[Federal Register: August 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Horner
Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Horner
Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, that meets the
definition of ``unassociated funerary object'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the cultural
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The Museum of Oregon Country, Oregon Agricultural College was
renamed the John B. Horner Museum of the Oregon Country in 1936, and
became commonly known as the Horner Museum. The Oregon Agricultural
College was renamed the Oregon State College in 1937, and became Oregon
State University in 1962. The Horner Museum closed in 1995. Currently,
cultural items from the Horner Museum are referred to as the Horner
Collection, which is owned by, and in the possession of, Oregon State
University.
The Horner Collection, Oregon State University professional staff
consulted with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation, Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Karuk Tribe of
California; Smith River Rancheria, California; and Yurok Tribe of the
Yurok Reservation, California. The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis
Reservation, Washington; Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington; Hawai`i
Island Burial Council; Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation,
Washington; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei; Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribe of Washington; Kauai[sol]Niihau Island Burial Council; Lower
Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington;
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of
the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; Maui[sol]Lanai Island Burial
Council; Molokai Island Burial Council; O'ahu Burial Committee; Office
of Hawaiian Affairs; Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz
Valley Reservation of California; Quileute Tribe of the Quileute
Reservation, Washington; Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation,
Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish
Reservation, Washington; Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish
Reservation, Washington; and Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation,
Washington were informed of the item in this claim, but did not
participate in the consultations.
At an unknown date, a trinket basket was removed from Vancouver,
Clark County, WA, probably by Mrs. J.E. Barrett. Mrs. Barrett brought
the basket to the Horner Museum in 1934 and gifted it to the Horner
Museum in 1972. The Horner Collection, Oregon State University has no
evidence the trinket basket was ever buried with any individual.
However, J.E. Barrett is known to have collected cultural items from
burials and mounds. Based on consultation and museum records, the
Horner Collection, Oregon State University has identified this cultural
item as an unassociated funerary object.
Tribal representatives have identified this basket as typical of
those found at the mouth of the Columbia River and displays
characteristics of Clatsop, Tillamook, and Chinook basketry techniques
and materials. The Clatsop, Nehalem, Tillamook, Nestucca, Neachesna
(Salmon River Tillamook), and Siletz Band of Tillamooks were all
parties to the 1855 Coast Treaty. The treaty was never ratified and the
northern Oregon coastal bands were not forced to remove to the Siletz
Reservation as stipulated in the treaty. For the most part, remaining
in their traditional territories the northern Oregon coast bands traded
and inter-married with members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Reservation, Oregon and Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon. Many of the Tillamook families at Salmon River
(within the Siletz Reservation and often having Chinook and Clatsop
ancestry) received Siletz Reservation Allotments.
Officials of the Horner Collection, Oregon State University have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the one cultural
item described above is 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 is believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual. Officials of the Horner Collection, Oregon State
University also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the unassociated funerary object and the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and Confederated Tribes
of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
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Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary object should
contact Sabah Randhawa, Executive Vice President and Provost,
President's Office, Oregon State University, 600 Kerr Administration
Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-8260, before
September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary object to
the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Horner Collection, Oregon State University is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of
Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation, Oregon; Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington; Hawai`i Island
Burial Council; Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation,
Washington; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei; Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribe of Washington; Karuk Tribe of California; Kauai[sol]Niihau Island
Burial Council; Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha
Reservation, Washington; Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon;
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of
the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; Maui[sol]Lanai Island Burial
Council; Molokai Island Burial Council; O'ahu Burial Committee; Office
of Hawaiian Affairs; Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation,
Washington; Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley
Reservation of California; Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation,
Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish
Reservation, Washington; Smith River Rancheria, California; Swinomish
Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, Washington; Tulalip Tribes of the
Tulalip Reservation, Washington; and Yurok Tribe of the Yurok
Reservation, California that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-19338 Filed 8-20-08; 8:45 am]
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