[Federal Register: October 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 197)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from Oregon in the 
Possession of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Laboratory of 
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to repatriate 
cultural items from Oregon in the possession of the Museum of Indian 
Arts and Culture, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 
Santa Fe, NM which meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary 
object'' under Section 2 of the Act.
    The cultural items are 96 glass trade beads.
    Before 1937, these cultural items were removed from a Native 
American grave near Oregon City, OR by person(s) unknown. In 1937, 
these cultural items were donated to the Laboratory of Anthropology by 
an unknown donor. In 1947, the Laboratory of Anthropology became part 
of the Museum of New Mexico. The human remains from this burial were 
not donated to the Museum, and their disposition is unknown.
    Based on the type and condition of these cultural items, the burial 
from which they were removed has been dated to first half of the 
nineteenth century. During the nineteenth century, the area surrounding 
Oregon City, OR was inhabited by the Santiam Calapooia, the Tualatin 
Calapooia, the Clowewlla of the Tumwater, and the Northern Molalla, or 
Clackamas Chinook. In 1855, these communities were confederated and 
relocated to Grand Ronde, OR, and are now identified as the 
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Museum 
of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New 
Mexico have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these 
cultural items 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of an Native 
American individual. Officials of the Museum of Indian Arts and 
Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico have also 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
items and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of 
Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these objects should contact Patricia House, Director, Museum of Indian 
Arts and Cultures/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 
P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087; telephone: (505) 827-6344 
before November 12, 1998. Repatriation of these objects to the 
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon may begin 
after

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that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: October 1, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-27319 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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