97-20323. 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  

  • [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]
    BILLING CODE 4310-70-F
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
08/01/1997
Department:
National Park Service
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
97-20323
Pages:
43348-43348 (1 pages)
PDF File:
97-20323.pdf