[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59370-59371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29017]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from Lake and Harney Counties, OR in 
the Control of the Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
Portland, OR

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 and 
associated funerary objects from Lake and Harney Counties, OR in the 
control of the Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
Portland, OR.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bureau of 
Land Management and Oregon State Museum of Anthropology professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe of 
Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs Reservation, and the Klamath Tribe.
    Between 1935-1937, human remains representing one individual were 
recovered from Catlow Cave, Harney County, OR during legally authorized 
excavations on BLM lands by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural 
History. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    In 1957, human remains representing five individuals were recovered 
from the vicinity of Table Rock, Lake County, OR during excavations 
without permit by Joan Oswalt. In 1960, Ms. Oswalt donated these human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Oregon State Museum. No 
known individuals were identified. The five associated funerary objects 
include a shell necklace and chipped stone tools.
    Between 1967-1969, human remains representing five individuals were 
recovered from Table Rock caves, Lake County, OR during legally 
authorized excavations by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural 
History. No known individuals were identified. The eleven associated 
funerary objects include woven matting, a winnowing tray, an obsidian 
tool, and a basketry fragment.
    In 1968, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from the vicinity of Table Rock, Lake County, OR during legally 
authorized excavations by Bureau of Land Management staff. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Morphological evidence indicates these human remains are Native 
American based on dental wear and bone condition. Based on the 
contexts, manner of internment, and associated funerary objects, the 
sites listed above have been determined to be precontact habitation 
sites. Archeological and ethnographic evidence indicates these sites 
are precontact Northern Paiute sites and burials based on continuities 
of tool and basketry styles. Oral history evidence presented by 
representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian Colony 
of Oregon during consultation supports this affiliation. Northern 
Paiute people are represented by the present day tribes of the Burns 
Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Klamath 
Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of thirteen individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
Bureau of Land Management have also determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the sixteen objects listed 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. 
Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Land Management have 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 associated funerary objects and the Burns 
Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

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of Oregon, and the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Burns Paiute Tribe of 
Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Klamath Indian Tribe of 
Oregon. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself 
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should contact Richard Hanes, Cultural Program Lead, 
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 10226, Eugene, OR 97440; telephone: 
(541) 683-6669, before December 3, 1997. Repatriation of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the culturally affiliated 
tribes may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.
    Dated: October 29, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnology Program.
[FR Doc. 97-29017 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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