[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52022-52023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20948]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from near or in Umatilla 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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Field Museum
of Natural History professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Nez
Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an island on the Columbia River, 10 miles
south of Umatilla, near or in Umatilla County, OR. In 1896, the Field
Museum of Natural History purchased these human remains from Joseph V.
Tallman of Pendleton, OR (Field Museum of Natural History accession
number 275, catalog number 40662). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1901, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from a location along the banks of the Columbia River,
near Umatilla, near or in Umatilla County, OR, by Dr. Merton Miller for
the Field Museum of Natural History (Field Museum of Natural History
accession number 781, catalog number 40997). No known individual was
identified. The five associated funerary objects are one chert scraper,
one stone tool or blade, and three bone awls.
The human remains have been identified as Native American, based on
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in Field Museum of
Natural History records. Scholarly publications and consultation
information provided by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group, indicate that the areas where
the human remains and associated funerary objects were found are
located within the traditional lands of the Umatilla, Cayuse, and the
Walla Walla. These groups have been located there since the late
Prehistoric Period, and each are represented today by the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the five objects
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains
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at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
Lastly, officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have
determined that, 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 associated funerary objects and
the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field
Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605,
telephone (312) 665-7317, before September 23, 2010. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Field Museum is responsible for notifying the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington; and the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-20948 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am]
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