[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89147-89148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29537]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22473; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed
in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects.
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request to the University
of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to
the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the University of Oregon Museum
of Natural and Cultural History, at the address in this notice by
January 9, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of Collections, University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 1224 University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-5120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, Eugene, OR, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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
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agency that has control of the Native American cultural items. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
At an unknown date, a group of beads and other cultural items were
removed from a burial site near Coos County, OR. In 1930, a private
individual donated the cultural items to the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural History (now designated as the Museum of Natural And
Cultural History). According to accessions records, the beads were
given to the donor by her sister, who ``found them on an old Indian
grave near Coquille, Oregon.'' The catalog number assigned to this
entry is attached to a string of 28 glass beads, 1 copper button, 2
buttons of undetermined material, and 1 perforated disc of ground shell
or bone. A set of 30 small unstrung and unlabeled seed beads are housed
with the other items and are considered to be from the same collection.
Based on the donor's information, the 62 unassociated funerary
objects described above are determined to be Native American. Based on
provenience, the cultural items are reasonably believed to be
affiliated with the Coquille people. Historical documents, ethnographic
sources, and oral history indicate that Coquille people have occupied
the Coquille area of coastal Oregon since pre-contact times. The
Coquille people are represented by the Coquille Indian Tribe
(previously listed as the Coquille Tribe of Oregon).
Determinations Made by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History
Officials of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 62 cultural items
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Coquille Indian Tribe (previously
listed as the Coquille Tribe of Oregon).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of
Collections, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone
(541) 346-5120, by January 9, 2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Coquille Indian Tribe (previously listed as the
Coquille Tribe of Oregon) may proceed.
The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History is
responsible for notifying the Coquille Indian Tribe (previously listed
as the Coquille Tribe of Oregon); the Confederated Tribes of the Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon; and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation) that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 22, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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