[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11451-11452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5916]


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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 Idaho County, ID in Possession of 
the Cottonwood District Office, Bureau of Land Management, Cottonwood, 
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), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects from Idaho County, ID that are in possession of the 
Cottonwood District Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 
Cottonwood, ID.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects from Idaho County, ID was made by the Bureau of Land Management 
professional staff in consultation with the Nez Pearce Tribe of Idaho.
    In 1963, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from site 10IH57, Idaho County, ID during legally authorized 
exacavations by Idaho State University personnel prior to the 
construction of Idaho State Highway 95 through the site. No known 
individuals were identified. The minimum of 350 associated funerary 
objects includes beads, glass, mirrors, bracelets, cloth, wood, rings, 
nails, iron hooks, hoops, shells, and non-human bone.
    Based on the associated funerary objects, these human remains have 
been determined to be Native American from the historic period. 
Continuities of material culture, ethnographic information, and 
historical documents indicate the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho has occupied 
this area from precontact times into the historic period.
    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)(2), the minimum of 350 objects listed above are reasonably believed 
to have been placed with or near the 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 43 CFR

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10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Nez Perce Tribe of 
Idaho. Representatives of any other tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Dave Sisson, Cottonwood District Office, BLM, 
Route 3, Box 181, Cottonwood, ID 83522; telephone: (208) 962-3782 
before April 8, 1998. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
Dated: March 3, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-5916 Filed 3-6-98; 8:45 am]
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