[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 389-390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28920]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037165; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Health & Science 
University, 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 Health & Science University 
(OHSU) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined 
that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any 
Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from an unknown geographic 
location in Oregon or Washington.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after February 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Alice Cuprill Comas, Oregon Health & Science University, 
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239, telephone (503) 494-
5222, 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 
OHSU. 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 OHSU.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from an unknown geographic location or locations, believed to 
be in Oregon or Washington. On an unknown date, the human remains (MMC-
2008-16.1.6[3]; MMC-2008-16.1.6[5]) came to the OHSU, where they became 
a part of the Medical Museum Collection. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from an unknown geographic location, believed to be in Oregon or 
Washington. On an unknown date, the human remains (teeth) (SOD-
2010.281.17) were removed from an unknown patient of Dr. Ernest Starr, 
Interim Dean of the University of Oregon Dental School from 1944 to 
1946, or one of his colleagues. The University of Oregon Dental School 
then became the OHSU. On an unknown date, the human remains were 
transferred to the Oregon Health & Science University School of 
Dentistry, where they became part of what was called the ``Ernest E. 
Starr Memorial Museum of Dental Anomalies.'' No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were 
removed from an unknown geographic location or locations, believed to 
be in Oregon or Washington. On an unknown date, the human remains (SOD-
2010-2.281.17[5]; SOD-2010-2.281.17[9]; SOD-2010-2.281.17[10]; SOD-
2010-2.281.17[1]) were transferred to the School of Dentistry at Oregon 
Health & Science University, where they were used for teaching 
purposes. The School of Dentistry changed buildings in 2011 or 2012. 
Based on institutional knowledge, the 2010 catalog numbers that include 
``SOD'' were likely assigned in anticipation of that move, when the 
School of Dentistry collections were moved to the OHSU Archives. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic 
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more 
Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the 
aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission, the 
United States Court of Claims, a treaty, an Act of Congress, an 
Executive Order, and other information, such as expert testimony.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the OHSU has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens 
Valley; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Burns Paiute 
Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the 
Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Coeur D'Alene Tribe; Confederated 
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of Siletz 
Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation; 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; 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; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon; Coquille Indian Tribe; Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of 
Indians; Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the 
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian 
Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort 
Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort 
Independence Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and 
Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and 
Oregon; Hoh Indian Tribe; Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Kaibab Band of 
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kalispel 
Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation; Klamath Tribes; Las Vegas 
Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone 
Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock 
Indian Colony, Nevada; Lower Elwha Tribal Community; Lummi Tribe of the 
Lummi Reservation; Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation; 
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, 
Nevada; Modoc Nation; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Nez Perce Tribe; 
Nisqually Indian Tribe; Nooksack Indian Tribe; Northwestern Band of the 
Shoshone Nation; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, 
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of 
Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the 
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; 
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 
of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Quartz Valley Indian Community 
of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California; Quileute Tribe of the 
Quileute Reservation; Quinault Indian Nation; Reno-Sparks Indian

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Colony, Nevada; Samish Indian Nation; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of 
Arizona; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the 
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 
Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation, Nevada; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Snoqualmie Indian Tribe; 
Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation; Squaxin Island Tribe of the 
Squaxin Island Reservation; Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of 
Washington; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Suquamish Indian Tribe 
of the Port Madison Reservation; Susanville Indian Rancheria, 
California; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Te-Moak Tribe of Western 
Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain 
Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells Band); Timbisha Shoshone 
Tribe; Tulalip Tribes of Washington; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission 
Indians of California; Upper Skagit Indian Tribe; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute 
Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute 
Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca Indian Colony 
of Nevada; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell 
Ranch, Nevada; and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, 
Nevada.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after February 2, 2024. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, the OHSU must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The OHSU is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the Indian Tribes 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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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