[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 58857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28289]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oakland 
Museum of California professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual was 
recovered from an unknown location within Siskiyou County, CA by 
person(s) unknown; and are currently in the collections of the Oakland 
Museum of California. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Based on skeletal morphology and geographic location, this 
individual has been identified as Native American of possible Modoc or 
Shasta affiliation. Historic documents, ethnographic sources, and oral 
history indicate that Klamath and Modoc peoples have occupied the area 
of south-central Oregon and northeastern California, including Siskiyou 
County, CA since precontact times.
    Basedon the above mentioned information, officials of the Oakland 
Museum of California 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 
Oakland Museum of California have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and the 
Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Klamath Indian Tribe 
of Oregon and the Modoc Tribe of Okalahoma. Representives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains should contact Ms. Carey Caldwell, Chief Curator of 
History, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 
94607-4892; telephone: (510) 238-3842, before December 1, 1999. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon 
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: October 18, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-28289 Filed 10-29-99; 8:45 am]
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