Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR and University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, 62530-62531 [E8-24966]
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Site 35–WS–5 is located on the south
shore of the Columbia River,
approximately 2 miles east of The Dalles
Dam. The site is described as a
permanent Wasco village that was
occupied prior to A.D. 1800. The site
was inundated by Lake Celilo after the
construction of The Dalles Lock and
Dam. The burial pattern observed
within the site is consistent with
customs of Columbia Plateau Native
American groups. Ethnographic and
museum records indicate that the
cultural items are consistent with
cultural objects typically found in
context with burials characteristic of the
Mid-Columbia River Basin.
Site 35–WS–5 is located within the
traditional lands of the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, which is
composed of three Wasco bands, four
Warm Springs bands and Northern
Paiutes. The Columbia River-based
Wasco were the easternmost group of
Chinookan-speaking Indians. The
Sahaptin-speaking Warm Springs bands
lived farther east along the Columbia
River and its tributaries. Northern
Paiutes, who spoke a Uto-Aztecan
language, historically occupied much of
southeastern Oregon. The Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon peoples also traditionally
shared the site area with relatives and
neighbors whose descendants may be
culturally affiliated with the 14
Sahaptin, Salish and Chinookanspeaking tribes and bands of the
present-day Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Yakama homelands were
traditionally located on the Washington
side of the Columbia River between the
eastern flanks of the Cascade Range and
the lower reaches of the Yakima River
drainage.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the seven 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
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District 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
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon and/or
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Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Daniel Mulligan,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Environmental
Resources Branch, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box
2946, Portland, OR 97208–2946,
telephone (503) 808–4768, before
November 20, 2008. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon and/or
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–24973 Filed 10–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, Portland,
OR and University of Oregon Museum
of Natural and Cultural History,
Eugene, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 for which the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, Eugene, OR, and U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, Portland,
OR, have joint responsibility. The
human remains were removed from
property that would be later designated
Army Corps of Engineers land within
the Bonneville Lock and Dam Project
area, Wasco 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
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agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington.
Native American cultural items
described in this notice were originally
removed from public domain land (prior
to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
acquisition of the property) by three
private collectors and later donated to
the University of Oregon.
At an unknown date during the 1890s,
human remains representing one
individual were removed from Lower
Memaloose Island, Columbia River,
Wasco County, OR, by a private
collector whose name is withheld, and
donated to the University of Oregon in
1938. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. Although historic
period artifacts were originally found in
direct association with the human
remains, none were donated to the
University of Oregon.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing one individual were
removed from Lower Memaloose Island,
Columbia River, Wasco County, OR, by
a private collector whose name is
withheld, and donated to the University
of Oregon in 1950. No known individual
was identified. No information has been
found concerning possible burial
associations. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from an
unspecified ‘‘sand island in the
Columbia River near The Dalles, OR’’ or
Lower Memaloose Island, Columbia
River, Wasco County, OR, by an
unidentified University of Oregon
student, and donated to the University
of Oregon in 1913. No known
individuals were identified. No
information has been found concerning
possible burial associations. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Lower Memaloose Island is located in
the center of the Bonneville Dam
Reservoir (Lake Bonneville),
approximately 3 river miles west of the
city of Lyle, WA, and 8 miles east of
Hood River, OR. The island was longused by local Native American peoples
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as a cemetery. Based on physical
characteristics, osteological evidence,
and the location of the human remains
on the island, all five individuals have
been determined to be Native American.
Lower Memaloose Island is within the
traditional territory of Chinookan- and
Sahaptin-speaking groups represented
by the present-day Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon and Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Per the 1855 Treaty with
the Tribes of Middle Oregon, the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon signers
were comprised of three Chinookanspeaking Wasco bands and four
Sahaptin-speaking Warm Springs bands.
The Uto-Aztecan-speaking Northern
Paiutes, also part of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon, joined the confederation in
the 1870s. The Wasco and Warm
Springs bands traditionally occupied
the south shore of the Columbia River
and its tributaries from Cascade Locks to
just east of the present-day city of
Arlington, OR. The 14 Sahaptin, Salish,
and Chinookan-speaking tribes and
bands of the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington, traditionally lived on the
Washington side of the Columbia River
between the eastern flanks of the
Cascade Range and the lower reaches of
the Yakima River drainage.
Representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community
of Oregon, whose membership also
includes Chinookan-speakers, have
indicated that Lower Memaloose Island
is outside of their pre-Contact territory.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District 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 Native American human remains
and the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
and/or Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Daniel Mulligan,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Environmental
Resources Branch, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box
2946, Portland, OR 97208–2946,
telephone (503) 808–4768, before
VerDate Aug<31>2005
17:06 Oct 20, 2008
Jkt 217001
November 20, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon and/or Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon,
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington that this
notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–24966 Filed 10–20–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–S
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, Portland,
OR and University of Oregon Museum
of Natural and Cultural History,
Eugene, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
for which the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, Eugene, OR, and U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, Portland,
OR, have joint responsibility. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from sites on
Army Corps of Engineers land within
the The Dalles Lock and Dam Project
area, Wasco 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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
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History and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon and Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington.
