[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 913-914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-383]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Oregon State 
Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR

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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Oregon State Museum of 
Anthropology, Eugene, OR.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State 
Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon; the Burns Paiute 
Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; the Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; the Confederated 
Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon; and the Confederated 
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
    In 1940, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology by a person whose name is 
withheld. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Museum records note that a former museum director, L. S. Cressman, 
attributed the remains to ``Klamath Country.'' It is unknown at the 
present time whether ``Klamath Country'' refers to the Klamath people 
or to a geographic locality.
    Based on skeletal evidence, these remains are determined to be 
Native American. The reference in the museum records to ``Klamath 
Country'' suggests that the remains were removed from south-central 
Oregon or northeastern California. Historical documents, ethnographic 
sources, and oral history indicate that the Klamath-Modoc, Northern 
Paiute, and Shasta peoples have occupied these areas since precontact 
times.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Oregon 
State Museum of Anthropology 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 
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity 
that can be reasonably traced between these Native American human 
remains and the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon; the Burns Paiute Tribe 
of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of 
the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the 
Grande Ronde Community of Oregon; and the Confederated Tribes of the 
Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Klamath Indian Tribe 
of Oregon; the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of 
Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of 
Oregon; and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact C. Melvin 
Aikins, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 1224 University of Oregon, 
Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-5115, before February 7, 
2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Klamath Indian Tribe of 
Oregon; the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of 
Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of 
Oregon; and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon 
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.


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    Dated: November 14, 2001.
Robert D. Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program
[FR Doc. 02-383 Filed 1-7-02; 8:45 am]
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