[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 76641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27180]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035006; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society, 
Portland, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Lincoln County, OR.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Nicole Yasuhara, Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park 
Avenue, Portland, OR 97205, telephone (503) 306-5238, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
OHS. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the OHS.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Lincoln County, OR. Based on newspaper reporting and first-hand 
accounts, in January of 1972, David Berry, Laura [Berry] Bernard, and 
George Thompson uncovered and removed skeletal remains and associated 
funerary objects from the Oregon Coast, near the mouth of the Salmon 
River, south of Cascade Head, in Lincoln County. Shortly afterward, the 
collection was transferred to the OHS for identification, and it 
remained at the OHS--neither accessioned nor catalogued--until its 
discovery in 2018. No known individual was identified. The eight 
associated funerary objects are one pipe bowl featuring figure of 
mustached, turbaned male head; one 10'' rusted blade, detached from 
handle; one wooden handle, likely associated with blade; one lot of 
buttons (three black, two large white, and five small white); one lot 
of ceramics (including one mostly intact dish, five larger pieces 
comprised of several sherds glued together, and 27 sherds); one small, 
clear glass fragment; one lot of arrowhead and arrowhead fragments; and 
one lot of various materials (includes several small bags of various 
materials (possibly sand, rocks, wood, etc.)).

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: anthropological, archeological, geographical, historical, 
and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the OHS has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The eight 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 
Indians of Oregon (previously listed as Confederated Tribes of the 
Siletz Reservation).

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 17, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the OHS must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The OHS is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: December 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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