Notice2024-00131
Notice of Inventory Completion: Portland State University, Portland, OR
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Published
January 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Portland State University (PSU) 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 Clark County, WA, and Columbia County, OR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 952-953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00131]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037202; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Portland State University,
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), Portland State University (PSU) 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 Clark County, WA, and
Columbia County, OR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Reno Nims, Portland State University, Research & Graduate
Studies, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, telephone (503) 725-6611,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e000f091e1c0f2e1e0a16400b0a1b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8d6d9dfc8cad9f8c8dcc096dddccd">[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 PSU.
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 PSU.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Lady Island (45-CL-48) in Clark County, WA, by Oregon
Archaeological Society members. Radiocarbon dates from the site suggest
these individuals may have been buried between 750 cal BCE and 200 cal
CE. Unknown individuals donated the human remains to PSU at an unknown
date between 1976 and 2011. The 27 associated funerary objects are one
wood fragment, one faunal cranium, and 25 obsidian flakes.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 13 individuals were removed
from the Herzog site (45-CL-11) in Clark County, WA, in 1965 by PSU
under the direction of Thomas Newman, a faculty member in the
Anthropology Department. The 20 associated funerary objects are two
ceramic sherds, eight nails, three metal spoons, one lot of brick
fragments, two lots of wood fragments, three rocks, and one fire-
cracked rock.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from the Meier site (35-CO-5) in Columbia County, OR, between
1987 and 1991, by PSU under the direction of Ken Ames, a faculty member
in the Anthropology Department. These human remains were inadvertently
excavated from deposits of faunal remains, and subsequently identified
as human between 1991 and 1992 during faunal sorting and analysis.
Radiocarbon dates and fur trade items from the site suggest these
individuals may have been buried between 1000 cal CE and the late 1700s
CE. The 15 associated funerary objects are faunal remains.
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, archeological information,
geographical information, and historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
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consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, PSU has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 19 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 62 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 Siletz Indians of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; and the Cowlitz
Indian Tribe.
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 February 7, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, PSU 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. PSU is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00131 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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