[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43714-43715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18356]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Oregon State University Department of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology at the address below by
August 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-
4515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology,
Corvallis, OR. The human remains were removed from the mouth of the
Sandy River, Multnomah 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with a Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
archeologist, and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. The Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes
of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes
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of the Siletz Indians of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Cow Creek
Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon; and Klamath Tribes, Oregon, were
notified, but did not participate in consultations about the human
remains described in this notice.
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1970s, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from somewhere near the mouth of the Sandy
River, in Multnomah County, OR. The human remains were removed due to
illegal pot-hunting activities. The human remains were subsequently
given to the university, but specific provenience information was not
provided. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Ethnographic records suggest the mouth of the Sandy River, where it
meets the Columbia River, was occupied by Chinookan peoples. The
Chinookan peoples occupied a vast area for hunting, fishing, and trade
that was ``south of the Columbia from the cascades to the mouth of the
Willamette'' (Berreman, 1937). The Sandy River is within this vast
area. The human remains described above are believed to have been
removed from this area, which is within or near the traditional lands
of the Chinookan peoples whose descendants are members of the present-
day Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
includes numerous bands from western Oregon, as well as some
communities from extreme southwestern Washington and northern
California. These communities and bands are the Clackamas Chinook,
Multnomah Chinook, Clatsop Chinook, Willapa Chinook, Lower Chinook
Proper, Nehalem, Salmon River, Tillamook, Nestucca, Kathlamet or
Wahkiakum Chinook, Skilloot, Clatskanie, Clowewalla of the Tumwater,
Cascades or Mehetatate of the Tumwater, Tualatin Calapooia, Yamhill
Calapooia, Pudding River or Ahantchuyak Calapooia, Santiam Calapooia,
Che-lucke-mute or Luckiamute Calapooia, Chelamelah or Long Tom
Calapooia, Winefelly, Chemapho or Muddy Creek Calapooia, Chepenefa or
Marys River Calapooia, Tsankupi or Tecopa Calapooia, Mohawk or Chefan
Calapooia, Yoncalla, Northern Molalla, Southern Molalla, Latgawa or
Upper Takelma, Rogue River, Upper Umpqua, and Northern Shasta. At the
time of contact, the individual groups spoke 30 dialects of the
Athapascan, Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Takelman, Molalan, Sahaptin,
Salishan, and Shastan language families. In 1856-1857, the U.S.
Government forcibly relocated the Grand Ronde peoples to the Grand
Ronde Reservation, located at the headwaters of the South Yamhill River
in Yamhill and Polk Counties, OR. The last additions to the Grand Ronde
came onto the reservation in the 1870s. The Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon were first incorporated in 1935,
terminated from Federal recognition in 1954, and restored to recognized
status in 1983.
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
are composed of the Wasco Tribe, the Warm Springs Tribes, and groups of
Northern Paiutes. The Wasco Tribe, made up of the Dalles and Dog River
bands, occupied the lower Columbia River area and belong to the
Chinookan language group. The Warm Springs Tribes, composed of the
Upper Deschutes (Tygh), Lower Deschutes (Wyam), Tenino and John Day
(Dock-spus) bands, lived on the Deschutes and John Day Rivers, as well
as up river of the Wasco Tribe on the Columbia River. The Northern
Paiutes were forcibly moved onto the Warm Springs Reservation in 1879
and 1884, but originally had roamed a large territory that included
parts of the Deschutes and John Day River Valleys, as well as high
desert territories to the east and south of the reservation. In 1855,
the Warm Springs and Wasco Tribes entered into a treaty with the United
States of America, ceding more than 10 million acres of land. In 1938,
the Warm Springs, Wasco and Northern Paiute Tribes formed a
confederacy.
Determinations Made by the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology
Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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 Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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) 737-3850, before
August 22, 2011. Repatriation of the human remains to the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Indians of Oregon; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe,
Idaho, that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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