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, 62532-62533 [E8-24968]
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ochre specimens; 1 iron ore specimen;
4 mirror and glass fragments; 2 petrified
wood pieces; 2 antler pieces; 1 container
of wood, bone, iron, and lead pieces; 1
bag of cut bone and wood pieces; 1 bag
of wood pieces; 1 lock of hair; 1 lot of
fragmentary iron strips; and 1 lot of bark
fragments.
Site 35–WS–4, sometimes referred to
as 35–WS–8 or The Dalles Roadcut Site,
is located approximately 2 miles
northeast of The Dalles Dam at what
was once the headwaters of (the nowinundated) Five Mile Rapids. The Five
Mile Rapids Site is described as a
possible village site dating to between
11,000 B.P. and historic times. The site
was last occupied in the 19th Century
as a Tenino summer fishing village.
Based on the associated funerary
objects, the human remains have been
determined to be Native American.
In 1954, human remains representing
a minimum of seven individuals were
removed from site 35–WS–5, Wasco
County, OR, during excavations
conducted by the University of Oregon
prior to construction of The Dalles Dam.
Two additional individuals were
removed at a later, unknown date,
possibly during salvage operations in
1961. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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 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. Based on osteological evidence
and the location of the human remains
within the site, the individuals have
been determined to be Native American.
The sites described above are 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
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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 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 20 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
515 objects 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. Lastly,
officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District 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
associated funerary objects 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 and
associated 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 human
remains and associated 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.
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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 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 a site on
Army Corps of Engineers land within
the John Day Dam project area, Klickitat
County, WA.
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
History and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Native American cultural items
described in this notice were excavated
under an Antiquities Act permit by the
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, on
Army Corps of Engineers project land.
Following excavations at the site
described below, and under the
provisions of the permits, the University
of Oregon was allowed to retain the
collections for preservation.
In 1965, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from site 45–KL–5, also known
as the Alderdale Site, Klickitat County,
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WA, during excavations by the
University of Oregon prior to
construction of the John Day Dam. No
known individuals were identified. The
55 associated funerary objects are 1
stone knife/scraper; 1 bone awl; 1
obsidian flake; 15 assorted flakes and
shatter fragments; 1 unmodified angular
basalt piece; 3 animal bones; and 33
animal bone fragments.
Site 45–KL–5 is located on the nowinundated, north side shoreline of the
Columbia River adjacent to the town of
Alderdale, WA. Recovered artifacts,
ethnographic accounts, and informant
reports indicate the site served as a long
term camp or village. At the time of the
National Park Service sponsored
excavations, the site was described as
heavily-looted, vandalized, and
damaged by the effects of ongoing
erosion. Radiocarbon dates obtained
from the site, though not from the burial
contexts, suggest the area was occupied
from at least circa 1770 120 years BP
into the historic period, as informant
reports indicate the site was still used
as an Indian village during the early
20th Century.
Based on the associated funerary
objects and the location of the human
remains within the site, all three
individuals have been determined to be
Native American. Oral histories and
published ethnographic documentation
indicate the site described above is
within the shared, traditional territory
of the Wishram, Yakama, Skin-pah,
Wasco, Tenino, Western Columbia River
Sahaptin groups, and Nez Perce bands.
Descendants of the Wishram, Yakama,
Skin-pah, and other ancestral groups are
members of the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Descendants of the
Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse
tribes are members of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon. Descendants of the
Wasco, Tenino, and other culturallyaffiliated Western Columbia River
Sahaptin groups are members of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Descendants of Nez Perce groups are
members of the Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho.
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 three individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 55
objects described above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or
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near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District 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 associated funerary objects and the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and/or
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated 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 human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and/or
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho 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 and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Denver Department of
Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
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Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,
CO.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Denver Department of Anthropology
and Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs; U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly Pueblo
of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The museum
also sent reports and solicited feedback
via telephone and correspondence with
representatives from Colorado River
Indian Tribes of the Colorado River
Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of
Texas.
This notice corrects a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register of October 9, 2001 (FR
Doc 01–25140, pages 51472–51474) by
deleting paragraphs 4–6, and 11–12, and
substituting paragraphs 7–10 and 13–15.
The original notice is corrected because
after further consideration of museum
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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 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 a site on Army Corps of Engineers land within the John Day
Dam project area, Klickitat County, WA.
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 History and U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Native American cultural items described in this notice were
excavated under an Antiquities Act permit by the University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR, on Army Corps of Engineers project land. Following
excavations at the site described below, and under the provisions of
the permits, the University of Oregon was allowed to retain the
collections for preservation.
In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from site 45-KL-5, also known as the Alderdale Site,
Klickitat County,
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WA, during excavations by the University of Oregon prior to
construction of the John Day Dam. No known individuals were identified.
The 55 associated funerary objects are 1 stone knife/scraper; 1 bone
awl; 1 obsidian flake; 15 assorted flakes and shatter fragments; 1
unmodified angular basalt piece; 3 animal bones; and 33 animal bone
fragments.
Site 45-KL-5 is located on the now-inundated, north side shoreline
of the Columbia River adjacent to the town of Alderdale, WA. Recovered
artifacts, ethnographic accounts, and informant reports indicate the
site served as a long term camp or village. At the time of the National
Park Service sponsored excavations, the site was described as heavily-
looted, vandalized, and damaged by the effects of ongoing erosion.
Radiocarbon dates obtained from the site, though not from the burial
contexts, suggest the area was occupied from at least circa 1770 120
years BP into the historic period, as informant reports indicate the
site was still used as an Indian village during the early 20th Century.
Based on the associated funerary objects and the location of the
human remains within the site, all three individuals have been
determined to be Native American. Oral histories and published
ethnographic documentation indicate the site described above is within
the shared, traditional territory of the Wishram, Yakama, Skin-pah,
Wasco, Tenino, Western Columbia River Sahaptin groups, and Nez Perce
bands. Descendants of the Wishram, Yakama, Skin-pah, and other
ancestral groups are members of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington. Descendants of the Umatilla, Walla
Walla, and Cayuse tribes are members of the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. Descendants of the Wasco, Tenino,
and other culturally-affiliated Western Columbia River Sahaptin groups
are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon. Descendants of Nez Perce groups are members of the Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho.
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 three
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland District have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 55 objects 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. Lastly, officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District 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 associated
funerary objects and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; and/or Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated 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 human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; and/or Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho 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 and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-24968 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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