[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41413-41414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20322]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the Idaho State 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    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 control of the 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 Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, and the Northwestern Band 
of Shoshoni Indians of Utah.
    In 1960, human remains representing one individual were removed 
without a permit from site 10EL 45 on BLM lands in Elmore County, ID, 
by Robson Bonnichsen. No known individuals were identified The 202 
associated funerary objects include points, drills, awls, scrapers, 
ground stone artifacts, non-human bone artifacts, shell artifacts, 
basketry fragments, red ochre, clay figurine fragments, and copper. In 
1995, this individual and associated funerary objects were retrieved by 
Bureau of Land Management professional staff from Dr. Bonnichsen.
    This individual has been identified as Native American based on the 
presence and type of associated funerary objects. Historic and 
ethnographic evidence indicates only Paiute and Shoshone tribes have 
occupied this area in historic times, and no non-Paiute/Shoshone pre-
contact 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 one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau 
of Land Management have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (3)(A), the 202 objects listed above are 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 Bureau of Land Management have 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 associated funerary objects and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the 
Duck Valley Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 
Reservation, and the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Indians of Utah.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Shoshone-Paiute 
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the 
Fort Hall Reservation, and the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Indians of 
Utah. 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,

[[Page 41414]]

Bureau of Land Management, 1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709; 
telephone: (203) 373-3816, before September 2, 1997. Repatriation of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 
of the Fort Hall Reservation, and the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni 
Indians of Utah may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.
Dated: July 23, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-20322 Filed 7-31-97 ; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-F