Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 33732-33733 [2021-13511]
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Nation of Oklahoma (hereafter referred
to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime before 1995, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual was removed from the State
of Mississippi. In the late 1990s, a
student at Appalachian State University
acquired the human remains through
his landlord and donated them to the
University. The landlord (now
deceased) stated that he ‘‘got it in
Mississippi.’’ No further information
about these human remains is available.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by Appalachian
State University
Officials of Appalachian State
University have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual 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 Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas [previously listed as
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas];
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Quapaw Nation [previously
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians];
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; and The Osage Nation
[previously listed as Osage Tribe]
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Alice
Wright, Associate Professor,
Appalachian State University,
Department of Anthropology, ASU Box
32016, 322 Anne Belk Hall, Boone, NC
28608, telephone (828) 262–6384, email
wrightap2@appstate.edu, by July 26,
2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Tribes may proceed.
Appalachian State University is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
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Melanie O’Brien,
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Oregon State University
NAGPRA Office, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of sacred
objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the Oregon
State University NAGPRA Office. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Oregon State University NAGPRA
Office at the address in this notice by
July 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State
University NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey
Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone
(541) 737–4075, email
dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR, that meet the
definition of sacred 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
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the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Between 1978 and 2001, Dr. Roberta
Hall of the Oregon State University
Anthropology Department conducted
seven excavation seasons at Site
35CS043, which is in the City of
Bandon, Coos County, OR. Altogether,
five areas, designated A through E, were
excavated. The 30 sacred objects are 17
lots of worked lithics; 10 lots of worked
bone; one lot of mixed technologies; one
broken clay vessel; and one lot of photos
of the sacred objects.
Site 35CS043 has a very long
occupation history. Radiocarbon dating
samples sent to Beta Analytics by Dr.
Roberta Hall show occupation as early
as 2310–1660 BCE. This site was one of
three Coquille villages that made up the
Nasomah Complex. All three villages
were attacked by miners on January 28,
1854, during the Nasomah massacre; up
to 21 tribal individuals were reported
killed.
The Coos Bay Indians are the
ancestors of the present-day Coquille
Indian Tribe. They spoke Miluk, a
Penutian dialect, and the Coquille/
Tututni dialect of Athabaskan. The split
between Miluk (Lower Coquille) and
Athapaskan (Upper Coquille) is around
Randolph Island on the Coquille River.
The Coos Bay Indians (now known as
the Coquille Indian Tribe) claimed the
territory two miles south of the lower
Coquille River in a 1935 case before the
U.S. Court of Claims. After its Federal
recognition was terminated by an Act of
Congress in 1954 (finalized 1956), the
Coquille Indian Tribe was officially
restored to recognized status in 1989.
Through lengthy consultations with
the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
(THPO) for the Coquille Indian Tribe,
Oregon State University determined
that, based on material, form, and
function, the items listed in this notice
meet the definition of ‘‘sacred objects.’’
The blue schist stone objects originate
from ‘‘Grandmother Rock,’’ an
individual who, according to Coquille
oral tradition, was transmogrified into
stone. ‘‘Grandmother Rock,’’ also known
as Tupper Rock, was used to make the
Bandon jetty; pieces of her returned to
the Tribe are given sacred status. The
obsidian and CCS were obtained
through trade for ceremonial purposes,
as these materials are not local to the
Bandon area. All the worked bone was
of ceremonial quality and typologies.
The clay vessel was ceremonial in
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nature, and the photos are of the
technologies listed in this notice.
Determinations Made by Oregon State
University
Officials of Oregon State University
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the 30 cultural items described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred objects and the
Coquille Indian Tribe [previously listed
as Coquille Tribe of Oregon].
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State
University NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey
Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone
(541) 737–4075, email
dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu,
by July 26, 2021. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the sacred
objects to the Coquille Indian Tribe
[previously listed as Coquille Tribe of
Oregon] may proceed.
Oregon State University is responsible
for notifying the Coquille Indian Tribe
[previously listed as Coquille Tribe of
Oregon] that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 9, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sierra
Mono Museum and Cultural Center,
North Fork, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Sierra Mono Museum
and Cultural Center has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
SUMMARY:
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organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the Sierra Mono Museum and
Cultural Center. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Sierra Mono Museum
and Cultural Center at the address in
this notice by July 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina McDonald, President of the
Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural
Center, 33103 Road 228 North Fork, CA
93643, telephone (559) 877–2115, email
monomuseum@gmail.com.
