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the 1909 diking of the Herring River 

estuary have documented chronic and 

severe water-quality problems and 

frequent fish kills. In response, the 

Town of Wellfleet in August 2005 

appointed a Herring River Technical 

Committee, representing the Towns of 

Wellfleet and Truro, Massachusetts 

Coastal Zone Management, Cape Cod 

National Seashore, and other federal, 

state and regional resource-management 

agencies, to develop a Conceptual 

Restoration Plan. The Conceptual 

Restoration Plan was completed in 

October 2007 and accepted by the towns 

and the Seashore shortly thereafter 

under an agreement that further 

established a new Herring River 

Restoration Committee tasked with 

guiding the project through both federal 

NEPA and state MEPA review and 

developing a detailed restoration plan. 

Through an extensive preliminary 

scoping process conducted during the 

development of the Conceptual 

Restoration Plan, the Herring River 

Technical Committee identified these 

issues: Restoration of the estuary’s 

functions through reconnection to the 

marine environment, improvement of 

surface-water quality, protection of 

shellfish beds, protection of potable 

groundwater quality, protection of 

adjacent private properties and public 

roadways, nuisance mosquito breeding, 

and exotic plants. 

In addition to the no action 

alternative, alternatives that could be 

considered in the EIS/EIR include full 

tidal restoration and a phased and 

incremental process of tidal restoration, 

monitoring and analysis of system 

response, public outreach and adaptive 

management. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Dennis R. Reidenbach, 

Regional Director, Northeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19436 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–WU–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University, Corvallis, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 a cultural item in the 

possession of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 

that meets the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary object’’ 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 cultural 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The Museum of Oregon Country, 

Oregon Agricultural College was 

renamed the John B. Horner Museum of 

the Oregon Country in 1936, and 

became commonly known as the Horner 

Museum. The Oregon Agricultural 

College was renamed the Oregon State 

College in 1937, and became Oregon 

State University in 1962. The Horner 

Museum closed in 1995. Currently, 

cultural items from the Horner Museum 

are referred to as the Horner Collection, 

which is owned by, and in the 

possession of, Oregon State University. 

The Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University professional staff consulted 

with representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and 

Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon; 

Coquille Tribe of Oregon; Karuk Tribe of 

California; Smith River Rancheria, 

California; and Yurok Tribe of the Yurok 

Reservation, California. The 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington; Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe, Washington; Hawai‘i 

Island Burial Council; Hoh Indian Tribe 

of the Hoh Indian Reservation, 

Washington; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 

O Hawai‘i Nei; Jamestown S’Klallam 

Tribe of Washington; Kauai/Niihau 

Island Burial Council; Lower Elwha 

Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha 

Reservation, Washington; Lummi Tribe 

of the Lummi Reservation, Washington; 

Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian 

Reservation, Washington; Maui/Lanai 

Island Burial Council; Molokai Island 

Burial Council; O’ahu Burial 

Committee; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; 

Quartz Valley Indian Community of the 

Quartz Valley Reservation of California; 

Quileute Tribe of the Quileute 

Reservation, Washington; Quinault 

Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, 

Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of 

the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, 

Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe of 

the Skokomish Reservation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 

and Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 

Reservation, Washington were informed 

of the item in this claim, but did not 

participate in the consultations. 

At an unknown date, a trinket basket 

was removed from Vancouver, Clark 

County, WA, probably by Mrs. J.E. 

Barrett. Mrs. Barrett brought the basket 

to the Horner Museum in 1934 and 

gifted it to the Horner Museum in 1972. 

The Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University has no evidence the trinket 

basket was ever buried with any 

individual. However, J.E. Barrett is 

known to have collected cultural items 

from burials and mounds. Based on 

consultation and museum records, the 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University has identified this cultural 

item as an unassociated funerary object. 

Tribal representatives have identified 

this basket as typical of those found at 

the mouth of the Columbia River and 

displays characteristics of Clatsop, 

Tillamook, and Chinook basketry 

techniques and materials. The Clatsop, 

Nehalem, Tillamook, Nestucca, 

Neachesna (Salmon River Tillamook), 

and Siletz Band of Tillamooks were all 

parties to the 1855 Coast Treaty. The 

treaty was never ratified and the 

northern Oregon coastal bands were not 

forced to remove to the Siletz 

Reservation as stipulated in the treaty. 

For the most part, remaining in their 

traditional territories the northern 

Oregon coast bands traded and intermarried with members of the 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon and Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

of Oregon. Many of the Tillamook 

families at Salmon River (within the 

Siletz Reservation and often having 

Chinook and Clatsop ancestry) received 

Siletz Reservation Allotments. 

Officials of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(B), the one cultural item 

described above is 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 and is believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

Officials of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University also 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 

unassociated funerary object and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon and Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon. 

