[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2111]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remain 
From the Vicinity of Silver City, ID in the Possession of the 
Archaeological Survey of Idaho--Western Repository, Idaho State 
Historical Society, Boise, ID

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects in the possession of the Archaeological 
Survey of Idaho--Western Repository, Idaho State Historical Society, 
Boise, ID.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Idaho State 
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and the Shoshone-Paiute 
Indian Tribe.
    In 1914, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Idaho State Historical Society by Mr. O.D. Brumbaugh of Silver 
City, ID. Mr. Brumbaugh identified these remains as Chief Buffalo Horn, 
a Bannock Indian leader during the Bannock War. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    A document associated with this donation identified the skull as 
that of Chief Buffalo Horn, and states that the skull was traced and 
identified by one of the Silver City volunteers, Jim Griffin, a 
participant in the Bannock War battle at South Mountain of 1878 in the 
vicinity of Silver City. Although at least three alternatives of the 
fate of Chief Buffalo Horn are discussed in official reports and oral 
histories, the characteristics of this skull, including an injury to 
the left side of the skull, and the circumstances regarding its 
recovery and donation to the Idaho State Historical Society support its 
identification as Chief Buffalo Horn. Ms. Rosphine J. Coby, a great-
great-great grandchild of Chief Buffalo Horn has made a claim of lineal 
descent on behalf of herself and four other great-great-great 
grandchildren of Chief Buffalo Horn.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Idaho 
State Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Idaho 
State Historical Society have also determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3005 (a)(5)(A), Ms. Rosphine Coby can trace her ancestry 
directly and without interruption by means of the traditional kinship 
system of the Bannock Tribe to Chief Buffalo Horn.
    This notice has been sent to Ms. Rosphine Coby and officials of the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and the Shoshone-Paiute Indian Tribe. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Robert 
Yohe, Director, Idaho Archaeological Survey, Idaho State Historical 
Society, 210 Main Street, Boise, ID 83702; telephone: (208) 334093847 
before February 28, 1997. Repatriation of the human remains to Ms. 
Rosphine Coby may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: January 22, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-2111 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]
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