[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59370-59371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29017]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects from Lake and Harney Counties, OR in
the Control of the Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management,
Portland, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects from Lake and Harney Counties, OR in the
control of the Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management,
Portland, OR.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bureau of
Land Management and Oregon State Museum of Anthropology professional
staff in consultation with representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe of
Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation, and the Klamath Tribe.
Between 1935-1937, human remains representing one individual were
recovered from Catlow Cave, Harney County, OR during legally authorized
excavations on BLM lands by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural
History. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1957, human remains representing five individuals were recovered
from the vicinity of Table Rock, Lake County, OR during excavations
without permit by Joan Oswalt. In 1960, Ms. Oswalt donated these human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Oregon State Museum. No
known individuals were identified. The five associated funerary objects
include a shell necklace and chipped stone tools.
Between 1967-1969, human remains representing five individuals were
recovered from Table Rock caves, Lake County, OR during legally
authorized excavations by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural
History. No known individuals were identified. The eleven associated
funerary objects include woven matting, a winnowing tray, an obsidian
tool, and a basketry fragment.
In 1968, human remains representing two individuals were recovered
from the vicinity of Table Rock, Lake County, OR during legally
authorized excavations by Bureau of Land Management staff. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Morphological evidence indicates these human remains are Native
American based on dental wear and bone condition. Based on the
contexts, manner of internment, and associated funerary objects, the
sites listed above have been determined to be precontact habitation
sites. Archeological and ethnographic evidence indicates these sites
are precontact Northern Paiute sites and burials based on continuities
of tool and basketry styles. Oral history evidence presented by
representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian Colony
of Oregon during consultation supports this affiliation. Northern
Paiute people are represented by the present day tribes of the Burns
Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Klamath
Indian Tribe of Oregon.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bureau
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains
of thirteen individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Bureau of Land Management have also determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the sixteen objects listed 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.
Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Land Management have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared
group identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Burns
Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
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of Oregon, and the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Burns Paiute Tribe of
Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Klamath Indian Tribe of
Oregon. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated
funerary objects should contact Richard Hanes, Cultural Program Lead,
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 10226, Eugene, OR 97440; telephone:
(541) 683-6669, before December 3, 1997. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the culturally affiliated
tribes may begin after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Dated: October 29, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnology Program.
[FR Doc. 97-29017 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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