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nature, and the photos are of the 

technologies listed in this notice. 

Determinations Made by Oregon State 

University 

Officials of Oregon State University 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 30 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the 

Coquille Indian Tribe [previously listed 

as Coquille Tribe of Oregon]. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State 

University NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey 

Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone 

(541) 737–4075, email 

dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu, 

by July 26, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the sacred 

objects to the Coquille Indian Tribe 

[previously listed as Coquille Tribe of 

Oregon] may proceed. 

Oregon State University is responsible 

for notifying the Coquille Indian Tribe 

[previously listed as Coquille Tribe of 

Oregon] that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: June 9, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032110; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sierra 

Mono Museum and Cultural Center, 

North Fork, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Sierra Mono Museum 

and Cultural Center has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and present-day Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the Sierra Mono Museum and 

Cultural Center. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains to the 

lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Sierra Mono Museum 

and Cultural Center at the address in 

this notice by July 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina McDonald, President of the 

Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural 

Center, 33103 Road 228 North Fork, CA 

93643, telephone (559) 877–2115, email 

monomuseum@gmail.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural 

Center, North Fork, CA. The human 

remains were removed from the area of 

the Kaw River in northeastern Kansas. 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made on behalf of the 

Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural 

Center by Dr. Chelsey Juarez of 

California State University Fresno, in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; 

Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation 

in Kansas; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band 

of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; and the 

Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas 

and Nebraska (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Sometime prior to 1980, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the area 

of the Kaw River in northeastern 

Kansas. In 2019, while moving their 

collections, the Sierra Mono Museum 

and Cultural Center discovered these 

human remains in a box associated with 

the Tettleton Wildlife Collection, which 

the museum had acquired in 1982. The 

box also contained an image of the 

human remains and the words ‘‘Kaw 

River’’ written on the back of the image. 

The human remains belong to an 

adult, possible female and probably 24– 

30 years of age. The dental wear is 

consistent for an individual of Native 

American ancestry. The remains are 

probably early historic or prehistoric in 

date. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Sierra 

Mono Museum and Cultural Center 

Officials of the Sierra Mono Museum 

and Cultural Center have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• 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 Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Christina 

McDonald, Sierra Mono Museum and 

Cultural Center, 33103 Road 228, North 

Fork, CA 93643, telephone (559) 877– 

2115, email monomuseum@gmail.com, 

by July 26, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The Sierra Mono Museum is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: June 9, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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