Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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, 65028-65029 [2010-26466]
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which are intermingled with private
lands, for commercial guides and
transporters whose clients are big game
hunting. Alternative B proposes that a
formal partnership be created between
the Refuge and local entities to jointly
maintain a shared facility of one or more
buildings with capacity for office,
meeting, and storage space in a
community within the refuge.
Alternative B proposes a study of
traditional access methods for
subsistence purposes. Alternative B
proposes that local public use and
access needs be addressed by creating
formal partnerships between the Refuge
and various local entities.
Alternative C would generally
continue to follow management
direction described in Alternative A as
modified by subsequent programspecific plans. Alternative C would also
identify any specific changes or updates
in management direction as well as
adopt the new goals and objectives for
Refuge management. Alternative C
proposes that the Refuge manager could
open or close some public lands, which
are intermingled with private lands, to
use by commercial guides and
transporters whose clients are big game
hunting. Alternative C proposes that the
Refuge independently maintain a
facility of one or more buildings with
capacity for office, meeting, and storage
space in a community within the refuge.
Alternative C proposes the same study
of traditional access methods for
subsistence purposes. Alternative C
would address local public use and
access needs slightly different from
Alternative B by proposing to expand or
improve some opportunities for public
use and access on Refuge lands.
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After this comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and address
them in the form of a final CCP and
decision document.
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Dated: October 12, 2010.
Gary Edwards,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
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We will involve the public through
open houses, meetings, written
comments, and personal interviews
with community members. We will mail
documents to our national and local
Refuge mailing lists. Public meetings
will be held in communities in the
Refuge area, including Kotzebue,
Noorvik, and Selawik. Dates, times, and
locations of each meeting or open house
will be announced in advance in local
media.
We particularly seek comments on the
following issues:
• Management of use by commercial
guides and transporters to maintain big
game hunting opportunities while
reducing social conflict in the region;
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• How to best conduct a traditional
access study of use for subsistence
purposes on Refuge lands;
• Proactively addressing climate
change; and
• Providing more outreach and better
communication for the public.
We consider comments substantive if
they:
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
accuracy of the information in the
document;
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
adequacy of the environmental
assessment;
• Present reasonable alternatives
other than those presented in the draft
CCP and the EA; and/or
• Provide new or additional
information relevant to the assessment.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: 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
ACTION:
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Bureau of Land Management-Eastern
States, 7450 Boston Boulevard,
Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn:
Cadastral Survey.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
survey was requested by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
The lands surveyed are:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Notice is hereby 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, 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, 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
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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.
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 land.
Following excavations at the site
described below, and under the
provisions of the permits, the University
of Oregon retained the collections for
preservation.
Between 1959 and 1968, cultural
items were removed from site 35–GM–
9, also known as the Wildcat Canyon
site, Gilliam County, OR, during
excavations by the University of Oregon
prior to construction of the John Day
Dam. The cultural items were
accessioned by the University of Oregon
Museum following each successive field
season. The 1,420 objects recovered
from Area 3 of site 35–GM–9, a
cemetery primarily used from
approximately 2,500–2,000 B.P., are
categorized as unassociated funerary
objects because specific associations
with individual burials cannot be
determined due to unclear spatial
distributions of the artifacts in relation
to particular sets of human remains. The
1,420 unassociated funerary objects are
32 projectile points, 25 projectile point
fragments, 30 blades, 52 blade
fragments, 1 multipurpose tool, 3 stone
mauls, 1 obsidian chopper, 17 pestles,
14 pestle fragments, 1 hammerstone, 10
worked/flaked cobbles, 5 river pebbles,
1 flaked pebble, 1 rectangular flat stone,
1 flake knife, 12 gravers, 7 burins, 1
spokeshave, 1 core, 12 scrapers, 2 end
scraper fragments, 12 bifaciallymodified flakes, 55 unifacially-modified
flakes, 7 curved flakes, 1 lamellar flake,
2 worked chert flakes, 935 unmodified
flakes, 3 stone drills, 6 drill fragments,
5 stone clinkers, 1 possible metate, 1
galena atlatl weight, 1 bolas stone, 1
polishing stone, 2 worked shale or slate
fragments, 5 abraders, 1 shaft smoother,
2 shaft smoother fragments, 1 antler awl
fragment, 3 bone awl fragments, 1 bone
shaft wrench, 1 bone tube, 17 worked
antlers, 10 burned antlers, 1 deer jaw, 19
worked bones, 1 cut bone, 1 burned
bone fragment, 1 notched bone, 2
decorated bones, 3 bone strips, 52
miscellaneous non-human bones and
bone fragments, 2 stone pendant
fragments, 1 shell pendant, 1 pebble
pendant, 2 dentalia, 1 unspecified bead,
14 bone beads, 1 antler bead, 2 nose
plugs, 1 worked pumice piece, 8 red
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ochre pieces, 1 shell, 1 grooved slate
tool and 3 shell flecks.
