FR Doc 03-20756
[Federal Register: August 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 157)]
[Notices]
[Page 48625-48626]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State Museum of
Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. The human remains and associated
funerary objects are from the Kawumkan Springs Midden, Klamath County,
OR.
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 within this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within
this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
In 1949, human remains representing a minimum of 19 individuals
were removed from the Kawumkan Springs Midden, Klamath County, OR,
during legally authorized excavations by University of Oregon staff
archeologists. The museum accessioned the human remains into the
collection the same year. No known individuals were identified. The
nine associated funerary objects are three pestles or atlatl weights,
two fleshers, one mano, one wolf mandible, one projectile point
foreshaft, and one stone point that may have contributed to the
associated individual's death.
Historical documents, ethnographic sources, and oral history
indicate that Klamath peoples have occupied this area of south-central
Oregon since precontact times. Based on archeological context, the 19
individuals described above were determined to be Native American, of
probable Klamath cultural affiliation.
Officials of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 19 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State Museum of
Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the nine objects described above 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. Lastly, officials
of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology 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 these Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Klamath Indian
Tribe 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 C. Melvin Aikens, Oregon State Museum
of Anthropology, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224,
telephone (541) 346-5115, before September 15, 2003. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Klamath Indian
Tribe of Oregon may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: July 2, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 03-20756 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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