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FR Doc 05-10801
[Federal Register: June 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 104)]
[Notices]
[Page 31528-31529]
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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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (museum that has control of the
cultural items), determined that the physical remains of nine
individuals of Native American ancestry and four associated funerary
objects in the museum's collections, described below in Information
about cultural items, are culturally affiliated with 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; and Coquille
Tribe of Oregon.
The National Park Service publishes this notice on behalf of the
museum as part of the National Park Service's administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The museum is solely responsible for
information and determinations stated in this notice. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the museum's determinations.
Information about NAGPRA is available online at http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra
.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items to the Indian tribes listed
above in Summary may proceed after July 1, 2005 if no additional
claimants come forward. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the cultural items
should contact the museum before July 1, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority. 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. and 43 CFR
Part 10.
Contact. Contact C. Melvin Aikens, Oregon State Museum of
Anthropology, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224,
telephone (541) 346-5115, regarding determinations stated in this
notice or to claim the cultural items described in this notice.
Consultation. The museum identified the cultural items and the
cultural affiliation of the cultural items in consultation 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; and Coquille Tribe of Oregon.
Information about cultural items. At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one individual were removed from the "Coos
Bay area" and donated to the museum by a donor whose name is withheld
by the museum. The status of the land at the time of removal is
unknown. The Oregon State Museum accessioned the material into the
collection at an unknown date. A map related to the human remains
indicates the human remains were recovered from northwest of North
Bend, Coos County, OR. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1933, human remains representing three individuals were removed
by University of Oregon and amateur archeologists during legally
authorized excavations from a village site near North Bend, Coos
County, OR. The status of the land at the time of removal is unknown.
Materials stored with the human remains may have been associated with
the burial and are listed in the accession record as ``shell-mound
refuse.'' No known individuals were identified. The two lots of
associated funerary objects are one dentalium shell and fragments of
shell, bone, and charred wood.
In 1934, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from the Coos Bay area, Coos County, OR, and were donated
to the museum by a donor whose name is withheld by the museum. The
status of the land at the time of removal is unknown. The Oregon State
Museum accessioned the material into the collection in 1934.
Euroamerican items that were associated with the human remains but not
donated to the museum indicate a historic or proto-historic date for
the remains. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Based on associated funerary objects, archeological context, and
skeletal morphology, the human remains have been determined to be
Native American. Historic documents, continuities of material culture,
ethnographic sources, and oral history indicate the Coos people have
occupied the Coos Bay area since precontact times.
In 1936, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Baker's Ranch, south of Heceta Head, Lane County, OR,
by an unknown individual. The status of the land at the time of removal
is unknown. The Oregon State Police brought the human remains to the
museum, and the material was accessioned into the collection in 1936.
No known individual was identified. The two associated funerary objects
are one bone headscratcher and several unmodified sea lion bones.
In 1952, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the area of Mapleton, Lane County, OR, and were
donated to the museum by a donor whose name is withheld by the museum.
The status of the land at the time of removal, is unknown. The Oregon
State Museum accessioned the material into the collection in 1952. The
remains of a fir post are recorded as being associated with the burial,
but the post was not donated with the human remains. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1979 or sometime before, human remains representing one
individual were removed from an unrecorded shell mound a half-mile
north of the Oregon House Hotel, near Heceta Head, Lane County, OR, and
were donated to the museum by a donor whose name is withheld by the
museum. The status of the land at the time of removal is unknown. The
Oregon State Museum accessioned the material into the collection in
1979. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Based on associated funerary objects, archeological context, and
skeletal morphology, the human remains have been determined to be
Native American. Historic documents, continuities of material culture,
ethnographic sources, and oral history indicate the Siuslaw people have
occupied the central Oregon coast area since precontact times.
Determinations. Under 25 U.S.C. 3003, museum officials determined
that the human remains represent the physical remains of nine
individuals of Native American ancestry. Museum officials determined
that the four objects are reasonably believed to have been
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placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Museum officials
determined that the human remains and associated funerary objects are
culturally affiliated with the Indian tribes listed in Summary.
Notification. The museum is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the consulted Indian tribes listed above in Consultation.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks
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