81 FR 805 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 4 (January 7, 2016)

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The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19928; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 has completed an inventory of human

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remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
should submit a written request to the University of Oregon Museum of 
Natural and Cultural History. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains 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 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural 
and Cultural History at the address in this notice by February 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of Collections, 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of 
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Knik Arm, 
near Anchorage, AK.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Knik Tribal Council, Alaska.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the Fisher-Hong Site, about a mile south of the 
village of Knik, on the edge of an unnamed creek draining White Lake, 
Alaska, during legally authorized excavations by archeologists from the 
University of Oregon. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Based on archeological context and skeletal morphology, the 
individual described above is determined to be Native American. Based 
on provenience, the Native American human remains are reasonably 
believed to be affiliated with the Knik Tribe. Historical documents, 
ethnographic sources, and oral history indicate that the Knik people 
have occupied Knik Arm since pre-contact times.

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(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Knik Tribe, Alaska.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request 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 February 8, 2016. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the Knik Tribe, Alaska, may proceed.
    The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History is 
responsible for notifying the Knik Tribe, Alaska, that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: December 8, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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present-day Indian tribes or Native Tribe, Washington); Stillaguamish Tribe been placed with or near individual
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of Indians of Washington (previously human remains at the time of death or
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian listed as the Stillaguamish Tribe of later as part of the death rite or
organization not identified in this notice Washington); Suquamish Indian Tribe ceremony.
that wish to request transfer of control of the Port Madison Reservation; • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
of these human remains and associated Swinomish Indian Tribal Community relationship of shared group identity
funerary object should submit a written (previously listed as the Swinomish cannot be reasonably traced between the
request to the Burke Museum. If no Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of Native American human remains and
additional requestors come forward, Washington); Tulalip Tribes of associated funerary object and any
transfer of control of the human remains Washington (previously listed as the present-day Indian tribe.
and associated funerary object to the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Reservation, Washington); and Upper Executive Orders, indicate that the land
organizations stated in this notice may Skagit Indian Tribe, (hereafter referred from which the Native American human
proceed. to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). remains and associated funerary object
DATES: Representatives of any Indian were removed is the aboriginal land of
History and Description of the Remains
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization The Tribes. The Treaty of Point Elliot
not identified in this notice that wish to Prior to 1995, human remains was signed on January 22, 1855 by
request transfer of control of these representing, at minimum, one representatives from The Tribes whose
human remains and associated funerary individual were probably removed from ceded aboriginal land includes the
object should submit a written request a shell midden in the northern Puget northern Puget Sound region.
with information in support of the Sound region, WA, possibly from the • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
request to the Burke Museum at the 45–SK–7 archaeological site in Skagit disposition of the human remains and
address in this notice by February 8, County, WA. These human remains one associated funerary object may be to
2016. were identified in 1995 while The Tribes.
completing an inventory for NAGPRA
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, compliance. These human remains and Additional Requestors and Disposition
University of Washington, Box 353010, associated funerary object were found in Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) a box with a yellow Post-It note with Native Hawaiian organization not
685–3849x2, plape@uw.edu. ‘‘45–SK–7?’’ written on it. Also in the identified in this notice that wish to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is box were four human bones, one from request transfer of control of these
here given in accordance with the King County and three from Siberia, human remains and associated funerary
Native American Graves Protection and identified by the catalog numbers object should submit a written request
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. written on them. While there is no with information in support of the
3003, of the completion of an inventory known concrete documentation request to Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
of human remains and associated indicating the human remains were ever University of Washington, Box 353010,
funerary object under the control of the removed from 45–SK–7, human remains Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
Burke Museum, University of have been found in adjacent sites, and 685–3849x2, plape@uw.edu.by February
Washington, Seattle, WA. The human are commonly found in shell middens 8, 2016. After that date, if no additional
remains and associated funerary object in the northern Puget Sound region. requestors have come forward, transfer
were probably removed from the These human remains and funerary of control of the human remains and
northern Puget Sound region, WA. object are consistent with other burials associated funerary object to The Tribes
This notice is published as part of the from this area, therefor the Burke may proceed.
National Park Service’s administrative Museum feels these are most likely from The Burke Museum is responsible for
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 that region. The Burke Museum is notifying The Tribes that this notice has
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). unable to make a cultural affiliation due been published.
The determinations in this notice are to the lack of context and exact location Dated: November 19, 2015.
the sole responsibility of the museum, information from which the burial was Amberleigh Malone,
institution, or Federal agency that has removed. Site 45–SK–7 is located on Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
control of the Native American human State Parks land. No known individuals
remains and associated funerary object. [FR Doc. 2016–00076 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am]
were identified. The one associated
The National Park Service is not BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
funerary object is a lot of animal bone,
responsible for the determinations in shell and wood.
this notice.
Determinations Made by the Burke DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Consultation Museum
A detailed assessment of the human National Park Service
Officials of the Burke Museum have
remains was made by the Burke determined that: [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19928;
Museum professional staff in • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
consultation with representatives of human remains described in this notice
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation; are Native American based on Notice of Inventory Completion:
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (previously osteological evidence and museum University of Oregon Museum of
listed as the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe collecting and accessioning history. Natural and Cultural History, Eugene,
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of the Muckleshoot Reservation, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the OR
Washington); Nooksack Indian Tribe; human remains described in this notice AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Samish Indian Nation (previously listed represent the physical remains of one ACTION: Notice.
as the Samish Indian Tribe, individual of Native American ancestry.
Washington); Sauk-Suiattle Indian • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), SUMMARY: The University of Oregon
Tribe; Snoqualmie Indian Tribe the one lot of objects described in this Museum of Natural and Cultural History
(previously listed as the Snoqualmie notice is reasonably believed to have has completed an inventory of human

