Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, Yakima, WA, 13611-13613 [2015-05997]
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organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Kaibab National Forest. If
no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects 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 Kaibab National Forest at
the address in this notice by April 15,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Michael R. Williams, Forest
Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest, 800
S 6th St, Williams, AZ 86046, telephone
(928) 635–8200, email
mrwilliams01@fs.fed.us.
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
USDA Forest Service, Kaibab National
Forest. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the North Kaibab Ranger
District, Coconino County, AZ.
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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Kaibab
National Forest professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kaibab Band of
Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona New Mexico & Utah; San Juan
Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; and
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Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
On August 24, 1985, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
North Kaibab Ranger District in
Coconino County, AZ. On August 23,
1985, the Coconino County Sherriff’s
Office was contacted in regards to
human skeletal remains that were
discovered by a hunter on the North
Kaibab Ranger District. On August 24,
1985, the Coconino County Sherriff’s
Office conducted an investigation in the
area and collected the human remains.
On August 26, 1985, an anthropologist
examined the remains and concluded
that the skeleton was that of a female
around 50–55 years of age at death and
approximately 5’0’’ to 5’2’’ in stature.
The examiner further concluded that the
remains are possibly from a Hispanic
individual, but are more likely from a
Native American person. The
examination surmised that the
individual may have died of exposure in
the 1930s or earlier based on the
condition of the remains. On November
14, 1985, the Coconino County Sherriff’s
Office closed the case and turned the
remains over to Northern Arizona
University. Later, the remains were
moved to the Coconino County
Coroner’s Office in Flagstaff, AZ. In
2012, the Coconino County Coroner’s
Office notified the Kaibab National
Forest of the remains. The five
associated funerary objects are two
metal belt buckles, two steel rings, and
one lot of fragments of a leather horse
halter with brass rivets.
Sherriff’s Office detectives and the
medical examiner dated the remains to
the 1930s or earlier. Interviews
conducted during the investigation
indicated the remains may be affiliated
with the Paiute people. The area where
the remains were located is within the
traditional use area of the Kaibab Band
of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona.
Determinations Made by the USDA
Forest Service, Kaibab National Forest
Officials of the USDA Forest Service,
Kaibab National Forest 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(3)(A),
the five objects described in this notice
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.
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• 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 associated funerary objects
and the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona.
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Michael R Williams,
Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National
Forest, 800 S 6th St, Williams, AZ
86046, telephone (928) 635–8200, email
mrwilliams01@fs.fed.us by April 15,
2015. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Kaibab
Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab
Indian Reservation, Arizona, may
proceed.
The Kaibab National Forest is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; San Juan
Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 3, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area
Office, Yakima, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation), Columbia-Cascades Area
Office, 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
SUMMARY:
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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 Reclamation,
Columbia-Cascades Area Office. 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office at the address in
this notice by April 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Warren Hurley,
Archeologist, Columbia-Cascades Area
Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917
Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901–2052,
telephone (509) 575–5848 ext. 320.
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 under the control of
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office, Yakima, WA, and
in the physical custody of the
University of Oregon Museum of
Cultural and Natural History (formerly
the Oregon State Museum of
Anthropology (OSMA)). The human
remains were removed from lands
managed by Reclamation in Jackson
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Reclamation,
Columbia-Cascades Area Office and
OSMA professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
(previously listed as the Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon.
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1958, fragmentary human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were recovered from site
35JA01 in Jackson County, OR. This
discovery resulted from archeological
investigations conducted by the
University of Oregon’s Department of
Anthropology, under contract to the
National Park Service and funded by the
Bureau of Reclamation, in association
with construction of Emigrant Dam and
Reservoir. Site 35JA01 is located on a
broad alluvial terrace that extends
northward from the east bank of the
now inundated Emigrant Creek,
approximately 1.8 miles upstream
(southeast of) from Emigrant Dam in
Jackson County, OR. The site is situated
on Federal lands under Reclamation’s
jurisdiction. The archeological site,
described in 1958 as a ‘‘camp site’’ and
on a 1970 site form as a ‘‘midden,’’ was
subject to test excavations shortly after
discovery. The human remains include
two human bone fragments (identified
as a condyle and part of the ascending
ramus of the right side of a mandible,
and a parietal fragment). Both human
bone fragments were reported to be from
an area of the site that had been
disturbed by relic collectors, and both
were described as being from an adult,
although no mention is made of the
minimum number of individuals
represented by the remains. No known
individuals were identified. The site
was dated, based on the presence of the
trade bead and temporally diagnostic
projectile points, as late Archaic/
Contact period (600–150 yr. BP).