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 under the control of
the Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural
Center, North Fork, CA. The human
remains were removed from the area of
the Kaw River in northeastern Kansas.
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 on behalf of the
Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural
Center by Dr. Chelsey Juarez of
California State University Fresno, in
consultation with representatives of the
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe
of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; and the
Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas
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and Nebraska (hereafter referred to as
‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime prior to 1980, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the area
of the Kaw River in northeastern
Kansas. In 2019, while moving their
collections, the Sierra Mono Museum
and Cultural Center discovered these
human remains in a box associated with
the Tettleton Wildlife Collection, which
the museum had acquired in 1982. The
box also contained an image of the
human remains and the words ‘‘Kaw
River’’ written on the back of the image.
The human remains belong to an
adult, possible female and probably 24–
30 years of age. The dental wear is
consistent for an individual of Native
American ancestry. The remains are
probably early historic or prehistoric in
date. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Sierra
Mono Museum and Cultural Center
Officials of the Sierra Mono Museum
and Cultural Center have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual 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 Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Christina
McDonald, Sierra Mono Museum and
Cultural Center, 33103 Road 228, North
Fork, CA 93643, telephone (559) 877–
2115, email monomuseum@gmail.com,
by July 26, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The Sierra Mono Museum is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: June 9, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Oregon State University NAGPRA Office, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of sacred objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written
request to the Oregon State University NAGPRA Office. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Oregon State University
NAGPRA Office at the address in this notice by July 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State
University NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331,
telephone (541) 737-4075, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the
control of Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, that meet the
definition of sacred 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 Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
Between 1978 and 2001, Dr. Roberta Hall of the Oregon State
University Anthropology Department conducted seven excavation seasons
at Site 35CS043, which is in the City of Bandon, Coos County, OR.
Altogether, five areas, designated A through E, were excavated. The 30
sacred objects are 17 lots of worked lithics; 10 lots of worked bone;
one lot of mixed technologies; one broken clay vessel; and one lot of
photos of the sacred objects.
Site 35CS043 has a very long occupation history. Radiocarbon dating
samples sent to Beta Analytics by Dr. Roberta Hall show occupation as
early as 2310-1660 BCE. This site was one of three Coquille villages
that made up the Nasomah Complex. All three villages were attacked by
miners on January 28, 1854, during the Nasomah massacre; up to 21
tribal individuals were reported killed.
The Coos Bay Indians are the ancestors of the present-day Coquille
Indian Tribe. They spoke Miluk, a Penutian dialect, and the Coquille/
Tututni dialect of Athabaskan. The split between Miluk (Lower Coquille)
and Athapaskan (Upper Coquille) is around Randolph Island on the
Coquille River. The Coos Bay Indians (now known as the Coquille Indian
Tribe) claimed the territory two miles south of the lower Coquille
River in a 1935 case before the U.S. Court of Claims. After its Federal
recognition was terminated by an Act of Congress in 1954 (finalized
1956), the Coquille Indian Tribe was officially restored to recognized
status in 1989.
Through lengthy consultations with the Tribal Historic Preservation
Officer (THPO) for the Coquille Indian Tribe, Oregon State University
determined that, based on material, form, and function, the items
listed in this notice meet the definition of ``sacred objects.'' The
blue schist stone objects originate from ``Grandmother Rock,'' an
individual who, according to Coquille oral tradition, was
transmogrified into stone. ``Grandmother Rock,'' also known as Tupper
Rock, was used to make the Bandon jetty; pieces of her returned to the
Tribe are given sacred status. The obsidian and CCS were obtained
through trade for ceremonial purposes, as these materials are not local
to the Bandon area. All the worked bone was of ceremonial quality and
typologies. The clay vessel was ceremonial in
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nature, and the photos are of the technologies listed in this notice.
Determinations Made by Oregon State University
Officials of Oregon State University have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 30 cultural items
described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred
objects and the Coquille Indian Tribe [previously listed as Coquille
Tribe of Oregon].
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State University
NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737-4075, email [email protected], by July 26, 2021.
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred objects to the Coquille Indian Tribe
[previously listed as Coquille Tribe of Oregon] may proceed.
Oregon State University is responsible for notifying the Coquille
Indian Tribe [previously listed as Coquille Tribe of Oregon] that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 9, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-13511 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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