90 FR 51 pgs. 12546-12547 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Prineville District Office, Prineville, OR
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 51Pages: 12546 - 12547
Pages: 12546, 12547Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039433; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-04363 Filed 3-17-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039433; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Prineville District Office, Prineville, OR
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Prineville District Office (BLM), 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.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after April 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Lisa M. Clark, BLM Prineville District Office, 3050 NE 3rd Street, Prineville, OR 97754, telephone (541) 416-6864, email lmclark@blm.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least one individual have been identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The remains consist of a fragmentary calvarium plus portions of the right zygomatic and maxilla, fragmentary left mandible, and a fragmentary left femur. These remains are currently being held by the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural and Cultural History (UOMNCH). The remains were removed from their burial location in 1962. The burial's legal location is in Township 12 South, Range 12 East in the NE 1⁄4 , of SW 1⁄4 of Section 3. This land is currently managed by the United States Forest Service (USFS) but was managed by the BLM in 1962.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 17, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM 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. The BLM is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: January 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04363 Filed 3-17-25; 8:45 am]
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