Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, 43714-43715 [2011-18356]
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Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,
Colorado New Mexico & Utah
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
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History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Maxson
#1, Site No. 20, N.E. of Greeley, Kuner,
Weld County, CO, by Asa C. Maxson, an
avocational archeologist. In February
2008, the human remains (16 teeth)
were found in the collection during an
inventory/computerization project. In
July 2009, an object was identified as
being associated with this individual
during an assessment of the human
remains. Mr. Maxson of Longmont, CO,
created a large archeological collection
of items from Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Mexico. He donated his
collection to the museum in 1982. No
known individual was identified. The
associated funerary object is a bird of
prey talon that was possibly burned.
Determinations Made by the University
of Colorado Museum
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that:
• Based on heavy dental attrition at a
relatively young age (18–21 years old)
consistent with the introduction of grit
into the food of a typical Native
American diet via the use of manos and
metates, the human remains are Native
American.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary object and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission, the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; and
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana.
• Multiple lines of evidence,
including treaties, Acts of Congress, and
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming, and Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma.
• Other credible lines of evidence
indicate that the land from which the
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Native American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Crow Tribe of Montana.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described above is
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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary object is to the
Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe
of Montana; and Northern Cheyenne
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object or any other
Indian tribe that believes it satisfies the
criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Steve Lekson, Curator of
Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, in care of Jan Bernstein,
NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648,
before August 22, 2011. Disposition of
the human remains and associated
funerary object to the Arapahoe Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; and
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana, may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The University of Colorado Museum
is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
the Oregon State University Department
of Anthropology. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
at the address below by August 22,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. David McMurray,
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737–4515.
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 in the control of the
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The
human remains were removed from the
mouth of the Sandy River, Multnomah
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.
SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with a
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area archeologist, and the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and the
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. The Burns
Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes
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of the Siletz Indians of Oregon; Coquille
Tribe of Oregon; Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Indians of Oregon; and
Klamath Tribes, Oregon, were notified,
but did not participate in consultations
about the human remains described in
this notice.
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1970s, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from
somewhere near the mouth of the Sandy
River, in Multnomah County, OR. The
human remains were removed due to
illegal pot-hunting activities. The
human remains were subsequently
given to the university, but specific
provenience information was not
provided. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Ethnographic records suggest the
mouth of the Sandy River, where it
meets the Columbia River, was occupied
by Chinookan peoples. The Chinookan
peoples occupied a vast area for
hunting, fishing, and trade that was
‘‘south of the Columbia from the
cascades to the mouth of the
Willamette’’ (Berreman, 1937). The
Sandy River is within this vast area. The
human remains described above are
believed to have been removed from this
area, which is within or near the
traditional lands of the Chinookan
peoples whose descendants are
members of the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon and Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon includes
numerous bands from western Oregon,
as well as some communities from
extreme southwestern Washington and
northern California. These communities
and bands are the Clackamas Chinook,
Multnomah Chinook, Clatsop Chinook,
Willapa Chinook, Lower Chinook
Proper, Nehalem, Salmon River,
Tillamook, Nestucca, Kathlamet or
Wahkiakum Chinook, Skilloot,
Clatskanie, Clowewalla of the
Tumwater, Cascades or Mehetatate of
the Tumwater, Tualatin Calapooia,
Yamhill Calapooia, Pudding River or
Ahantchuyak Calapooia, Santiam
Calapooia, Che-lucke-mute or
Luckiamute Calapooia, Chelamelah or
Long Tom Calapooia, Winefelly,
Chemapho or Muddy Creek Calapooia,
Chepenefa or Marys River Calapooia,
Tsankupi or Tecopa Calapooia, Mohawk
or Chefan Calapooia, Yoncalla, Northern
Molalla, Southern Molalla, Latgawa or
Upper Takelma, Rogue River, Upper
Umpqua, and Northern Shasta. At the
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time of contact, the individual groups
spoke 30 dialects of the Athapascan,
Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Takelman,
Molalan, Sahaptin, Salishan, and
Shastan language families. In 1856–
1857, the U.S. Government forcibly
relocated the Grand Ronde peoples to
the Grand Ronde Reservation, located at
the headwaters of the South Yamhill
River in Yamhill and Polk Counties, OR.
The last additions to the Grand Ronde
came onto the reservation in the 1870s.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon were first
incorporated in 1935, terminated from
Federal recognition in 1954, and
restored to recognized status in 1983.
