Notice2025-23338
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
December 19, 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 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59569-59570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23338]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6780; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041531; 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.
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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to 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#563338322c21333f31162339243331393878333223"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b4e454f515c4e424c6b5e44594e4c4445054e4f5e">[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 12 associated funerary objects include eight items of
worked bone, one non-human tooth, a pestle fragment, and a small string
of glass beads, and an undientifiable stone object. The fragmentary
human remains (catalogued as 11-541 and also 1-12172) are from an adult
of indeterminate age and sex. The human remains and funerary objects
were collected by a private individual in 1933 and donated to the
Museum in 1946. They are attributed to Port Orchard. While primary
accessions records attribute them to Oregon, the present town of Port
Orchard lies to the north in the state of Washington. It is
alternatively possible that the collection is from Port Orford, Oregon.
Records state that ``data were given from memory--no written records.''
While the exact nature of the burial association is unknown, the
artifacts originated at the same location and they are not inconsistent
with funerary objects. Based on these, the burial would date to proto-
historic or post Euroamerican contact times. Port Orchard, Washington
is the historic territory of Coast Salish peoples. Port Orford is the
historic territory of Kwatami 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 12 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed 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; Coquille Indian Tribe;
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Puyallup Tribe
of the Puyallup Reservation; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Squaxin Island
Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation; and the Suquamish Indian Tribe
of the Port Madison Reservation.
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 January
20, 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 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: December 3, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23338 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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