[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30889]


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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 (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 Grant 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 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 Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the 
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were removed from the ``Aldrich Mtns south Dayville,'' Grant 
County, OR, by an unknown person. The human remains were donated to the 
museum by a private donor. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    The Aldrich Mountains border the upper John Day River Valley. 
Historical documents, ethnographic sources, and oral history indicate 
that the Umatilla and Northern Paiute people have occupied the upper 
John Day River Valley since precontact times. Based on skeletal 
evidence of heavy dental wear, the human remains were determined to be 
Native American. The human remains were recovered from the aboriginal 
lands of the Umatilla or Northern Paiute. Descendants of the Umatilla 
are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 
Reservation, Oregon; descendants of the Northern Paiute who used this 
area are members of the Burns Paiute Tribe and Confederated Tribes of 
the Warm Springs Reservation of 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 Burns Paiute 
Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; 
and/or Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Pamela 
Endzweig, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 1224 University of 
Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-5120, before January 
29, 2009. Repatriation of the human remains to the Burns Paiute Tribe; 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; and/or 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon may 
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 
Indian Reservation, Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 20, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-30889 Filed 12-29-08; 8:45 am]
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