[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16795-16796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04982]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037556; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of 
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, 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 University of Oregon Museum of Natural 
and Cultural History has completed an inventory of human remains and 
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this 
notice. The human remains were removed from Lake County, OR.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after April 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of Anthropological 
Collections, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 
History, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone 
(541) 346-5120, 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 
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. 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 University of Oregon Museum of Natural and 
Cultural History.

Description

    In 1972, fragmentary human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual, were removed from Lake County, OR. According to 
documentation accompanying the human remains, they were collected by a 
University of Oregon archeologist on September 23, 1972, at a location 
in ``the Windust area of large camp, south shore Christmas Lake.'' A 
handwritten site form by the collector referencing the same date 
indicates that this site is possibly 35LK1355, also known as the AWOL 
site. The archeologist worked at the University of Oregon Museum of 
Natural History (former designation) around this time and likely 
deposited the remains for safe-keeping. The age and sex of the human 
remains are indeterminate. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, were 
removed from Lake County, OR. At an unknown date, human remains were 
collected by an unknown collector from Christmas Valley, Lake County, 
Oregon. The human remains (catalogued as 11-517) are from an adult 
female, 50-60 years of age. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, 
were removed from Lake County, OR. Humans remains were collected from 
Fort Rock Cave (35LK1), Lake County, OR, during legally authorized 
excavations by University of Oregon archeologists. The fragmentary 
human remains were located during recent analysis of faunal materials 
from the site. There is no reference to them in archived field records 
or catalog for this unit (Square 4) and 1966 work at the site was in 
highly disturbed deposits. The age and sex of the human remains are 
indeterminate. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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 information, 
geographical information.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 
History has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.

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     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon; and the Klamath Tribes.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after April 8, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 
History must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University 
of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised 
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12, 
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal 
Register and includes the required information, the National Park 
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: February 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04982 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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