[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16796-16797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04983]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037557; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon 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 Tillamook 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 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from Netarts Bays sand spit (35Ti1A), in Tillamook County, 
OR. They were collected during legally authorized excavations by 
University of Oregon archeologists and accessioned under Accession 
Number 163. The human remains are isolates collected in fill from units 
7-8x/6-8y (cat.# B1437), 7-8x/8-10y (no cat.#), and 7-9x/4-6y (cat.# 
B1438), likely associated with House 12. They were found in the 
Museum's collections during study of non-human faunal remains from the 
site. The human remains represent one adult, possibly male, 40-45 years 
old. No associated funerary objects are present.
    According to published materials, most radiocarbon dates indicate 
that houses at 35Ti1A were in use for at least several hundred years, 
from ca. 1400-1800 CE.

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 information, geographical information, 
historical 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the 
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.

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

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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. 2024-04983 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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