[Federal Register: December 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 242)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from near Oregon City, OR in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from near Oregon 
City, OR in the possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde of 
Oregon.
    In 1895, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from a burial site two miles outside of Oregon City, OR by Dr. M.E. 
Pierce who donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology the same year. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on cranial morphology, this individual has been determined to 
be Native American. Museum documentation records this individual to be 
``Clackamas.'' Historical documents indicate the area of Oregon City 
was part of Clackamas traditional territory during the eighteenth and 
nineteenth centuries. The attribution of such a specific cultural 
affiliation to the individual by the collector indicates that interment 
post-dates sustained contact between indigenous groups and Europeans 
beginning in the late eighteenth century. Therefore, the antiquity of 
the human remains and the occupation of the area by Clackamas people 
coincide. The Clackamas people are represented by the Confederated 
Tribes of the Grande Ronde of Oregon.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 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 
Native American human remains and the Confederated Tribes of the Grande 
Ronde of Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Grande Ronde of Oregon. Representatives of any other Indian 
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should contact Barbara Isaac, 
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; telephone: 
(617) 495-2254, before January 19, 1999. Repatriation of the human 
remains to the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde of Oregon may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: December 11, 1998.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-33448 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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