FR Doc E8-8294[Federal Register: April 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 75)]
[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 an unknown location in Hawaii.
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 the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from an unknown location in Hawaii. 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 (H0001-086-001, H0001-077-001, and H0001-081-0001).
Dr. Tillman received the skulls 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 all three individuals are
``Indian.'' The Department of Anthropology's physical anthropology
faculty confirms that all three skulls have cranial morphology
consistent with Native Hawaiian ancestry. According to collection
records and consultation, the human remains were removed from locations
in the traditional and current territory of Native Hawaiian
organizations. Consultation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
supports the origins of these three individuals from the Hawaiian
Islands.
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
three individuals of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Officials of the Oregon
State University, Department 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 the Native Hawaiian
human remains and the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Office
of Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian Organization that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr.
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David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238
Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before May
19, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology is responsible
for notifying the Hawaii Island Burial Council; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna
O Hawai'i Nei; Kauai/Niihau Island Burial Council; Maui/Lanai Island
Burial Council; Molokai Island Burial Council; O'ahu Burial Committee,
and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 18, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-8294 Filed 4-16-08; 8:45 am]
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