[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11826-11827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05991]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027382; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University, NAGPRA 
Office, Corvallis, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Oregon State University, NAGPRA Office, 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 State University NAGPRA Office. 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 State University, NAGPRA Office at 
the address in this notice by April 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State University, NAGPRA Office, 
106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 telephone (541) 737-4075, 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Oregon State 
University, NAGPRA Office. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from site 35LNC50, Lincoln County, OR; an unknown 
location along the Oregon Coast; and Yaquina Bay, Lincoln 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 the 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). 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 Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 
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 Indians (previously listed as the Cow Creek Band 
of Umpqua Indians of Oregon); and Klamath Tribes were invited to 
consult but did not participate. Hereafter, all of the above Indian 
Tribes are referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, possibly in 1980, human remains representing, 
at minimum, one individual were removed from site 35LNC50, on the north 
side of Yaquina Head in Lincoln County, OR. Sometime after 2004, these 
human remains, together with one object, were found in a bag along with 
a note reading ``from 35LNC50.'' As Dr. Richard E. Ross and Sandra L. 
Snyder, both associated with the Department of Anthropology at Oregon 
State University (OSU), excavated 35LNC50 in 1980, it is believed that 
these human remains are from that excavation. No known individuals were 
identified. The one associated funerary object is a lithic flake.
    The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon, are a 
confederation of 30 bands whose ancestral territory ranged along the 
entire Oregon coast and Coast Range, inland to the main divide of the 
Cascade Range, and southward to the Rogue River watershed and included 
site 35LNC50.
    In July 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from ``Tom Creek,'' possibly located somewhere 
on the Oregon Coast according to documentation accompanying the human 
remains. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    In 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the south shore of Yaquina Bay in Lincoln County, OR. 
An OSU professor walking on the south shore of Yaquina Bay found the 
human remains and took them home. In March of 1994 he gave the human 
remains to the Department of Anthropology at

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OSU. No known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary 
object is a faunal talus bone.

Determinations Made by Oregon State University, NAGPRA Office

    Officials of Oregon State University, NAGPRA Office have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two 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 the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of 
Oregon (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 
Reservation).

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 Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State University, 
NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 telephone (541) 
737-4075, email [email protected], by April 29, 2019. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 
(previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 
Reservation) may proceed.
    Oregon State University, NAGPRA Office is responsible for notifying 
The Consulted and Notified Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-05991 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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