[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 62 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16903-16904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6559]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University 
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, 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 in the control of Oregon 
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human 
remains were removed from Skagit County, WA.
    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 in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State 
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of 
Washington; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 
Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; and Swinomish Indians of 
the Swinomish Reservation, Washington.
    On unknown dates, human remains representing a minimum of two 
individuals were removed from Similk Bay and LaConner Flats, Skagit 
County, WA. The human remains were donated to the Department of 
Anthropology by Dr. T. Tillman of the Oregon State University Physical 
Education Department upon his retirement. Dr. Tillman received the 
human remains from the widow of an unknown collector between 1940 and 
1978. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The collection records state that both individuals are ``Indian,'' 
and the Department of Anthropology's physical anthropology faculty 
confirms that both skulls have cranial modification consistent with 
Native American cultural practices. According to collection records and 
tribal consultants, the human remains were removed from locations in 
the traditional and current territory of the Swinhomish Indians of the 
Swinhomish Reservation, Washington.
    Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology 
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human 
remains described above represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State 
University Department of Anthropology have also determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and the Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, 
Washington.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238 
Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before April 
30, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Swinomish Indians of 
the Swinomish Reservation, Washington may proceed after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
    Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is responsible 
for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, 
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 
Washington; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 
Washington; Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington; Hoh Indian Tribe of the 
Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington; Kalispel Indian Community of the

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Kalispel Reservation, Washington; Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the 
Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington; Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 
Reservation, Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian 
Reservation, Washington; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot 
Reservation, Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 
Reservation, Washington; Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington; Port 
Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; 
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Washington; Quileute Tribe 
of the Quileute Reservation, Washington; Quinault Tribe of the Quinault 
Reservation, Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle 
Indian Tribe of Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay 
Indian Reservation, Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 
Reservation, Washington; Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington; Spokane Tribe of 
the Spokane Reservation, Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe of the 
Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of 
Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, 
Washington; Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 
Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; and Upper Skagit 
Indian Tribe of Washington that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 5, 2008.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-6559 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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