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon are
composed of the Wasco Tribe, the Warm
Springs Tribes, and groups of Northern
Paiutes. The Wasco Tribe, made up of
the Dalles and Dog River bands,
occupied the lower Columbia River area
and belong to the Chinookan language
group. The Warm Springs Tribes,
composed of the Upper Deschutes
(Tygh), Lower Deschutes (Wyam),
Tenino and John Day (Dock-spus)
bands, lived on the Deschutes and John
Day Rivers, as well as up river of the
Wasco Tribe on the Columbia River. The
Northern Paiutes were forcibly moved
onto the Warm Springs Reservation in
1879 and 1884, but originally had
roamed a large territory that included
parts of the Deschutes and John Day
River Valleys, as well as high desert
territories to the east and south of the
reservation. In 1855, the Warm Springs
and Wasco Tribes entered into a treaty
with the United States of America,
ceding more than 10 million acres of
land. In 1938, the Warm Springs, Wasco
and Northern Paiute Tribes formed a
confederacy.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. David McMurray,
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737–3850, before August 22, 2011.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the Burns
Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; 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 Indians of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon;
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of
Oregon; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; and
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Determinations Made by the Oregon
State University Department of
Anthropology
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder, CO
Officials of the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of three
individuals 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
the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
and the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
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Notice.
The University of Colorado
Museum has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the
University of Colorado Museum.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Oregon State University Department of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology at the address below by
August 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-
4515.
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 in the
control of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology,
Corvallis, OR. The human remains were removed from the mouth of the
Sandy River, Multnomah 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 Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with a Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
archeologist, and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. The Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes
of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes
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of the Siletz Indians of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Cow Creek
Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon; and Klamath Tribes, Oregon, were
notified, but did not participate in consultations about the human
remains described in this notice.
History and Description of the Remains
In the 1970s, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from somewhere near the mouth of the Sandy
River, in Multnomah County, OR. The human remains were removed due to
illegal pot-hunting activities. The human remains were subsequently
given to the university, but specific provenience information was not
provided. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Ethnographic records suggest the mouth of the Sandy River, where it
meets the Columbia River, was occupied by Chinookan peoples. The
Chinookan peoples occupied a vast area for hunting, fishing, and trade
that was ``south of the Columbia from the cascades to the mouth of the
Willamette'' (Berreman, 1937). The Sandy River is within this vast
area. The human remains described above are believed to have been
removed from this area, which is within or near the traditional lands
of the Chinookan peoples whose descendants are members of the present-
day Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
includes numerous bands from western Oregon, as well as some
communities from extreme southwestern Washington and northern
California. These communities and bands are the Clackamas Chinook,
Multnomah Chinook, Clatsop Chinook, Willapa Chinook, Lower Chinook
Proper, Nehalem, Salmon River, Tillamook, Nestucca, Kathlamet or
Wahkiakum Chinook, Skilloot, Clatskanie, Clowewalla of the Tumwater,
Cascades or Mehetatate of the Tumwater, Tualatin Calapooia, Yamhill
Calapooia, Pudding River or Ahantchuyak Calapooia, Santiam Calapooia,
Che-lucke-mute or Luckiamute Calapooia, Chelamelah or Long Tom
Calapooia, Winefelly, Chemapho or Muddy Creek Calapooia, Chepenefa or
Marys River Calapooia, Tsankupi or Tecopa Calapooia, Mohawk or Chefan
Calapooia, Yoncalla, Northern Molalla, Southern Molalla, Latgawa or
Upper Takelma, Rogue River, Upper Umpqua, and Northern Shasta. At the
time of contact, the individual groups spoke 30 dialects of the
Athapascan, Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Takelman, Molalan, Sahaptin,
Salishan, and Shastan language families. In 1856-1857, the U.S.
Government forcibly relocated the Grand Ronde peoples to the Grand
Ronde Reservation, located at the headwaters of the South Yamhill River
in Yamhill and Polk Counties, OR. The last additions to the Grand Ronde
came onto the reservation in the 1870s. The Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon were first incorporated in 1935,
terminated from Federal recognition in 1954, and restored to recognized
status in 1983.
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
are composed of the Wasco Tribe, the Warm Springs Tribes, and groups of
Northern Paiutes. The Wasco Tribe, made up of the Dalles and Dog River
bands, occupied the lower Columbia River area and belong to the
Chinookan language group. The Warm Springs Tribes, composed of the
Upper Deschutes (Tygh), Lower Deschutes (Wyam), Tenino and John Day
(Dock-spus) bands, lived on the Deschutes and John Day Rivers, as well
as up river of the Wasco Tribe on the Columbia River. The Northern
Paiutes were forcibly moved onto the Warm Springs Reservation in 1879
and 1884, but originally had roamed a large territory that included
parts of the Deschutes and John Day River Valleys, as well as high
desert territories to the east and south of the reservation. In 1855,
the Warm Springs and Wasco Tribes entered into a treaty with the United
States of America, ceding more than 10 million acres of land. In 1938,
the Warm Springs, Wasco and Northern Paiute Tribes formed a
confederacy.
Determinations Made by the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology
Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals 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 the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238
Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-3850, before
August 22, 2011. Repatriation of the human remains to the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; 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 Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Indians of Oregon; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe,
Idaho, that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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