Notice2023-18495
Notice of Inventory Completion: Klamath County Museum, Klamath Falls, OR
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Published
August 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Klamath County Museum 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 Siskiyou County, CA, and Klamath County, OR.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[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: 2023-18495]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036458; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Klamath County Museum, Klamath
Falls, 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 Klamath County Museum 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 Siskiyou County, CA, and Klamath County, OR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Todd Kepple, Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street,
Klamath Falls, OR 97601, telephone (541) 882-1000, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7cad2d4c2d2cae7cccbc6cac6d3cfc4c8d2c9d3de89c8d5c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80edf5f3e5f5edc0ebece1ede1f4e8e3eff5eef4f9aeeff2e7">[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
Klamath County Museum. 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 Klamath County
Museum.
Description
All the human remains described below were collected by the Frank
and Doris Payne family and became part of their collection of artifacts
from the Upper Klamath Basin region. The Payne Collection was acquired
by a group of local businessmen around 1944, when the Paynes moved away
from Klamath Falls, and in 1965, it was transferred to the Klamath
County Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.
In April of 1938, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Lower Klamath Lake in Siskiyou County,
CA. These fragmentary human remains (designated SK-13 and SK-22) belong
to two individuals of unknown age and sex. The human remains of one of
them (SK-13) are in a mineralized state, which suggests they are
several thousand years old.
In March of 1941, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Tule Lake in Siskiyou County, CA. These
fragmentary human remains (designated SK-28B) belong to an individual
of unknown age and sex.
Sometime in 1941, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Lower Klamath Lake in Siskiyou County, CA.
These fragmentary human remains (designated SK-30) belong to an
individual of unknown age and sex.
Sometime prior to 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location. These fragmentary
human remains belong to an individual of unknown age and sex.
Sometime prior to 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Lower Klamath Lake in Siskiyou County, CA.
These fragmentary human remains belong to an individual of unknown age
and sex.
Sometime prior to 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location. These fragmentary
human remains (designated BA-76) belong to an individual of unknown age
and sex.
Sometime prior to 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location. These human remains
(designated 220g-1) consist of a mandible belonging to a mature
individual of unknown age and sex.
Sometime prior to 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location. These human remains
(designated 413-7 (1341)) consist of a pear-shaped skull fragment
belonging to an individual of unknown age and sex.
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 type of information was
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Klamath County Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
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 September 27, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Klamath County Museum 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 Klamath County Museum 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18495 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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