Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 164 / Wednesday, August 25, 2010 / Notices 52369 

Kenaitze Indian Tribe and Seldovia 

Village Tribe. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the Native American 

human remains should contact Dr. 

Cusack-McVeigh, Pratt Museum, 3779 

Bartlett St., Homer, AK 99603, 

telephone (907) 235–8635, ext. 36, 

before September 24, 2010. Repatriation 

of the human remains to the Kenaitze 

Indian Tribe and the Seldovia Village 

Tribe may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Pratt Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and 

the Seldovia Village Tribe that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 19, 2010 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21190 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Oregon Museum of Science and 

Industry, Portland, 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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and an associated funerary 

object in the possession of the Oregon 

Museum of Science and Industry, 

Portland, OR. The human remains were 

removed from an area in the vicinity of 

The Dalles, OR. 

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 and 

associated funerary object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary object 

was made by Oregon Museum of 

Science and Industry professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon. 

In the 1930s or early 1940s, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an area 

in the vicinity of the city of The Dalles, 

Wasco County, OR, by Alonzo Hancock. 

Mr. Hancock removed the remains after 

they had been excavated during 

construction work on the south side of 

a roadcut. The exact location of the road 

is unclear from museum records. Mr. 

Hancock donated the human remains to 

the Oregon Museum of Science and 

Industry in 1946. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains have been 

identified as Native American based on 

observable dental traits and museum 

documentation that refers to the human 

remains as ‘‘Chinook.’’ 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an area 

in the vicinity of the city of The Dalles, 

Wasco County, OR, by an unknown 

individual. The exact location of the 

area is unclear from museum records. 

The human remains were donated to the 

Oregon Museum of Science and 

Industry by an unknown individual 

sometime between the 1940s and the 

1970s. No known individual was 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is a copper earring. 

The human remains have been 

identified as Native American based on 

observable dental traits and the type of 

associated funerary object. 

The Dalles, OR, is within the 

traditional territory of the present-day 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon, which is 

composed of Wasco, Warm Springs, and 

Paiute bands and tribes. The Columbia 

River-based Wasco were the easternmost 

group of Chinookan-speaking Indians. 

The Sahaptin-speaking Warm Springs 

bands lived along the Columbia’s 

tributaries. The Paiutes speak a 

Shoshonean dialect and traditionally 

lived in southeastern Oregon. The 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon peoples 

also traditionally shared this area with 

the fourteen Sahaptin-, Salish-, and 

Chinookan-speaking tribes and bands of 

the present-day Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington. The traditional territory of 

the Yakama included the Washington 

side of the Columbia River between the 

eastern slopes of the Cascade Range and 

the lower Yakima River watershed. 

Officials of the Oregon Museum of 

Science and Industry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Oregon 

Museum of Science and Industry also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object 

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. Lastly, officials of the 

Oregon Museum of Science and 

Industry 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 Native American human remains 

and associated funerary object and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon and the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Indian Nation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact Lori Erickson, Curator, Oregon 

Museum of Science and Industry, 1945 

SE Water Ave., Portland, OR 97214, 

telephone (503) 797–4582, before 

September 24, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object to the Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon 

and the Confederated Tribes and Bands 

of the Yakama Nation, Washington, may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Oregon Museum of Science and 

Industry is responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon and the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 19, 2010 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21188 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division, Madison, WI 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and an associated funerary 

object in the possession of the 

Wisconsin Historical Society (aka State 

Historical Society of Wisconsin), 

Museum Division, Madison, WI. The 

human remains and associated funerary 


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