The recovered archeological
materials, including the human remains,
were sent to OSMA in Eugene, OR.
During the years since recovery, the
human remains from 35JA01 have
remained in storage as components of
Reclamation’s archeological collection
housed and maintained at OSMA. In
1995, while completing NAGPRA
inventories, OSMA staff identified a
third human bone—a lower lumbar
vertebra fragment found in a bag of
faunal bone—collected from site 35JA01
in 1958. The additional bone fragment
was reported to Reclamation in 1996
and appended to the collection
summary/artifact catalog that is
maintained by both OSMA and
Reclamation. No associated funerary
items were identified from the materials
recovered from site 35JA01.
Association of the materials with a
prehistoric archeological site indicates
that the human remains described are
Native American. The geographic
location of the site is within the Bear
Creek Valley, the southern arm of the
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larger Rogue River Valley of
southwestern Oregon, and within the
southwestern corner of the Northwest
Coast Culture Area. Ethnographic and
ethnohistoric evidence and
archeological data indicate that site
35JA01 lies within an area occupied, at
the time of contact, by the Bear Creek
Shasta and Upland Takelma bands.
Tribal/band members were removed
from the Rogue River Valley to the
Grand Ronde and Coast/Siletz Indian
Reservations beginning in 1855—not
long after initial settlement of the Rogue
River Valley by Anglo Americans.
In 2010, Reclamation commissioned a
study to determine the cultural
affiliation of the heretofore unaffiliated
remains. This study concluded that,
based on the preponderance of the
evidence, the human remains from site
35JA01 are most closely affiliated with
the Bear Creek Shasta, a Native
American group who resided in the
southwest Oregon at and prior to EuroAmerican contact. Descendants of both
Native American groups are legally
represented by the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously
listed as the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation) and the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon.
Determinations Made by Reclamation,
Columbia-Cascades Area Office
Officials of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of at
least 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 Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously
listed as the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation) and the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community 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 request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Warren Hurley,
Archeologist, Columbia-Cascades Area
Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917
Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901–2052,
telephone (509) 575–5848 ext. 320, by
April 15, 2015. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
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forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
(previously listed as the Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon may proceed.
Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area
Office is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of
Oregon (previously listed as the
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation) and the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 4, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Toledo Zoological Society, Toledo, OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Toledo Zoological
Society has completed an inventory of
human remains, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
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 the Toledo Zoological
Society. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 the Toledo Zoological
Society at the address in this notice by
April 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Mitchell Magdich, Curator
of Education, The Toledo Zoological
Society, P.O. Box 140130, Toledo, OH
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43614, telephone (419) 385–5721, email
mitch.edu@toledozoo.org.
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 under the control of
the Toledo Zoological Society. The
human remains were removed from the
Younge site, Lapeer County, MI, and
unknown sites in Michigan.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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 the Toledo
Zoological Society professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Michigan; Little River Band
of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
Additional requests for consultation
were sent to the Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake)
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Chippewa-Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
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Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas; Quechan Tribe of the
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation,
California and Arizona; Red Cliff Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota; White Earth
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1937, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
excavated from the Younge site (20LP1)
in Lapeer County, MI, by Ms. Carmen
Baggerly. The human remains were
likely deposited in the University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropological
Archaeology by Ms. Baggerly after the
excavation (the collector’s field number
[A–427] corresponds with a sequence of
collector’s field numbers of human
remains from the Younge site formerly
under the control of the University of
Michigan). The remains were
transferred to The Toledo Zoological
Society at an unknown date and
assigned catalog number A417. The
human remains consist of a skull and 16
teeth of a female adolescent/young adult
16–20 years of age. There is a postmortem perforation just posterior to the
bregma and large plaque removal over
the sagittal suture on parietals and
occipital. Osteologist J. A. Scott from the
University of Michigan, Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology, examined
the remains and determined the cranial
non-metric traits are indicative of Native
American ancestry. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, seven
individuals were removed from
unknown locations, likely in Michigan.
