Notice2024-17976
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Portland State University, Portland, OR
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Published
August 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Portland State University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65930-65931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17976]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038475; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after September 12, 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#3d535c5a4d4f5c7d4d594513585948"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="462827213634270636223e68232233">[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
Portland State University, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 71 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 63 sacred objects are stone projectile points and stone flakes that
were removed from Cascadia Cave (35-LIN-11) in Linn County, OR in 1964
by PSU under the direction of Thomas Newman, a faculty member in the
Anthropology Department. These cultural items were identified as sacred
objects during NAGPRA Summary consultations in 2023.
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The eight objects of cultural patrimony are bone and antler tools
that were removed from 35-TI-104, an archaeological site on Bayocean
Peninsula in Tillamook County, OR in 1970 by Ron Kent, a PSU master's
student in the Anthropology Department. These cultural items were
inadvertently excavated from deposits of faunal remains, and
subsequently identified as objects of cultural patrimony during NAGPRA
Summary consultations in 2022.
Determinations
Portland State University has determined that:
<bullet> The 63 sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> The eight objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of
Oregon; and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after September 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Portland State University must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Portland State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17976 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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