[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63979-63980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17260]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038398; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Boise National Forest intends to carry out the disposition of 
human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with 
priority for disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 5, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by 
August 6, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed 
human remains.

ADDRESSES: Brant Petersen, United States Forest Service, Boise National 
Forest, 1249 S. Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709, telephone 
(208) 373-4100, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Boise National Forest, and additional information on the human remains 
or cultural items in this notice, including the results of 
consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. On August 5, 2023, Valley County 
Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement retrieved a partial human skull from 
the Boise National Forest, Valley County, Idaho, near the Silver Creek 
Plunge.

Determinations

    The Boise National Forest has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.

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     The Nez Perce Tribe; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 
Hall Reservation; and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation, Nevada have priority for disposition of the human remains 
described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by August 6, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 5, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, the Boise National Forest must determine the most appropriate 
claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the 
human remains or cultural items are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. The Boise National Forest is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any 
other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: July 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17260 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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