Toledo Zoological Society (TZS) catalog
records indicate that Native American
remains from at least seven individuals
were removed from the Younge site
(20LP1) in Lapeer County, MI, and
deposited in the TZS museum
collection on an unknown date.
Verification is not possible, however,
since there is no corresponding
collector’s field number or museum
catalog number attached with the
remains. The human remains were
identified a fragmentary cranial portion
with 14 teeth of indeterminate gender of
a child age 8.5 to 13.5 years (NFIC_1);
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, Yakima, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation), Columbia-Cascades Area Office, 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
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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 Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office. 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to
Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office at the address in this
notice by April 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Warren Hurley, Archeologist, Columbia-Cascades Area Office,
Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901-2052,
telephone (509) 575-5848 ext. 320.
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 under
the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, Yakima, WA, and in the
physical custody of the University of Oregon Museum of Cultural and
Natural History (formerly the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology
(OSMA)). The human remains were removed from lands managed by
Reclamation in Jackson 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Reclamation,
Columbia-Cascades Area Office and OSMA professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation) and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1958, fragmentary human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were recovered from site 35JA01 in Jackson County, OR. This
discovery resulted from archeological investigations conducted by the
University of Oregon's Department of Anthropology, under contract to
the National Park Service and funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, in
association with construction of Emigrant Dam and Reservoir. Site
35JA01 is located on a broad alluvial terrace that extends northward
from the east bank of the now inundated Emigrant Creek, approximately
1.8 miles upstream (southeast of) from Emigrant Dam in Jackson County,
OR. The site is situated on Federal lands under Reclamation's
jurisdiction. The archeological site, described in 1958 as a ``camp
site'' and on a 1970 site form as a ``midden,'' was subject to test
excavations shortly after discovery. The human remains include two
human bone fragments (identified as a condyle and part of the ascending
ramus of the right side of a mandible, and a parietal fragment). Both
human bone fragments were reported to be from an area of the site that
had been disturbed by relic collectors, and both were described as
being from an adult, although no mention is made of the minimum number
of individuals represented by the remains. No known individuals were
identified. The site was dated, based on the presence of the trade bead
and temporally diagnostic projectile points, as late Archaic/Contact
period (600-150 yr. BP).
The recovered archeological materials, including the human remains,
were sent to OSMA in Eugene, OR. During the years since recovery, the
human remains from 35JA01 have remained in storage as components of
Reclamation's archeological collection housed and maintained at OSMA.
In 1995, while completing NAGPRA inventories, OSMA staff identified a
third human bone--a lower lumbar vertebra fragment found in a bag of
faunal bone--collected from site 35JA01 in 1958. The additional bone
fragment was reported to Reclamation in 1996 and appended to the
collection summary/artifact catalog that is maintained by both OSMA and
Reclamation. No associated funerary items were identified from the
materials recovered from site 35JA01.
Association of the materials with a prehistoric archeological site
indicates that the human remains described are Native American. The
geographic location of the site is within the Bear Creek Valley, the
southern arm of the larger Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon,
and within the southwestern corner of the Northwest Coast Culture Area.
Ethnographic and ethnohistoric evidence and archeological data indicate
that site 35JA01 lies within an area occupied, at the time of contact,
by the Bear Creek Shasta and Upland Takelma bands. Tribal/band members
were removed from the Rogue River Valley to the Grand Ronde and Coast/
Siletz Indian Reservations beginning in 1855--not long after initial
settlement of the Rogue River Valley by Anglo Americans.
In 2010, Reclamation commissioned a study to determine the cultural
affiliation of the heretofore unaffiliated remains. This study
concluded that, based on the preponderance of the evidence, the human
remains from site 35JA01 are most closely affiliated with the Bear
Creek Shasta, a Native American group who resided in the southwest
Oregon at and prior to Euro-American contact. Descendants of both
Native American groups are legally represented by the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously listed as the
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
Determinations Made by Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office
Officials of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of at least 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 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of
Oregon (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation) and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
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
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Warren
Hurley, Archeologist, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, Bureau of
Reclamation, 1917 Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901-2052, telephone (509)
575-5848 ext. 320, by April 15, 2015. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come
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forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously listed as the
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation) and the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon may proceed.
Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
(previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation) and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 4, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-05997 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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