Notice2025-04466
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Deschutes National Forest, Bend, OR
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Published
March 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Deschutes National Forest has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12771-12772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04466]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039530; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Deschutes National Forest, Bend, 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 Deschutes National Forest has completed
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Holly Jewkes, Forest Supervisor, Deschutes National Forest,
63095 Deschutes Market Road, Bend, OR 97701, telephone (541) 383-5512,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254d4a49495c0b4f40524e405665505641440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="60080f0c0c194e0a05170b051320151304014e070f16">[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
Deschutes National Forest, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Accession records from the University of Oregon, Museum of Natural
and Cultural History indicate in 1940 human remains were collected by a
private individual from the Fort Rock Ranger District, Deschutes
National Forest in Deschutes County, Oregon. Human remains representing
one individual have been identified. No associated funerary objects are
present. No additional acquisition history is available. Based on the
geographic location, the cultural affiliation is likely the Burns
Paiute Tribe, the Klamath Tribes, or the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs. There is no record of hazardous substances being used on or
associated with these remains.
Accession records from the University of Oregon, Museum of Natural
and Cultural History indicate in the mid-1970s human remains were
collected from the Deschutes National Forest in the general vicinity of
Sunriver, Oregon. The remains were collected by the museum during
archaeological survey and testing on the Bend Ranger District. Human
remains representing one individual have been identified. The 26
associated funerary objects include 22 pieces of flaked stone and four
pieces of groundstone. Based on the geographic location, the cultural
affiliation is likely the Burns Paiute Tribe, the Klamath Tribes, or
the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. There is no record of
hazardous substances being used on or associated with these remains.
Accession records from the University of Oregon, Museum of Natural
and Cultural History indicate human remains were collected from the
Crescent Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest in 1971. Human
remains representing two individuals have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present. Based on the geographic
location, the cultural affiliation is likely the Burns Paiute Tribe,
the Klamath Tribes, or the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. There
is no record of hazardous substances being used on or associated with
these remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location.
Determinations
The Deschutes National Forest has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There 26 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Burns Paiute Tribe;
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Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; and the
Klamath Tribes.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 18,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
Deschutes National Forest 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 Deschutes National Forest 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 10.10.
Dated: February 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04466 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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