[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45540-45541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17084]


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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 Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 
Berkeley, 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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
    .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.
    An assessment of the human remains, and catalogue records and 
associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde 
Community of Oregon.
    At an unknown date before 1901, human remains representing at least 
one individual were recovered from a grave in an unknown location on 
the south bank near the mouth of the Chetco River, Chetco, Curry 
County, OR, by P.E. Goddard. Around 1901, these human remains were 
donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology by Mrs. P.A. 
Hearst. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    It is probable that this unknown location is Cidxu, an historic 
Chetco village, where Mr. Goddard is known to have excavated. The 
Athabascan inhabitants of Cidxu were removed to the reservation of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon , where 
descendants of this community continue to reside.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Phoebe 
A. Hearst 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 
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 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 Confederated

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Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains should contact C. Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA 
Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of 
California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, 
before August 8, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: May 24, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-17084 Filed 7-8-02; 8:45 am]
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