Notice2024-04987
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 Harney County, OR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16787-16788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04987]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037561; 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 Harney 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#482d262c323f2d212f083d273a2d2f2726662d2c3d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aecbc0cad4d9cbc7c9eedbc1dccbc9c1c080cbcadb">[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
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Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from Harney County, OR. The human remains were collected by
University of Oregon archeologists in July of 1938 at Roaring Springs
Cave (35HA33). The fragmentary human remains represent an adult
probable male (catalogued as 11-95), an adult probable male (catalogued
as 11-96), a 10-15 year-old individual of indeterminate sex (catalogued
as 11-97), two 2-4 year-old individuals of indeterminate sex and two
adults of indeterminate sex (all catalogued as 11-98), an adult of
indeterminate sex (catalogued as 11-99), a 10-25 year-old individual of
indeterminate sex (catalogued as 11-100), and human hair catalogued as
1-7104, 1-7815, 1-7856, 1-8108, and 1-8600. 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, historical 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 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 Burns Paiute Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
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. 2024-04987 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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