Notice2022-27180
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
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Published
December 15, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
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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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
[FR Doc. 2022-27180 Filed 12-14-22; 8:45 am]
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