Site 35–GM–9 is located along the
south side shoreline of the Columbia
River, approximately 9.5 river miles east
of the John Day River confluence. The
multicomponent site contains multiple
activity areas that are believed to have
been repeatedly occupied from
approximately 9,000 B.P. to A.D. 1750.
Site 35–GM–9 frequently served as a
village, camping area and cemetery.
Area 3 is believed to have primarily
served as a burial area. The burial
pattern observed within Area 3 is
consistent with customs of Columbia
Plateau Native American groups.
Excavation and museum documentation
indicate that the objects are consistent
with cultural items typically found in
context with burials characteristic of the
Mid-Columbia River Basin.
Oral traditions and ethnographic
reports indicate that site 35–GM–9 lies
within the historic territory of Sahaptinspeaking Tenino or Warm Springs
peoples whose descendants are
culturally affiliated with the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon. The
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation are composed of
three Wasco bands, four Warm Springs
bands, and Northern Paiutes. The
Columbia River-based Wasco were the
easternmost group of Chinookanspeaking Indians. The Sahaptinspeaking 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, and
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(B), the 1,420 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
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preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from specific burial sites
of Native American individuals.
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District, and
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, have also
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 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 22, 2010. 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;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; and Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 14, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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 hereby 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, 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, 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
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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.
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 land. Following
excavations at the site described below, and under the provisions of
the permits, the University of Oregon retained the collections for
preservation.
Between 1959 and 1968, cultural items were removed from site 35-GM-
9, also known as the Wildcat Canyon site, Gilliam County, OR, during
excavations by the University of Oregon prior to construction of the
John Day Dam. The cultural items were accessioned by the University of
Oregon Museum following each successive field season. The 1,420 objects
recovered from Area 3 of site 35-GM-9, a cemetery primarily used from
approximately 2,500-2,000 B.P., are categorized as unassociated
funerary objects because specific associations with individual burials
cannot be determined due to unclear spatial distributions of the
artifacts in relation to particular sets of human remains. The 1,420
unassociated funerary objects are 32 projectile points, 25 projectile
point fragments, 30 blades, 52 blade fragments, 1 multipurpose tool, 3
stone mauls, 1 obsidian chopper, 17 pestles, 14 pestle fragments, 1
hammerstone, 10 worked/flaked cobbles, 5 river pebbles, 1 flaked
pebble, 1 rectangular flat stone, 1 flake knife, 12 gravers, 7 burins,
1 spokeshave, 1 core, 12 scrapers, 2 end scraper fragments, 12
bifacially-modified flakes, 55 unifacially-modified flakes, 7 curved
flakes, 1 lamellar flake, 2 worked chert flakes, 935 unmodified flakes,
3 stone drills, 6 drill fragments, 5 stone clinkers, 1 possible metate,
1 galena atlatl weight, 1 bolas stone, 1 polishing stone, 2 worked
shale or slate fragments, 5 abraders, 1 shaft smoother, 2 shaft
smoother fragments, 1 antler awl fragment, 3 bone awl fragments, 1 bone
shaft wrench, 1 bone tube, 17 worked antlers, 10 burned antlers, 1 deer
jaw, 19 worked bones, 1 cut bone, 1 burned bone fragment, 1 notched
bone, 2 decorated bones, 3 bone strips, 52 miscellaneous non-human
bones and bone fragments, 2 stone pendant fragments, 1 shell pendant, 1
pebble pendant, 2 dentalia, 1 unspecified bead, 14 bone beads, 1 antler
bead, 2 nose plugs, 1 worked pumice piece, 8 red ochre pieces, 1 shell,
1 grooved slate tool and 3 shell flecks.
Site 35-GM-9 is located along the south side shoreline of the
Columbia River, approximately 9.5 river miles east of the John Day
River confluence. The multicomponent site contains multiple activity
areas that are believed to have been repeatedly occupied from
approximately 9,000 B.P. to A.D. 1750. Site 35-GM-9 frequently served
as a village, camping area and cemetery. Area 3 is believed to have
primarily served as a burial area. The burial pattern observed within
Area 3 is consistent with customs of Columbia Plateau Native American
groups. Excavation and museum documentation indicate that the objects
are consistent with cultural items typically found in context with
burials characteristic of the Mid-Columbia River Basin.
Oral traditions and ethnographic reports indicate that site 35-GM-9
lies within the historic territory of Sahaptin-speaking Tenino or Warm
Springs peoples whose descendants are culturally affiliated with the
present-day Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation are
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 Chinookan-
speaking 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,
and University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 1,420 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 specific burial sites of Native
American individuals. Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Portland District, and University of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History, have also 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
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 22,
2010. 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; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 14, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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