[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48625-48626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20756]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State Museum of 
Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects in the possession of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects are from the Kawumkan Springs Midden, Klamath County, 
OR.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
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.
    In 1949, human remains representing a minimum of 19 individuals 
were removed from the Kawumkan Springs Midden, Klamath County, OR, 
during legally authorized excavations by University of Oregon staff 
archeologists. The museum accessioned the human remains into the 
collection the same year. No known individuals were identified. The 
nine associated funerary objects are three pestles or atlatl weights, 
two fleshers, one mano, one wolf mandible, one projectile point 
foreshaft, and one stone point that may have contributed to the 
associated individual's death.
    Historical documents, ethnographic sources, and oral history 
indicate that Klamath peoples have occupied this area of south-central 
Oregon since precontact times. Based on archeological context, the 19 
individuals described above were determined to be Native American, of 
probable Klamath cultural affiliation.
    Officials of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above represent the physical remains of 19 individuals of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State Museum of 
Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 
(3)(A), the nine objects described 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 Oregon State Museum of Anthropology have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects 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 C. Melvin Aikens, Oregon State Museum 
of Anthropology, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, 
telephone (541) 346-5115, before September 15, 2003. Repatriation of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Klamath Indian 
Tribe of Oregon may proceed after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.
    The Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon that this notice has been 
published.


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    Dated: July 2, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 03-20756 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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