[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2918-2919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01624]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027190; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, Salem, OR, and 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 and
the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants
or 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department at
the address in this notice by March 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Nancy Nelson, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Archaeologist, 725 Summer Street NE, Suite C, Salem, OR 97301,
telephone (503) 986-0578.
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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department, Salem, OR, and in the custody of the Oregon
State University, Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Oceanside
Beach State Recreation Site (35TI47) in Tillamook 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 and associated funerary objects. 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 Parks
and Recreation Department and Oregon State University, Department of
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously listed
as the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, hereafter
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes.''
The Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as the Burns Paiute Tribe
of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon); Confederated Tribes of
the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation (previously listed as the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon); Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Coquille Indian Tribe (previously
listed as the Coquille Tribe of Oregon); Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe
of Indians (previously listed as the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
of Oregon); and the Klamath Tribes were notified, but did not
participate in consultation. Hereafter, these tribes are referred to as
``The Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from 35TI47, Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site in
Tillamook County, OR, by Oregon State University. The excavation took
place at the request of the OPRD to assess the impacts of proposed park
improvements. The 20 associated funerary objects are ten olivella shell
beads; one antler or bone
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wedge; one blade; one modified bone; one non-human bone fragment; one
unidentified lithic; three projectile points; one camas bulb; and one
lot of bagged flakes, glass, shell, ecofacts, lithics, and unidentified
botanical remains.
Ethnographic records indicate that Oceanside, located on the sand
spit that defines the southern edge of Tillamook Bay, was occupied by
the Tillamook. Based on geographical, ethnographic, linguistic,
kinship, oral historical and historical evidence, a relationship of
shared group identity between the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation) and the Tillamook at Oceanside can be reasonably traced
historically. Based on geographical, ethnographic, linguistic and
historical evidence, a relationship of shared group identity between
the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the
Tillamook at Oceanside also can be reasonably traced historically.
Determinations Made by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Officials of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department 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(3)(A), the 20 objects described
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
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 associated funerary objects and The
Consulted Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Nancy Nelson, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department Archaeologist, 725 Summer Street NE, Suite C, Salem, OR
97301, telephone (503) 986-0578, by March 11, 2019. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Consulted Tribes
may proceed.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and the Invited Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: December 17, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-01624 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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