[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20323]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


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

Editorial Note: FR document 97-20323 was originally published on page 
41414 in the issue of Friday, August 1, 1997. It was inadvertently 
published with incorrect text. The correct text appears below.
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 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 1965, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from site 10LH 66, Lemhi County, ID during legally authorized 
excavations by the Idaho State University Museum. No known individuals 
were identified. The 31 associated funerary objects include glass 
beads, leather, harness fragments, metal buttons, a metal bracelet, 
textile fragments, and metal ornament fragments.
    The presence and types of associated funerary objects indicates 
these individuals are Native American. The associated funerary objects 
are consistent with 19th century burials of the Lemhi Band of the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes who lived in this region until moved to the 
Fort Hall Reservation in 1907.
    In 1996, one unassociated funerary object, a stone point, was 
located during the Bureau of Land Management's review of collections. 
This unassociated funerary object was originally associated with human 
remains and other associated funerary objects reburied in 1982 
following criminal investigation of the looting and vandalizing of site 
10LH 412, within the Lemhi reservation cemetery, by person(s) unknown. 
No known individuals were identified during this incident.
    The Lehmi reservation cemetery (site 10LH 412) is a known 
historical cemetery of the Lehmi Band of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes. 
The Lehmi Band left the Lehmi Reservation in 1907 and went to the Fort 
Hall Reservation.
    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 43 CFR 10.2 
(d), the 32 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, Bureau of Land Management, 1387 South 
Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709; telephone: (203) 373-3816, before 
September 12, 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. 97-20323 Filed 8-12-97; 8:45 am]
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