Notice2025-05225
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
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Published
March 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) has completed an inventory of human remains and 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 during an excavation immediately west of the Willamette Hotel in Salem, Oregon.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 13876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05225]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039772; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society,
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), the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) has
completed an inventory of human remains and 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 during an excavation immediately west of the Willamette Hotel
in Salem, Oregon.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Nicole Yasuhara, Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park
Avenue, Portland, OR 97205, telephone (503) 306-5238, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acc2cdcbdcdecdecc3c4df82c3decb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5cbc4c2d5d7c4e5cacdd68bcad7c2">[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
OHS, 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
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. On an unknown
date, human remains representing one individual were removed during an
excavation immediately west of the Willamette Hotel in Salem, Oregon,
possibly by George Himes, the first curator of the Oregon Historical
Society. On January 20, 1899, the individual was documented in the
accession records of the Oregon Historical Society. The ancestor
exhibits ``fronto-occipital deformation'' (frontal sloping and
flattening of the occipital consistent with intentional cranial
modification). The OHS has no knowledge or record of the presence of
any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Oregon Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains 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
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 28, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the OHS 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 OHS 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: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05225 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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