Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR, 43396-43397 [2023-14380]

Download as PDF 43396 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 129 / Friday, July 7, 2023 / Notices more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical, and historical. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Determinations Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, SCIAA has determined that: • The two objects described in this notice 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Catawba Indian Nation. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, SCIAA must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. SCIAA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: June 28, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–14383 Filed 7–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:55 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 259001 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036124; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the High Desert Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR, and Klickitat County, WA. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after August 7, 2023. ADDRESSES: Michelle Seiler, High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy. 97, Bend, OR 97702, telephone (541) 382–4754 Ext. 376, email michelle@ highdesertmuseum.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of High Desert Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by High Desert Museum. SUMMARY: Description Forty-nine cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR. These cultural items were removed from Memaloose Island by Sue Frewing, who accompanied her father there as a child. According to Frewing, at that time, the entire island was fully accessible by boat, as The Dalles Dam had not yet been constructed. On March 31, 1986, these cultural items were donated to the High Desert Museum by Sue Frewing. The 49 unassociated funerary objects are five cylindrical beads, one disk shaped bead, one brass bead, two strings of beads, five animal teeth or claws, one awl, one piece of leather with brass tacks, one piece of wood with brass tack, two rusted nails, one piece of a buckle, two brass buttons, 16 brass tacks, one piece of wood, one piece of green fabric, one Dentalium shell, and eight shells with sand. PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Three lots of cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR, and Klickitat County, WA. Around 1960, Erna Mader Rose removed these cultural items from Memaloose Island in either Wasco County, OR, or Klickitat County, WA. On July 6, 1994, Marian M. Campbell, acting as Erna Rose’s executrice, donated them to the High Desert Museum. The three lots of unassociated funerary objects are one lot consisting of a Riker mount with seed and shell beads, rolled copper fragments, dentalium, carved wood or bone fragment; one lot consisting of glass beads; and one lot consisting of shell and bone beads. Ten cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR. In 1961, Erna Mader Rose removed these cultural items from the Bead Patch Site next to The Dalles Bridge. On July 6, 1994, Marian M. Campbell, acting as Erna Rose’s executrice, donated them to the High Desert Museum. The 10 unassociated funerary objects are six stone point fragments; two stone projectile points; one stone drill; and one stone bead. Cultural Affiliation The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical, historical, and oral traditional. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the High Desert Museum has determined that: • The 62 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 a specific burial site of a Native American individual. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; and the Nez Perce Tribe. E:\FR\FM\07JYN1.SGM 07JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 129 / Friday, July 7, 2023 / Notices Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, High Desert Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. High Desert Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 10.14. University, 214 Showalter Hall, Cheney, WA 99004, telephone (509) 359–3116, email vvaldez6@ewu.edu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of Eastern Washington University. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by Eastern Washington University. Dated: June 28, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Cultural Affiliation The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, geographical, and historical. [FR Doc. 2023–14380 Filed 7–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036130; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Eastern Washington University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after August 7, 2023. ADDRESSES: Kate Valdez, NAGPRA Coordinator, Eastern Washington ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:55 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 259001 Description In 1906, during the excavation of a house foundation, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Honolulu in Honolulu County, HI. In the early 1920s, O.S. James donated these human remains to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Accession #469.1), and on April 3, 1987, the human remains were legally transferred to Eastern Washington University. No associated funerary objects are present. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, Eastern Washington University has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Hui Iwi Kuamo’o, a Native Hawaiian organization. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43397 identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Eastern Washington University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. Eastern Washington University is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Native Hawaiian organization identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: June 28, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–14385 Filed 7–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Vaporizer Devices, Cartridges Used Therewith, and Components Thereof, DN 3685; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant’s filing pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The public version of the complaint can be accessed on the Commission’s Electronic Document Information SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\07JYN1.SGM 07JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14380]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036124; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: High Desert 
Museum, Bend, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the High Desert Museum intends to repatriate 
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated 
funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural 
items were removed from Wasco County, OR, and Klickitat County, WA.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after August 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Michelle Seiler, High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy. 97, 
Bend, OR 97702, telephone (541) 382-4754 Ext. 376, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of High 
Desert Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records held by High Desert 
Museum.

Description

    Forty-nine cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR. These 
cultural items were removed from Memaloose Island by Sue Frewing, who 
accompanied her father there as a child. According to Frewing, at that 
time, the entire island was fully accessible by boat, as The Dalles Dam 
had not yet been constructed. On March 31, 1986, these cultural items 
were donated to the High Desert Museum by Sue Frewing. The 49 
unassociated funerary objects are five cylindrical beads, one disk 
shaped bead, one brass bead, two strings of beads, five animal teeth or 
claws, one awl, one piece of leather with brass tacks, one piece of 
wood with brass tack, two rusted nails, one piece of a buckle, two 
brass buttons, 16 brass tacks, one piece of wood, one piece of green 
fabric, one Dentalium shell, and eight shells with sand.
    Three lots of cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR, 
and Klickitat County, WA. Around 1960, Erna Mader Rose removed these 
cultural items from Memaloose Island in either Wasco County, OR, or 
Klickitat County, WA. On July 6, 1994, Marian M. Campbell, acting as 
Erna Rose's executrice, donated them to the High Desert Museum. The 
three lots of unassociated funerary objects are one lot consisting of a 
Riker mount with seed and shell beads, rolled copper fragments, 
dentalium, carved wood or bone fragment; one lot consisting of glass 
beads; and one lot consisting of shell and bone beads.
    Ten cultural items were removed from Wasco County, OR. In 1961, 
Erna Mader Rose removed these cultural items from the Bead Patch Site 
next to The Dalles Bridge. On July 6, 1994, Marian M. Campbell, acting 
as Erna Rose's executrice, donated them to the High Desert Museum. The 
10 unassociated funerary objects are six stone point fragments; two 
stone projectile points; one stone drill; and one stone bead.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical, 
historical, and oral traditional.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the High Desert Museum has determined that:
     The 62 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 a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Confederated 
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of the 
Umatilla Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon; and the Nez Perce Tribe.

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Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal 
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally 
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, High Desert Museum must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. High Desert Museum is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14380 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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