Notice2025-14797
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
August 5, 2025
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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 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 148 (Tuesday, August 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37558-37559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14797]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6397; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040769; 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
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 September 4, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Pamela Endzweig,
Director of Anthropological Collections, University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
97403-1224, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6a3a8a2bcb1a3afa186b3a9b4a3a1a9a8e8a3a2b3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbded5dfc1ccded2dcfbced4c9dedcd4d595dedfce">[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, 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 least, one individual have been
identified. The 13 associated funerary objects are one worked stone,
one stone tool, nine dentalia, one lot of sagebrush twine, and one lot
of worked sagebrush bark. The fragmentary human remains (catalogued as
11-50, Accession 100AT) are from a female adult, estimated to have been
30-35 years of age. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were transferred to the Museum by a private individual in 1936. No
information concerning direct association or provenience was found, but
``Fort Rock Cave?'' was written on the accessions record at a later
date. This is consistent with the donor's known collecting area.
According to the accessions records, the artifacts were most likely
recovered in association with the burial. Fort Rock Cave is in the
historic territory of Northern Paiute peoples.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. The human
remains (catalogued as 11-308, Accession 136) are from two adults, one
male estimated to have been 20-35 years of age and one female of
unknown age. The human remains were removed by a private individual
from the Fort Rock area of Lake County, Oregon, in 1948, and
transferred to the Museum in 1953. According to Museum records, the
remains were removed from ``Fort Rock 5 miles east of Fort Rock village
on Lake Road, then 1 mile south . . .'' The human remains were noted as
being exposed at the site. The Fort Rock area
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is in the historic territory of Northern Paiute peoples.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. The human
remains (catalogued as 11-317, Accession 222) are from an adult female
estimated to have been 30-45 years of age. The human remains were
removed in 1959 from the Fort Rock Valley of Lake County, Oregon, by a
private individual, and accessioned by the Museum in 1961. There is no
other information about this burial. The Fort Rock area is in the
historic territory of Northern Paiute peoples.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. The human
remains (catalogued as 11-413, Accession 232) are from an adult male
estimated to have been 25-45 years of age. The human remains were
removed from the Fort Rock Valley of Lake County, Oregon, and
transferred to the Museum in 1961 by a private individual. According to
Museum's accessions records, the human remains were taken from ``a
looter's spoil dirt.'' There are no associated artifacts. The exact
location of the burial is uncertain, but believed to be from Township
26 South, Range 16 East, Section 33. The Fort Rock area is in the
historic territory of Northern Paiute peoples.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 13 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 and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Burns
Paiute Tribe; 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 September
4, 2025. 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 and associated
funerary objects 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14797 Filed 8-4-25; 8:45 am]
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