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remains, in consultation with the History and Description of the Remains DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
appropriate Indian tribes or Native In 1966, human remains representing,
Hawaiian organizations, and has at minimum, one individual were National Park Service
determined that there is a cultural removed from the Fisher-Hong Site, [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19933;
affiliation between the human remains about a mile south of the village of Knik, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
and present-day Indian tribes or Native on the edge of an unnamed creek
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal draining White Lake, Alaska, during Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
descendants or representatives of any legally authorized excavations by Department of Defense, Department of
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian archeologists from the University of the Navy, Washington, DC; Correction
organization not identified in this notice Oregon. No known individual was
that wish to request transfer of control AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
identified. No associated funerary
of these human remains should submit objects are present. ACTION: Notice.
a written request to the University of Based on archeological context and
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural SUMMARY: The U. S. Department of
skeletal morphology, the individual Defense, Department of Navy has
History. If no additional requestors described above is determined to be
come forward, transfer of control of the corrected an inventory of human
Native American. Based on remains and associated funerary objects,
human remains to the lineal provenience, the Native American
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native published in a Notice of Inventory
human remains are reasonably believed Completion in the Federal Register on
Hawaiian organizations stated in this to be affiliated with the Knik Tribe.
notice may proceed. March 31, 2014. This notice corrects the
Historical documents, ethnographic minimum number of individuals and
DATES: Lineal descendants or sources, and oral history indicate that the number of associated funerary
representatives of any Indian tribe or the Knik people have occupied Knik objects repatriated to the Native Village
Native Hawaiian organization not Arm since pre-contact times. of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
identified in this notice that wish to Determinations Made by the University Government.
request transfer of control of these of Oregon Museum of Natural and
human remains and associated funerary ADDRESSES: Susan S. Hughes,
Cultural History Department of the Navy, NAVFAC NW.,
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the Officials of the University of Oregon 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 102,
request to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History Silverdale, WA 98315–1101, telephone
Museum of Natural and Cultural History have determined that: (360) 396–0083, email susan.s.hughes@
at the address in this notice by February • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the navy.mil.
8, 2016. human remains described in this notice SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
represent the physical remains of one hereby given in accordance with the
ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, individual of Native American ancestry. Native American Graves Protection and
Director of Collections, Museum of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Natural and Cultural History, 1224 is a relationship of shared group 3003, of the correction of an inventory
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR identity that can be reasonably traced of human remains and associated
97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120. between the Native American human funerary objects under the control of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is remains and the Knik Tribe, Alaska. Department of Defense. The human
here given in accordance with the Additional Requestors and Disposition remains and associated funerary objects
Native American Graves Protection and were removed from sites near Point
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Lineal descendants or representatives
Barrow in North Slope Borough, AK.
3003, of the completion of an inventory of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
This notice is published as part of the
of human remains and associated organization not identified in this notice
National Park Service’s administrative
funerary objects under the control of the that wish to request transfer of control
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
University of Oregon Museum of of these human remains should submit
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, a written request with information in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
OR. The human remains and associated support of the request to Dr. Pamela
the museum, institution, or Federal
funerary objects were removed from Endzweig, Director of Collections,
agency that had control of the Native
Knik Arm, near Anchorage, AK. University of Oregon Museum of
American human remains and
Natural and Cultural History, 1224
This notice is published as part of the associated funerary objects. The
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
National Park Service’s administrative National Park Service is not responsible
97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120,
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 for the determinations in this notice.
by February 8, 2016. After that date, if
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in This notice corrects the minimum
no additional requestors have come
this notice are the sole responsibility of number of individuals and number of
forward, transfer of control of the
the museum, institution, or Federal associated funerary objects published in
human remains to the Knik Tribe,
agency that has control of the Native a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Alaska, may proceed.
American human remains. The National The University of Oregon Museum of Federal Register (79 FR 18058–18059,
Park Service is not responsible for the Natural and Cultural History is March 31, 2014). The transfer of these
determinations in this notice. responsible for notifying the Knik Tribe, items to the Native Village of Barrow
Alaska, that this notice has been Traditional Government occurred on
Consultation
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published. June 6, 2014. Because the Tribe
A detailed assessment of the human intended to bury the individuals in their
remains was made by University of Dated: December 8, 2015. own separate coffins, the human
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural Amberleigh Malone, remains were re-examined by a forensic
History professional staff in Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. anthropologist at the University of
consultation with representatives of the [FR Doc. 2016–00073 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am] Alaska Museum of the North where they
Knik Tribal Council, Alaska. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P were temporarily stored prior to

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81 FR 805 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR

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