey III, a great grandson of Fred 

Harvey; one Katsina Uuwaa’ka 

(AC.7696), collected by the Taos Book 

Shop; one Katsina Uuwaa’ka (AC.4820), 

collected by William S. Dutton of La 

Posada Gift Shop; one ceremonial pot 

(AC.118), used to keep ceremonial paint 

and to collect rain water to make 

ceremonial medicine for curing 

ceremonies, collected by Erich Kohlberg 

of Kohlberg’s Antiques and Indian Arts; 

two ceremonial pots (AC.2278 and 

AC.2279), used in kivas for ceremony, 

collected by Julius Gans, of Southwest 

Arts and Crafts in Santa Fe, NM; and 

four prayer sticks (AC.4809A, 

AC.4809C, AC4809D, and AC.4809E), 

collected by William S. Dutton of La 

Posada Gift Shop. All of the cultural 

objects were purchase by Mary and 

Francis Crane between 1954 and 1964. 

The Cranes then donated nine of the 

items to DMNS on May 27, 1983. The 

ceremonial pot (AC.118) was donated to 

DMNS in November of 1972. 

Cultural affiliation was established 

through documentation, consultation, 

and notification procedures undertaken 

by Damian Garcia and Aaron Sims, and 

corroborated by the DMNS’s accession 

documentation, showing cultural 

affiliation with the Pueblo of Acoma. 

Determinations Made by the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science 

Officials of the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 10 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 10 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 Pueblo of 

Acoma. 

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 

Chip Colwell, Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado 

Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, 

telephone (303) 370–6378, email 

chip.colwell@dmns.org, by September 

27, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony to the Pueblo of Acoma may 

proceed. 

The Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science is responsible for notifying the 

Pueblo of Acoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 5, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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