Native American cultural items
described in this notice were excavated
under Antiquities Act permits by the
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, on
Army Corps of Engineers project lands.
Following excavations at the sites
described below, and under the
provisions of the permits, the University
of Oregon was allowed to retain the
collections for preservation.
In 1956, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from site 35–WS–1/WS–2, also
known as the Big Eddy Site, Wasco
County, OR, during excavations
conducted by the University of Oregon
prior to construction of The Dalles Dam.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Site 35–WS–1/WS–2 is located 5
miles east of the city of The Dalles, OR,
on the south shore of the Columbia
River. The site is described as a Wasco
village and midden site dating from the
Late Prehistoric through Historic
periods. Based on the location of the
human remains within the site, the
individuals have been determined to be
Native American.
In 1954, human remains representing
a minimum of eight individuals were
removed from the Five Mile Rapids Site
(35–WS–4), on the south shore of the
Columbia River within The Dalles Lock
and Dam Project area, Wasco County,
OR, by the University of Oregon in
conjunction with studies undertaken
prior to the construction of The Dalles
Dam. No known individuals were
identified. The 515 associated funerary
objects are 1 knife blade; 2 knives with
wooden handles; 1 knife with a bone
handle; 1 knife with a copper handle; 1
adze blade; 1 iron hatchet head; 1
projectile point fragment; 2 sturgeon
hooks; 2 eyelets with springs; 2
composite harpoons; 1 fish scaler; 1
copper handle fragment; 10 decorated
copper disks; 3 undecorated copper
disks; 36 copper buttons; 1 phoenix
button; 1 ring around a bear claw; 371
glass beads; 1 shell bead; 30 dentalium
beads; 1 fragmentary copper tube bead;
3 stone beads; 1 bone bead; 1 lot of
assorted beads, nails, and glass
specimens; 1 reed fragment; 9 elk tooth
ornaments; 7 complete and fragmentary
dentalium shells; 3 carved bone
fragments; 1 steatite cup; 1 steatite pipe;
1 Northwest Company token; 2 red
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR and University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 for which the University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, and U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District,
Portland, OR, have joint responsibility. The human remains were removed
from property that would be later designated Army Corps of Engineers
land within the Bonneville Lock and Dam Project area, Wasco 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History and U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Native American cultural items described in this notice were
originally removed from public domain land (prior to U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers acquisition of the property) by three private collectors and
later donated to the University of Oregon.
At an unknown date during the 1890s, human remains representing one
individual were removed from Lower Memaloose Island, Columbia River,
Wasco County, OR, by a private collector whose name is withheld, and
donated to the University of Oregon in 1938. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Although
historic period artifacts were originally found in direct association
with the human remains, none were donated to the University of Oregon.
At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were
removed from Lower Memaloose Island, Columbia River, Wasco County, OR,
by a private collector whose name is withheld, and donated to the
University of Oregon in 1950. No known individual was identified. No
information has been found concerning possible burial associations. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from an unspecified ``sand island in the
Columbia River near The Dalles, OR'' or Lower Memaloose Island,
Columbia River, Wasco County, OR, by an unidentified University of
Oregon student, and donated to the University of Oregon in 1913. No
known individuals were identified. No information has been found
concerning possible burial associations. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Lower Memaloose Island is located in the center of the Bonneville
Dam Reservoir (Lake Bonneville), approximately 3 river miles west of
the city of Lyle, WA, and 8 miles east of Hood River, OR. The island
was long-used by local Native American peoples
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as a cemetery. Based on physical characteristics, osteological
evidence, and the location of the human remains on the island, all five
individuals have been determined to be Native American.
Lower Memaloose Island is within the traditional territory of
Chinookan- and Sahaptin-speaking groups represented by the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington. Per the
1855 Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon signers were comprised of
three Chinookan-speaking Wasco bands and four Sahaptin-speaking Warm
Springs bands. The Uto-Aztecan-speaking Northern Paiutes, also part of
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,
joined the confederation in the 1870s. The Wasco and Warm Springs bands
traditionally occupied the south shore of the Columbia River and its
tributaries from Cascade Locks to just east of the present-day city of
Arlington, OR. The 14 Sahaptin, Salish, and Chinookan-speaking tribes
and bands of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington, traditionally lived on the Washington side of the Columbia
River between the eastern flanks of the Cascade Range and the lower
reaches of the Yakima River drainage. Representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon, whose
membership also includes Chinookan-speakers, have indicated that Lower
Memaloose Island is outside of their pre-Contact territory.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District 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 Native American
human remains and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon and/or Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Daniel
Mulligan, NAGPRA Coordinator, Environmental Resources Branch, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR
97208-2946, telephone (503) 808-4768, before November 20, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and/or Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is responsible
for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of
Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-24966 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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