Notice2023-03814
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
February 24, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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 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 Curry County, Oregon.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11937-11938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03814]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035384; 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
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
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and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Curry
County, Oregon.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2023.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8beee5eff1fceee2eccbfee4f9eeece4e5a5eeeffe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2878c869895878b85a2978d9087858d8ccc878697">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 1936 and 1937, human remains representing, at minimum, 33
individuals, were removed from Nateneten or NaLtene'ten, also known as
Lone Ranch Creek Shell Mound (35CU37), an Athabaskan village, burial
ground, and midden, in Curry County, OR. It is unknown when the site
was first used, but radiocarbon dates of 280<plus-minus>60 RYBP and
1010<plus-minus>80 RYBP are consistent with a late occupation, and
excavations from the 1930s report no Euroamerican items from the site.
No Euroamerican materials were found with the burials. The human
remains were removed by J. Berreman of Stanford University and later
transferred to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History. Skeletal analyses indicate that the often fragmentary and
partial human remains belong to six juveniles, 19 young adult and adult
females, seven young adult and adult males, and one adult of
indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. The 1,061
associated objects include 20 shell ornaments, 987 olivella shell
beads, three stone and clay pipes, 14 bone pendants also known as
``head scratchers,'' one net sinker, one wedge, one possible gaming
piece, 21 clam shells, three fish vertebrae, one pigment specimen, four
stone projectile points, and five other bone and shell artifacts.
In 1936 and 1937, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals, were removed from the Rainbow Rock locality (35CU37a),
about a mile south of Nateneten or NaLtene'ten, in Curry County, OR.
There is no further provenience information, which is described as
``two small shell deposits on the sloping hillside above Rainbow Rock .
. . about 100 yards from the beach.'' The human remains were removed by
J. Berreman of Stanford University and later transferred to the
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Skeletal
analyses indicate that the human remains belong to two adult males. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1952, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals,
were removed by a private party from the surface of the south bank of
the Chetco River, in Curry County, OR. There is no further provenience
information. Skeletal analyses indicate that the fragmentary human
remains represent two adults of indeterminate sex. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Historical Documents, ethnographic sources, and oral history
indicate that Chetco people have occupied this area of the southern
Oregon coast since pre-contact times. Based on archeological context
and/or skeletal evidence, the individuals described above were
determined to be Native American, of possible Chetco cultural
affiliation.
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: archeological, historical, ethnographic, and oral
traditional.
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 37 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 1,061 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; Elk Valley Rancheria, California; and the Tolowa
Dee-ni' Nation.
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 March 27, 2023. 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 and associated funerary objects 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 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: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03814 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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