[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19530]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026291; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Kootenai 
National Forest, with assistance from the Army Corps of Engineer's 
Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of 
Archeological Collections (ACOE), has completed an inventory of human 
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
should submit a written request to the Kootenai National Forest. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Kootenai National Forest at the address in this notice by October 10, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Chris Savage, Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest, 31374 US 
Hwy 2, Libby, MT 59923-3022, telephone (406) 293-6211 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Kootenai National Forest. The human remains were removed from Lincoln 
County, MT.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Army 
Corps of Engineer's Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and 
Management of Archeological Collections professional staff for the 
Kootenai National Forest in consultations with representatives of the 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1982, human remains representing, at minimum, one sub-adult were 
removed from Dorr Skeels in Lincoln County, MT. Two teeth were located 
during an excavation of site 24LN00073. The right and left first 
mandibular molar crowns belonged to an approximately 2 year +/- 8 month 
individual.

Determinations Made by the Army Corps of Engineer's Mandatory Center of 
Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archeological Collections 
and Kootenai National Forest

    Officials of the Army Corps of Engineer's Mandatory Center of 
Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archeological Collections 
and Kootenai National Forest have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human 
remains and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 
Reservation.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Chris 
Savage, Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest, 31374 US Hwy. 2, Libby, 
MT 59923-3022, telephone (406) 293-6211 or email [email protected], by 
October 10, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation may 
proceed.
    The Kootenai National Forest is responsible for notifying the 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 20, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-19530 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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