Notice2024-00132
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 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 Columbia County, OR, and Cowlitz County, WA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 953-954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00132]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037203; 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 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 Columbia County, OR, and Cowlitz County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains 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#5b353a3c2b293a1b2b3f23753e3f2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0cec1c7d0d2c1e0d0c4d88ec5c4d5">[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 the Trojan site (35-CO-1) in Columbia County, OR, between
1968 and 1970 by members of the Oregon Archaeological Society.
Excavated human remains were taken to PSU for osteological analysis.
Radiocarbon dates and fur trade items from the site suggest these
individuals may have been buried between 600 cal CE and the early 1800s
CE. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from the Abernathy Creek site (45-CW-2) in Cowlitz County, WA,
sometime before 1940, by Sanford Lord. In 1960, Sanford Lord donated
these human remains to the Cowlitz County Historical Museum along with
the bulk of his collection of Native American objects. On May 4, 1998,
the director of the Cowlitz County Historical Museum, David Freece,
transferred these human remains to PSU. No associated funerary objects
are present.
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
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 seven 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 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 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, and, if joined to a request
from one or more of the Indian Tribes, Chinook Indian Nation, a non-
federally recognized Indian group.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows,
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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 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 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.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00132 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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