Notice2024-00525
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
January 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2018. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Catron County, NM.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2248-2249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00525]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037228; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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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 amended a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2018. This notice
amends the minimum number of individuals and number of associated
funerary objects in a collection removed from Catron County, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024.
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#badfd4dec0cddfd3ddfacfd5c8dfddd5d494dfdecf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b2e252f313c2e222c0b3e24392e2c2425652e2f3e">[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 amendments and 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.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 45656-45657,
September 10, 2018). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice
of Inventory Completion has not occurred. From the SU Ranch Site, a
minimum of 10 individuals (previously reported as nine individuals)
were removed from the Tularosa River area in Catron County, NM. This
notice adds a 1-2-year-old child of unknown sex. One associated
funerary object (previously no associated funerary objects), catalogued
as 2-2937, is a Tularosa corrugated bowl.
Determinations (as amended)
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 amended notice
represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this amended notice is
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 Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma.
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 12, 2024.
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 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, Sec.
10.10, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00525 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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