[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71678-71679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28007]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


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

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(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human 
remains in the possession of the University of Oregon, Oregon State 
Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR. The human remains were removed from 
an unknown site in Oregon.
    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 
Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, 
Oregon.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from an unknown site in Oregon. The human remains were donated 
to the museum by a private donor. No known individual was identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    The human remains are determined to be Native American based on 
skeletal evidence. According to museum records, the human remains are 
that of a ``Siletz Indian.'' No other documentation is available. Based 
on this information, the human remains are reasonably believed to be 
Siletz. The Siletz are represented by the Confederated Tribes of the 
Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
    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 one individual of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State Museum of 
Anthropology also 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 the Native American human remains and the Confederated 
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Pamela 
Endzweig, Director of Collections, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 
1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-
5120, before December 26, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon may proceed 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying 
the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: October 23, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-28007 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]
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