Notice2025-15962
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
August 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40845-40846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15962]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6391; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040687; 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
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dr. Pamela Endzweig, 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#15707b716f62707c7255607a6770727a7b3b707160"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabfb4bea0adbfb3bd9aafb5a8bfbdb5b4f4bfbeaf">[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. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains (catalogued as 20-1420, Accession 64) are represented by a
single adult finger bone from the surface at the Narrows of Lower
Klamath Lake, Siskiyou County, California, and were collected from
authorized University of Oregon archaeological investigations and
transferred to the Museum in 1940. The human remains were mistakenly
catalogued as a non-human faunal element when they were initially
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transferred to the Museum. The Narrows of Lower Klamath Lake are in the
historic territory of Modoc peoples.
Human remains comprising two skeletal elements and representing, at
least, two individuals have been identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. One of the elements (catalogued as 11-261,
Accession 65) is from an adult, possibly a male. The other element
(catalogued as 11-260, Accession 65), is from an adult of indeterminate
sex. It is unknown if the elements are related. The human remains were
collected at an unknown date from the Narrows of Lower Klamath Lake,
Siskiyou County, California and were transferred to the Museum by a
private individual in 1940. The Narrows of Lower Klamath Lake are in
the historic territory of Modoc peoples.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals, have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains (catalogued as 11-134, Accession 65) are from an adult
individual and a child of 4-6 years, both of indeterminate sex. The
human remains were collected at an unknown date from an unknown
location and transferred to the Museum by a private individual in 1940.
While their specific origin is not documented, archaeological
collections given by the donor (the same private individual who donated
the previous two individuals (11-260 and 11-261) are from the Klamath
Lakes region in Klamath County, Oregon, and Siskiyou County,
California, and it is likely that this origin applies to these remains
as well. The Klamath Lakes region is in the historic territory of
Klamath and Modoc 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 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> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Klamath Tribes and the Modoc Nation.
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 September 22, 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 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 and
any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 15, 2025.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15962 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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