[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20320]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Idaho in the Control of the Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 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 from Idaho 
in the control of Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, 
ID.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bureau of 
Land Management professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation and the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation.
    In 1963, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
Site 10BT 46 by Earl H. Swanson, Jr. during legally authorized 
excavations on BLM public lands in Butte County, ID. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    This individual has been determined to be Native American based on 
facial morphology. Radiocarbon dates from fireplaces in the same layer 
of this site yield an approximate date of 1570 AD. Historic, 
archeological, and ethnographic evidence indicates Northern Shoshone, 
Northern Paiute, and Bannock peoples have occupied this area of 
southern Idaho since precontact times based on continuities of 
technology and material culture.
    In 1985, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from site 10EL 1116 by the Elmore County Coroner and the Elmore County 
Sheriff's Office. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present, although historic glass beads were 
present on the surface of this burial, none are presently in 
collections.
    This individual has been determined to be Native American based on 
the noted presence of historic glass beads at the burial site. Historic 
and ethnographic evidence indicates only Paiute and Shoshone tribes 
have occupied this area in historic times, and no non-Paiute/Shoshone 
precontact cultures have been identified within this area of 
southwestern Idaho.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and the 
Northwest Band of Shoshoni, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation, and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 
Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Northwest Band of 
Shoshoni, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and 
the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Daniel J. Hutchinson, State Office Archeologist, 
Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1387 South Vinnell Way, 
Boise, ID 83709; telephone: (203) 373-3816, before September 2, 1997. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Northwest Band of Shoshoni, 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation may begin after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: July 25, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-20320 Filed 7-31-97 ; 8:45 am]
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