FR Doc E8-28007[Federal Register: November 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Oregon
State Museum of Anthropology, 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
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(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the University of Oregon, Oregon State
Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR. The human remains were removed from
an unknown site in Oregon.
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
Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation,
Oregon.
At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were
removed from an unknown site in Oregon. The human remains were donated
to the museum by a private donor. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are determined to be Native American based on
skeletal evidence. According to museum records, the human remains are
that of a "Siletz Indian." No other documentation is available. Based
on this information, the human remains are reasonably believed to be
Siletz. The Siletz are represented by the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
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 one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State Museum of
Anthropology also 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 American human remains and the Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Pamela
Endzweig, Director of Collections, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology,
1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-
5120, before December 26, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to
the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying
the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon that this
notice has been published.
Dated: October 23, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-28007 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]
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