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Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

object should contact Sabah Randhawa, 

Executive Vice President and Provost, 

President’s Office, Oregon State 

University, 600 Kerr Administration 

Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, 

telephone (541) 737–8260, before 

September 22, 2008. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary object to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University is responsible for notifying 

the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 

the Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and 

Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon; Coquille Tribe of 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation, Oregon; Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe, Washington; Hawai‘i 

Island Burial Council; Hoh Indian Tribe 

of the Hoh Indian Reservation, 

Washington; Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 

O Hawai‘i Nei; Jamestown S’Klallam 

Tribe of Washington; Karuk Tribe of 

California; Kauai/Niihau Island Burial 

Council; Lower Elwha Tribal 

Community of the Lower Elwha 

Reservation, Washington; Lower 

Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon; 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Makah Indian Tribe of the 

Makah Indian Reservation, Washington; 

Maui/Lanai Island Burial Council; 

Molokai Island Burial Council; O’ahu 

Burial Committee; Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs; Quileute Tribe of the Quileute 

Reservation, Washington; Quartz Valley 

Indian Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California; Quinault 

Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, 

Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of 

the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, 

Washington; Skokomish Indian Tribe of 

the Skokomish Reservation, 

Washington; Smith River Rancheria, 

California; Swinomish Indians of the 

Swinomish Reservation, Washington; 

Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip 

Reservation, Washington; and Yurok 

Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 

California that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 14, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–19338 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University, Corvallis, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 

that meet the definition of 

‘‘unassociated funerary 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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The 17 cultural items are 1 club, 1 

beaded bottle, 9 utility baskets, 1 gobletshaped basket, 1 small bag, 1 mounted 

arrow point, 1 porcupine quill 

headband, 1 string of beads, and 1 

beaded sash. 

The Museum of Oregon Country, 

Oregon Agricultural College was 

renamed the John B. Horner Museum of 

the Oregon Country in 1936, and 

became commonly known as the Horner 

Museum. The Oregon Agricultural 

College was renamed the Oregon State 

College in 1937, and became Oregon 

State University in 1962. The Horner 

Museum closed in 1995. Currently, 

cultural items from the Horner Museum 

are referred to as the Horner Collection, 

which is owned by, and in the 

possession of, Oregon State University. 

Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University professional staff consulted 

with representatives of the Alturas 

Indian Rancheria, California; 

Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower 

Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians of 

Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon; Pit River Tribe, 

California (includes XL Ranch, Big 

Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 

Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias); 

Redding Rancheria, California; Smith 

River Rancheria, California; and Yurok 

Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 

California. The Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Big 

Lagoon Rancheria, California; Blue Lake 

Rancheria, California; Cachil DeHe Band 

of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; Cedarville Rancheria, 

California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian 

Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, 

California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of 

Wintu Indians of California; Fort 

Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort 

Bidwell Reservation of California; Elk 

Valley Rancheria, California; Grindstone 

Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki 

Indians of California; Hoopa Valley 

Tribe, California; Modoc Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Quartz Valley Indian 

Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California; Resighini 

Rancheria, California; Round Valley 

Indian Tribes of the Round Valley 

Reservation, California; Rumsey Indian 

Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 

California; and Susanville Indian 

Rancheria, California were notified of 

the items in this notice, but chose not 

to participate in the consultation. 

At an unknown date, a club was taken 

from an unknown site by an unknown 

person. In 1933, the club was brought to 

the Horner Museum by J.G. Crawford. 

The club was accessioned into the 

Horner Museum in 1958. Tribal 

representatives of the Redding 

Rancheria, California have identified 

this item as Pit River in cultural 

affiliation and as an item that would 

typically have been buried with the 

owner. Horner Collection has no 

documentation that the item was 

removed from a burial site, however, the 

donor, Mr. J. G. Crawford, has donated 

other items known to have come from 

graves and mounds to the Horner 

Museum and has collected from 

traditional Wintu territy. Based on the 

history of the collector and consultation 

evidence, officials of the Horner 

Collection, Oregon State University 

reasonably believe the cultural item to 

be an unassociated funerary object. 

At an unknown date, a beaded bottle 

was obtained from an unknown person 

at Scott Bar, Siskiyou County, CA, by 

J.E. Barrett. At an unknown date, three 

utility baskets were taken from 

McCloud, CA, by J.E. Barrett. At an 

unknown date and from an unknown 

location, a utility basket made by Pit 

River Indians was collected by J.E. 

Barrett. At an unknown date, two 

baskets were taken from an unknown 

area by J.E. Barrett. Museum records 

identify these baskets as Pit River 

Indian. Mrs. J. E. Barrett loaned the 

beaded bottle, the four utility baskets, 

and two Pit River Indian baskets to the 

museum on February 28, 1927. On 

November 30, 1972, Mrs. Barrett’s 

surviving daughter-in-law, Mrs. 

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