Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2023 / Notices 58615 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036458; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Klamath County Museum, Klamath 

Falls, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Klamath County Museum 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 Siskiyou County, CA, and 

Klamath County, OR. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after September 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Todd Kepple, Klamath 

County Museum, 1451 Main Street, 

Klamath Falls, OR 97601, telephone 

(541) 882–1000, email museum@

klamathcounty.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 Klamath County 

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 inventory or related 

records held by Klamath County 

Museum. 

Description 

All the human remains described 

below were collected by the Frank and 

Doris Payne family and became part of 

their collection of artifacts from the 

Upper Klamath Basin region. The Payne 

Collection was acquired by a group of 

local businessmen around 1944, when 

the Paynes moved away from Klamath 

Falls, and in 1965, it was transferred to 

the Klamath County Museum. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In April of 1938, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from Lower 

Klamath Lake in Siskiyou County, CA. 

These fragmentary human remains 

(designated SK–13 and SK–22) belong to 

two individuals of unknown age and 

sex. The human remains of one of them 

(SK–13) are in a mineralized state, 

which suggests they are several 

thousand years old. 

In March of 1941, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Tule 

Lake in Siskiyou County, CA. These 

fragmentary human remains (designated 

SK–28B) belong to an individual of 

unknown age and sex. 

Sometime in 1941, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Lower 

Klamath Lake in Siskiyou County, CA. 

These fragmentary human remains 

(designated SK–30) belong to an 

individual of unknown age and sex. 

Sometime prior to 1944, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location. These fragmentary 

human remains belong to an individual 

of unknown age and sex. 

Sometime prior to 1944, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Lower 

Klamath Lake in Siskiyou County, CA. 

These fragmentary human remains 

belong to an individual of unknown age 

and sex. 

Sometime prior to 1944, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location. These fragmentary 

human remains (designated BA–76) 

belong to an individual of unknown age 

and sex. 

Sometime prior to 1944, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location. These human 

remains (designated 220g–1) consist of a 

mandible belonging to a mature 

individual of unknown age and sex. 

Sometime prior to 1944, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location. These human 

remains (designated 413–7 (1341)) 

consist of a pear-shaped skull fragment 

belonging to an individual of unknown 

age and sex. 

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 type of 

information was used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: historical. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Klamath County 

Museum has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of nine individuals 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 Klamath 

Tribes. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after September 27, 2023. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the Klamath County Museum 

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 

Klamath County Museum 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: August 18, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18495 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036463; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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