[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4470]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Coos County, OR, in the Possession of the Los Angeles County 
Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Coos 
County, OR, in the possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, Los Angeles, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Los Angeles 
County Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Coquille Indian Tribe.
    In 1969, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from site 35CS3 one the north bank near the mouth of the Coquille 
River, Coos County, OR, by Mrs. Lee Hall. Mrs. Hall donated the human 
remains to the Los Angeles County Museum in 1970. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Site 35CS3 has been identified as a Lower Coquille (Miluk) village 
site occupied into the historic period based on manner of internment, 
oral history, linguistic distribution, and geographic location.. 
Accession information with this individual states the remains were 
found eroding from the riverbank near the site of an earlier University 
of Oregon excavation of the village. Consultation evidence presented by 
representatives of the Coquille Indian Tribe indicates this is a known 
village site and traditional cemetery area.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History have also 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and the Coquille Indian 
Tribe.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Confederated Tribes 
of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of 
the Siletz Reservation, and the Coquille Indian Tribe. Representatives 
of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects 
should contact Margaret Ann Hardin, Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007; 
telephone: (213) 744-3382 before March 26, 1997. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Coquille Indian Tribe may begin after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: February 13, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-4470 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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