[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 213 (Monday, November 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61782-61783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24311]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032979; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Portland, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a 
written request to the BLM. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the BLM 
at the address in this notice by December 8, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Johnson, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, telephone (503) 
808-6596, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Portland, OR. The human remains were removed from an 
undisclosed location in Deschutes 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 BLM 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from an undisclosed location overlooking the Deschutes 
River in Deschutes County, OR. An unnamed family discovered the human 
remains and turned them over to the BLM without disclosing the exact 
location of the site from which the human remains were removed. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    According to the account of recovery of these human remains, the 
skeletal elements were discovered in a rockshelter along the bank of 
the Deschutes River. Rocks had fallen from the ceiling of the shelter 
and covered most of the human remains. Analyses by the Bureau of Land 
Management archeologist and authorities with the Deschutes County 
Sheriff Office determined that the skeletal remains were Native 
American and pre-European contact in date. The general location of the 
discovery is well within the ceded ancestral lands of the Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management

    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual 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 Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon.

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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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dave 
Johnson, Bureau of Land Management, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 
97204, telephone (503) 808-6596, email [email protected], by December 8, 
2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the Confederated Tribes of 
the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon may proceed.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management is 
responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 29, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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