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regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28912 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037165; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Oregon Health & Science University, 

Portland, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon 

Health & Science University (OHSU) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is no cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and any Indian Tribe. 

The human remains were removed from 

an unknown geographic location in 

Oregon or Washington. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alice Cuprill Comas, 

Oregon Health & Science University, 

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., 

Portland, OR 97239, telephone (503) 

494–5222, email legal@ohsu.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 the OHSU. 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 the OHSU. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from an unknown geographic 

location or locations, believed to be in 

Oregon or Washington. On an unknown 

date, the human remains (MMC–2008– 

16.1.6[3]; MMC–2008–16.1.6[5]) came to 

the OHSU, where they became a part of 

the Medical Museum Collection. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown geographic location, 

believed to be in Oregon or Washington. 

On an unknown date, the human 

remains (teeth) (SOD–2010.281.17) were 

removed from an unknown patient of 

Dr. Ernest Starr, Interim Dean of the 

University of Oregon Dental School 

from 1944 to 1946, or one of his 

colleagues. The University of Oregon 

Dental School then became the OHSU. 

On an unknown date, the human 

remains were transferred to the Oregon 

Health & Science University School of 

Dentistry, where they became part of 

what was called the ‘‘Ernest E. Starr 

Memorial Museum of Dental 

Anomalies.’’ No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, four individuals were 

removed from an unknown geographic 

location or locations, believed to be in 

Oregon or Washington. On an unknown 

date, the human remains (SOD–2010– 

2.281.17[5]; SOD–2010–2.281.17[9]; 

SOD–2010–2.281.17[10]; SOD–2010– 

2.281.17[1]) were transferred to the 

School of Dentistry at Oregon Health & 

Science University, where they were 

used for teaching purposes. The School 

of Dentistry changed buildings in 2011 

or 2012. Based on institutional 

knowledge, the 2010 catalog numbers 

that include ‘‘SOD’’ were likely assigned 

in anticipation of that move, when the 

School of Dentistry collections were 

moved to the OHSU Archives. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains in this notice 

were removed from known geographic 

locations. These locations are the 

aboriginal lands of one or more Indian 

Tribes. The following information was 

used to identify the aboriginal land: a 

final judgment of the Indian Claims 

Commission, the United States Court of 

Claims, a treaty, an Act of Congress, an 

Executive Order, and other information, 

such as expert testimony. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the OHSU has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of seven individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains described in 

this notice were removed from the 

aboriginal land of the Big Pine Paiute 

Tribe of the Owens Valley; Bishop 

Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; 

Burns Paiute Tribe; Cedarville 

Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi 

Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi 

Reservation, California; Coeur D’Alene 

Tribe; Confederated Tribes and Bands of 

the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes 

of Siletz Indians of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation; Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation; Confederated 

Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and 

Siuslaw Indians; Confederated Tribes of 

the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes 

of the Warm Springs Reservation of 

Oregon; Coquille Indian Tribe; Cow 

Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians; 

Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Duckwater 

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 

Reservation, Nevada; Eastern Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Ely Shoshone Tribe of 

Nevada; Fort Bidwell Indian 

Community of the Fort Bidwell 

Reservation of California; Fort 

Independence Indian Community of 

Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence 

Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt 

Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort 

McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada 

and Oregon; Hoh Indian Tribe; 

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe; Kaibab 

Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kalispel 

Indian Community of the Kalispel 

Reservation; Klamath Tribes; Las Vegas 

Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas 

Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine 

Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Lovelock Paiute 

Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, 

Nevada; Lower Elwha Tribal 

Community; Lummi Tribe of the Lummi 

Reservation; Makah Indian Tribe of the 

Makah Indian Reservation; Moapa Band 

of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation, Nevada; Modoc 

Nation; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Nez 

Perce Tribe; Nisqually Indian Tribe; 

Nooksack Indian Tribe; Northwestern 

Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute 

Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of 

Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, 

Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian 

Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits 

Band of Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 

of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, 

Nevada; Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe; 

Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 

of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, 

Nevada; Quartz Valley Indian 

Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California; Quileute Tribe 

of the Quileute Reservation; Quinault 

Indian Nation; Reno-Sparks Indian 


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Colony, Nevada; Samish Indian Nation; 

San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of 

Arizona; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; 

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the 

Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation; 

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 

Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute 

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, 

Nevada; Skokomish Indian Tribe; 

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe; Spokane 

Tribe of the Spokane Reservation; 

Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin 

Island Reservation; Stillaguamish Tribe 

of Indians of Washington; Summit Lake 

Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Suquamish 

Indian Tribe of the Port Madison 

Reservation; Susanville Indian 

Rancheria, California; Swinomish 

Indian Tribal Community; Te-Moak 

Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of 

Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle 

Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork 

Band; and Wells Band); Timbisha 

Shoshone Tribe; Tulalip Tribes of 

Washington; Twenty-Nine Palms Band 

of Mission Indians of California; Upper 

Skagit Indian Tribe; Utu Utu Gwaitu 

Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute 

Reservation, California; Walker River 

Paiute Tribe of the Walker River 

Reservation, Nevada; Winnemucca 

Indian Colony of Nevada; Yerington 

Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & 

Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and the 

Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba 

Reservation, Nevada. 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

disposition may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes 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, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after February 2, 2024. 

If competing requests for disposition are 

received, the OHSU must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The OHSU 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 10.9 and 10.11. 

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28920 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037175; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Gilcrease Museum has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Tulsa County, OK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease 

Museum, 800 S Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK 

74104, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.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 the Gilcrease 

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 the Gilcrease Museum. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 14 individuals were removed 

from Tulsa County, OK, by Frank Soday, 

an avocational archaeologist, in 1971. 

The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation 

purchased Soday’s collection in 1982. 

The 176 associated funerary objects are 

94 lots of lithic tools, four lots of sherds, 

35 lots of nails and metal fasteners and 

belt buckles, seven lots of glass jar or 

bottle fragments, 11 lots of porcelain 

fragments and dishes, three lots of 

buttons, four lots of metal utensils, one 

lot of wood fragments, one lot of bullets, 

two lots of shell, seven lots of faunal 

remains, two lots of marbles, two lots of 

beads, one lot of textile fragments, one 

pipe, and one tin cup. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, kinship, and 

other relevant information. 

Lineal Descent 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to an identifiable individual 

whose descendants can be traced 

directly and without interruption by 

means of a traditional kinship system or 

by the common law system of 

descendance. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, kinship, and 

other relevant information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Gilcrease Museum 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 14 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 176 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 human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation. 

• There is a relationship between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and 

lineal descendants. 


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