Notice2023-10554
Notice of Inventory Completion: Wasco County/Dalles City Museum Commission, The Dalles, OR
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Published
May 18, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Wasco County/Dalles City Museum Commission 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 unknown burial sites on the banks of the Columbia River (between Washington and Oregon) of the Columbia River Plateau.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31821-31822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10554]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035859; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Wasco County/Dalles City Museum
Commission, The Dalles, 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 Wasco County/Dalles City Museum
Commission 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 unknown
burial sites on the banks of the Columbia River (between Washington and
Oregon) of the Columbia River Plateau.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Susan Buce, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum, 5000
Discovery Drive, The Dalles, OR 97058, telephone (541) 296-3202, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef8c8083838a8c9b8680819caf88809d888a8b869c8c80998a9d96c1809d88"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e0ecefefe6e0f7eaecedf0c3e4ecf1e4e6e7eaf0e0ecf5e6f1faadecf1e4">[email protected]</span></a> or Eric Gleason, Vice-President, Wasco
County/Dalles City Museum Commission, c/o Fort Dalles Museum, 500 W
15th Street, The Dalles, OR 97058, telephone (541) 296-4547, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a7c75686e7e7b76767f69776f697f6f775a7d777b737634797577"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53353c212737323f3f36203e262036263e13343e323a3f7d303c3e">[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
Wasco County/Dalles City Museum Commission. 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 Wasco County/Dalles City Museum Commission.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown burial site along the banks or islands of the Columbia
River near The Dalles, OR, and Wishram, WA. In 1971, human remains
represented by a skull with lower jaw and 14 teeth--belonging to an
adult female were donated to the Museum by Walter Kinnersley. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the banks of the Columbia River near The Dalles, OR, most
likely ``Memaloose Island.'' At an unknown date, a box containing the
human remains and associated funerary objects was donated to the Museum
by an unknown individual. The human remains represent a female of
unknown age and an individual of unknown age and sex. No known
individuals were identified. The seven associated funerary objects are
one lot consisting of cloth (with yellow, pink and green flowers), one
lot consisting of leaves, one lot consisting of soil, one lot
consisting of historic nails, one lot consisting of shells, one lot
consisting of rocks, and one lot consisting of basketry.
Native American People from both sides of the Columbia River
utilized the islands on the Columbia River bordering the present-day
states of Oregon and Washington, in the north central Columbia River
Plateau region, for burials, as well as sites located along that river.
Published ethnographic documentation indicates that this area was the
aboriginal territory of the Western Columbia River Sahaptins, Wasco,
Wishram, Yakima, Walla Walla, Umatilla, Tenino, and Skin (Daugherty
1973, Hale 1841, Hunn and French 1998, Stern 1998, French and French
1998, Mooney 1896, Murdock 1938, Ray 1936 and 1974, Spier 1936).
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: geographical and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Wasco County/Dalles City Museum Commission has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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 and Bands
of the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation; and the
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Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
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 June 20, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Wasco County/
Dalles City Museum Commission 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 Wasco County/Dalles City Museum
Commission 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: May 10, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-10554 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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