Notice2025-23012
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
December 17, 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 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 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58595-58596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23012]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6667; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041406; 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 January 16, 2026.
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#84e1eae0fef3e1ede3c4f1ebf6e1e3ebeaaae1e0f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb9e959f818c9e929cbb8e94899e9c9495d59e9f8e">[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 73 associated funerary objects are 41 glass beads, 18
bone disk beads, nine shell disk beads, one spherical bead of unknown
material, three copper buttons, and one fragment of a likely bone tool.
The fragmentary human remains consist of one child's deciduous canine.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were excavated by
University of Oregon archaeologists in 1960 at the site designated as
YA-1 in Yamhill County, Oregon, approximately five miles southwest of
the town of McMinnville. Additional human remains from the site were
repatriated to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in 1999. The
present remains and belongings were discovered during a subsequent
collections move by the Museum. The Yamhill County area is in the
historic territory of Kalapuya 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 73 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
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
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
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may occur on or after January 16, 2026. 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: November 24, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23012 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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