[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29926-29927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13738]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23414; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Deschutes National Forest, Bend, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Deschutes 
National Forest has completed an inventory of human remains, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and any present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request to the Deschutes National Forest. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to 
the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this 
notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Deschutes 
National Forest at the address in this notice by July 31, 2017.

ADDRESSES: John Allen, Deschutes National Forest, 63095 Deschutes 
Market Road, Bend, OR 97701, telephone (541) 383-5512, email 
[email protected].

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 under 
the control of the Deschutes National Forest, Bend, OR. The human 
remains were removed from Federal lands in central Oregon.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 the 
Deschutes National Forest professional staff, with assistance by the 
University of Oregon, Department of Anthropology, in consultation with 
representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the 
Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon), 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and 
Klamath Tribes.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1989, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from individual homes of persons arrested for violations 
of the Archeological Resource Protection Act. The three individuals 
were apprehended while looting an archeological site on the Deschutes 
National Forest. Pre-contact human remains were discovered during a 
search of the individuals' residences. The Deschutes National Forest is 
unable to determine the exact provenience of the human remains, other 
than their origination from Federal lands in central Oregon. The human 
remains remained in possession of Federal law enforcement until 1997, 
when they were returned to the Deschutes National Forest. In 2009, the 
Deschutes National

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Forest contracted with Dr. Robert Pastor at the University of Oregon 
for the purpose of determining the number of individuals represented in 
the collection. Dr. Pastor determined that the set of human remains was 
comprised of three individuals. Individual 1 is identified as an adult 
male approximately 35-49 years of age, and of Amerindian ancestry. 
Individual 2 is identified as a young adult female between 15 and 19 
years of age and of Amerindian ancestry. Individual 3 is identified as 
a juvenile of between 6 and 10 years of age and of Amerindian ancestry. 
No known individuals were identified. There are no associated funerary 
objects associated with the three individuals.

Determinations Made by the Deschutes National Forest

    Officials of the Deschutes National Forest have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the analysis performed by 
the University of Oregon Department of Anthropology.
     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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Burns Paiute Tribe of 
the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon), Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and Klamath Tribes.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of the Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon), 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and 
Klamath Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as 
the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon), 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and 
Klamath Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to John Allen, Deschutes National Forest, 
63095 Deschutes Market Road, Bend, OR 97701, telephone (541) 383-5512, 
email [email protected], by July 31, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Burns 
Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon), Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and Klamath Tribes 
may proceed.
    The Deschutes National Forest is responsible for notifying the 
Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Burns Paiute Tribe of the 
Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon), Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Reservation of Oregon, and Klamath Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: May 16, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-13738 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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