FR Doc E8-6559[Federal Register: March 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 62)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, 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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Skagit County, WA.
    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 Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of
Washington; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation,
Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; and Swinomish Indians of
the Swinomish Reservation, Washington.
    On unknown dates, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Similk Bay and LaConner Flats, Skagit
County, WA. The human remains were donated to the Department of
Anthropology by Dr. T. Tillman of the Oregon State University Physical
Education Department upon his retirement. Dr. Tillman received the
human remains from the widow of an unknown collector between 1940 and
1978. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
    The collection records state that both individuals are "Indian,"
and the Department of Anthropology's physical anthropology faculty
confirms that both skulls have cranial modification consistent with
Native American cultural practices. According to collection records and
tribal consultants, the human remains were removed from locations in
the traditional and current territory of the Swinhomish Indians of the
Swinhomish Reservation, Washington.
    Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology have also 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 Native American
human remains and the Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation,
Washington.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238
Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before April
30, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Swinomish Indians of
the Swinomish Reservation, Washington may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
    Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is responsible
for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington; Hoh Indian Tribe of the
Hoh Indian Reservation, Washington; Kalispel Indian Community of the

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Kalispel Reservation, Washington; 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; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot
Reservation, Washington; Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually
Reservation, Washington; Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington; Port
Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington;
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Washington; Quileute Tribe
of the Quileute Reservation, Washington; Quinault Tribe of the Quinault
Reservation, Washington; Samish Indian Tribe, Washington; Sauk-Suiattle
Indian Tribe of Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay
Indian Reservation, Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish
Reservation, Washington; Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington; Spokane Tribe of
the Spokane Reservation, Washington; Squaxin Island Tribe of the
Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington; Stillaguamish Tribe of
Washington; Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation,
Washington; Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, Washington;
Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington; and Upper Skagit
Indian Tribe of Washington that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 5, 2008.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-6559 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]

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