Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Horner Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Correction, 59650 [E8-23959]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 197 (Thursday, October 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 59650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23959]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Horner Collection, 
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    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 in the possession of the Horner 
Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 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 agency that has control of the cultural 
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the number of unassociated funerary objects in 
the Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items published in the 
Federal Register of August 21, 2008 (FR Doc E8-19312, pages 49477-
49479), by the removal of one string of beads.
    The Federal Register notice of August 21, 2008, paragraph 3 is 
corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
    The 16 cultural items are 1 club, 1 beaded flask, 9 utility 
baskets, 1 goblet-shaped basket, 1 small bag, 1 projectile point, 1 
porcupine quill headband, and 1 string of beads or sash.
    In the Federal Register of August 21, 2008, paragraph number 11 is 
corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
    On June 8, 1973, the C.B Kennedy family and Ruth Kennedy, wife of 
Dr. N.L. Tartar, donated two baskets and a string of beads or sash to 
the Oregon State University Museum. The Horner collection does not have 
a provenience for these items. Tribal representatives of the Redding 
Rancheria, California have identified these items as Pit River in 
cultural affiliation and as items that would typically have been buried 
with the owner. Based on the consultation evidence, officials of the 
Horner Collection, Oregon State University reasonably believe the 
cultural items are unassociated funerary objects.
    In the Federal Register of August 21, 2008, paragraph number 14 is 
corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
    Officials of the Horner Collection, Oregon State University have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3(B), the 16 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. Officials of Horner Collection, Oregon 
State University 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 unassociated funerary objects and the Pit 
River Tribe, California and Redding Rancheria, California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should 
contact Sabah Randhawa, Executive Vice President and Provost, 
President's Office, Oregon State University, 600 Kerr Administration 
Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-8260, before 
November 10, 2008. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects to 
the Redding Rancheria, California may proceed after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
    The Horner Collection, Oregon State University is responsible for 
notifying the Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Bear River Band of 
the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Big Lagoon Rancheria, 
California; Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley 
Rancheria, California; Blue Lake Rancheria, California; Bridgeport 
Paiute Indian Colony of California; Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians 
of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; 
Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, California; Cedarville 
Rancheria, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad 
Rancheria, California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California; Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw 
Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of 
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon; Cortina 
Indian Rancheria of Wintu Indians of California; Coyote Valley Band of 
Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank 
Rancheria, California; Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Fort Bidwell 
Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; 
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; 
Guidiville Rancheria of California; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; 
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, California; 
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; 
Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon; Lytton Rancheria of California; 
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena 
Rancheria, California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California; Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, 
California; Pit River Tribe, California; Potter Valley Tribe, 
California; Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley 
Reservation of California; Redding Rancheria, California; Redwood 
Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Resighini Rancheria, 
California; Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Round 
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California; 
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California; Scotts Valley 
Band of Pomo Indians of California; Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California; Smith River Rancheria, California; Susanville 
Indian Rancheria, California; Upper Lake Band of Pomo Indians of Upper 
Lake Rancheria of California; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton 
Paiute Reservation, California; and Yurok Tribe of the Yurok 
Reservation, California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 10, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-23959 Filed 10-8-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-50-S