FR Doc E8-30889[Federal Register: December 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 250)]
[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 (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 Grant 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 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 Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the "Aldrich Mtns south Dayville," Grant
County, OR, by an unknown person. The human remains were donated to the
museum by a private donor. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Aldrich Mountains border the upper John Day River Valley.
Historical documents, ethnographic sources, and oral history indicate
that the Umatilla and Northern Paiute people have occupied the upper
John Day River Valley since precontact times. Based on skeletal
evidence of heavy dental wear, the human remains were determined to be
Native American. The human remains were recovered from the aboriginal
lands of the Umatilla or Northern Paiute. Descendants of the Umatilla
are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; descendants of the Northern Paiute who used this
area are members of the Burns Paiute Tribe and Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation of 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 Burns Paiute
Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
and/or Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Pamela
Endzweig, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 1224 University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-5120, before January
29, 2009. Repatriation of the human remains to the Burns Paiute Tribe;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; and/or
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; and Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 20, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-30889 Filed 12-29-08; 8:45 am]
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