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Nation of Oklahoma (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Sometime before 1995, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual was removed from the State 

of Mississippi. In the late 1990s, a 

student at Appalachian State University 

acquired the human remains through 

his landlord and donated them to the 

University. The landlord (now 

deceased) stated that he ‘‘got it in 

Mississippi.’’ No further information 

about these human remains is available. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by Appalachian 

State University 

Officials of Appalachian State 

University 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 Alabama-Coushatta 

Tribe of Texas [previously listed as 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas]; 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw 

Indians; Quapaw Nation [previously 

listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; 

The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; and The Osage Nation 

[previously listed as Osage Tribe] 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘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 Dr. Alice 

Wright, Associate Professor, 

Appalachian State University, 

Department of Anthropology, ASU Box 

32016, 322 Anne Belk Hall, Boone, NC 

28608, telephone (828) 262–6384, email 

wrightap2@appstate.edu, 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. 

Appalachian State University 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032106; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Oregon State University, 

Corvallis, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Oregon State University 

NAGPRA Office, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. 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 to the Oregon 

State University NAGPRA Office. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Oregon State University NAGPRA 

Office at the address in this notice by 

July 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State 

University NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey 

Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone 

(541) 737–4075, email 

dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of Oregon State 

University, Corvallis, OR, that meet the 

definition of sacred objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

Between 1978 and 2001, Dr. Roberta 

Hall of the Oregon State University 

Anthropology Department conducted 

seven excavation seasons at Site 

35CS043, which is in the City of 

Bandon, Coos County, OR. Altogether, 

five areas, designated A through E, were 

excavated. The 30 sacred objects are 17 

lots of worked lithics; 10 lots of worked 

bone; one lot of mixed technologies; one 

broken clay vessel; and one lot of photos 

of the sacred objects. 

Site 35CS043 has a very long 

occupation history. Radiocarbon dating 

samples sent to Beta Analytics by Dr. 

Roberta Hall show occupation as early 

as 2310–1660 BCE. This site was one of 

three Coquille villages that made up the 

Nasomah Complex. All three villages 

were attacked by miners on January 28, 

1854, during the Nasomah massacre; up 

to 21 tribal individuals were reported 

killed. 

The Coos Bay Indians are the 

ancestors of the present-day Coquille 

Indian Tribe. They spoke Miluk, a 

Penutian dialect, and the Coquille/ 

Tututni dialect of Athabaskan. The split 

between Miluk (Lower Coquille) and 

Athapaskan (Upper Coquille) is around 

Randolph Island on the Coquille River. 

The Coos Bay Indians (now known as 

the Coquille Indian Tribe) claimed the 

territory two miles south of the lower 

Coquille River in a 1935 case before the 

U.S. Court of Claims. After its Federal 

recognition was terminated by an Act of 

Congress in 1954 (finalized 1956), the 

Coquille Indian Tribe was officially 

restored to recognized status in 1989. 

Through lengthy consultations with 

the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

(THPO) for the Coquille Indian Tribe, 

Oregon State University determined 

that, based on material, form, and 

function, the items listed in this notice 

meet the definition of ‘‘sacred objects.’’ 

The blue schist stone objects originate 

from ‘‘Grandmother Rock,’’ an 

individual who, according to Coquille 

oral tradition, was transmogrified into 

stone. ‘‘Grandmother Rock,’’ also known 

as Tupper Rock, was used to make the 

Bandon jetty; pieces of her returned to 

the Tribe are given sacred status. The 

obsidian and CCS were obtained 

through trade for ceremonial purposes, 

as these materials are not local to the 

Bandon area. All the worked bone was 

of ceremonial quality and typologies. 

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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 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032110; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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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