Notice2024-04982
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
March 8, 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 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 Lake County, OR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16795-16796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04982]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037556; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, 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 University of Oregon Museum of Natural
and Cultural History 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 Lake County, OR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 8, 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#91f4fff5ebe6f4f8f6d1e4fee3f4f6feffbff4f5e4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="65000b011f12000c0225100a1700020a0b4b000110">[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 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.
Description
In 1972, fragmentary human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were removed from Lake County, OR. According to
documentation accompanying the human remains, they were collected by a
University of Oregon archeologist on September 23, 1972, at a location
in ``the Windust area of large camp, south shore Christmas Lake.'' A
handwritten site form by the collector referencing the same date
indicates that this site is possibly 35LK1355, also known as the AWOL
site. The archeologist worked at the University of Oregon Museum of
Natural History (former designation) around this time and likely
deposited the remains for safe-keeping. The age and sex of the human
remains are indeterminate. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, were
removed from Lake County, OR. At an unknown date, human remains were
collected by an unknown collector from Christmas Valley, Lake County,
Oregon. The human remains (catalogued as 11-517) are from an adult
female, 50-60 years of age. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual,
were removed from Lake County, OR. Humans remains were collected from
Fort Rock Cave (35LK1), Lake County, OR, during legally authorized
excavations by University of Oregon archeologists. The fragmentary
human remains were located during recent analysis of faunal materials
from the site. There is no reference to them in archived field records
or catalog for this unit (Square 4) and 1966 work at the site was in
highly disturbed deposits. The age and sex of the human remains are
indeterminate. No associated funerary objects are present.
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 types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological information,
geographical information.
Determinations
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 notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
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<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; 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 April 8, 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 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.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04982 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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