Notice2025-12828
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
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Published
July 10, 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 likely removed from Memaloose Island, Wasco County, Oregon by the Oregon Alpine Club (OAC).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30674-30675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12828]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040474; 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
likely removed from Memaloose Island, Wasco County, Oregon by the
Oregon Alpine Club (OAC).
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Nicole Yasuhara, Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW
Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#335d5254434152735c5b401d5c4154"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="036d6264737162436c6b702d6c7164">[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, four individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Sometime
between 1887 and 1900, the human remains were likely removed from
Memaloose Island, Wasco County, Oregon by the Oregon Alpine Club.
Sometime after 1900, the ancestors were donated to the Oregon
Historical Society. 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.
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Determinations
The Oregon Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation;
Confederated Tribes of the Warms Springs Reservation of Oregon; and the
Nez Perce Tribe.
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 and, if joined to a request
from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the Wanapum Band of Priest
Rapids, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
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 August 11, 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: June 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-12828 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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