[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54727-54728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27319]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from Oregon in the
Possession of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Laboratory of
Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to repatriate
cultural items from Oregon in the possession of the Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,
Santa Fe, NM which meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary
object'' under Section 2 of the Act.
The cultural items are 96 glass trade beads.
Before 1937, these cultural items were removed from a Native
American grave near Oregon City, OR by person(s) unknown. In 1937,
these cultural items were donated to the Laboratory of Anthropology by
an unknown donor. In 1947, the Laboratory of Anthropology became part
of the Museum of New Mexico. The human remains from this burial were
not donated to the Museum, and their disposition is unknown.
Based on the type and condition of these cultural items, the burial
from which they were removed has been dated to first half of the
nineteenth century. During the nineteenth century, the area surrounding
Oregon City, OR was inhabited by the Santiam Calapooia, the Tualatin
Calapooia, the Clowewlla of the Tumwater, and the Northern Molalla, or
Clackamas Chinook. In 1855, these communities were confederated and
relocated to Grand Ronde, OR, and are now identified as the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Museum
of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New
Mexico have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these
cultural items 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 an Native
American individual. Officials of the Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico have also
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these
items and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of
Oregon.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Representatives of any other
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with
these objects should contact Patricia House, Director, Museum of Indian
Arts and Cultures/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,
P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087; telephone: (505) 827-6344
before November 12, 1998. Repatriation of these objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon may begin
after
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that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: October 1, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-27319 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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