Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID, 45658-45659 [2018-19528]
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3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC. The human remains were removed
from an unknown location in Alaska.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs professional staff in
consultation with a physical
anthropologist with extensive
experience in forensic work with Alaska
Native human remains. Based on the
report of the physical anthropologist,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs sent an
inventory and letters inviting
consultation to representatives of 133
Indian tribes (names of invited tribes
available upon request). None of the
invited tribes wished to consult.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date in or about 1973,
human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from an unknown location in
Alaska. On or about December 5, 2014,
these human remains were mailed to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska Region
Office in a box with a letter attached.
The writer, ‘‘Madeline Hale,’’ stated
that, ‘‘sometime around 1973, [Ms.
Hale’s] then boyfriend Mike went to
Alaska and came back with [the
enclosed human remains]. He said he’d
found it out in the wilderness
somewhere at an Indian burial ground.’’
No additional information was
provided. Ms. Hale did not provide a
return mailing address or any other
contact information, and attempts to
locate her were unsuccessful. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains, the
land from which the human remains
were removed was not the tribal land of
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization. In May 2015, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs sent letters to 133 Indian
tribes who are recognized as aboriginal
to the area from which these Native
American human remains were most
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likely removed. The names of these
invited tribes are available upon
request. None of these Indian Tribes
agreed to accept control of the human
remains. In May 2018, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs agreed to transfer control
of the human remains to the Chinik
Eskimo Community (Golovin); King
Island Native Community; Native
Village of Brevig Mission; Native Village
of Council; Native Village of Diomede
(aka Inalik); Native Village of Elim;
Native Village of Gambell; Native
Village of Koyuk; Native Village of
Mary’s Igloo; Native Village of Saint
Michael; Native Village of Savoonga;
Native Village of Shaktoolik; Native
Village of Shishmaref; Native Village of
Teller; Native Village of Unalakleet;
Native Village of Wales; Native Village
of White Mountain; Stebbins
Community Association; and the Village
of Solomon, hereafter referred to as
‘‘The Tribes.’’
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on cranial
analysis by a physical anthropologist
with extensive experience performing
such analyses.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
the disposition of the human remains
may be to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Anna Pardo, Museum
Program Manager/NAGPRA
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
October 10, 2018. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
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human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible
for notifying The Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA-NPS0026290;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Boise National Forest, Boise,
ID
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Boise National Forest, has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary
objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Boise National Forest. If
no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Boise National Forest at
the address in this notice by October 10,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Cecilia Romero Seesholtz,
Boise National Forest, 1249 South
Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709,
telephone (208) 373–4102, email
cseesholtz@fs.fed.us.
SUMMARY:
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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 and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
USDA, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Elmore County, ID.
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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Boise National
Forest professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation and the Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1989, human remains representing,
at minimum, one adult individual of
indeterminate sex were removed from
site 10–EL–01, in Elmore County, ID.
The human remains were removed
during a permitted archeological
excavation of the site, but were not
identified until 2012, when the Boise
National Forest initiated a
comprehensive analysis of the site’s
extensive faunal assemblage. The
analysis was performed by Susanne
Miller, Faunal Analysis & CRM
Services, and completed in 2017. The
human remains are extremely
fragmentary and are evidence of
extensive looting that occurred at the
site. Boise National Forest records
dating to the 1950s reference the
‘‘churned’’ nature of the site, which the
1989 excavation confirmed.
Stratigraphic mixing of chronologically
sensitive point types, the presence of
historic artifacts (such as tobacco tins
and modern trash), and the results of
sediment and radiocarbon analyses
document an extremely disturbed site.
The human remains primarily consist
of bones from the upper and lower torso
areas—scapula, ribs, and vertebrae. A
patella, a few elements of the hand and
foot, and two teeth were identified. The
general ‘‘adult’’ estimation of age is
based on the degree of epiphyseal fusion
of some of the surviving elements,
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specifically the scapula, proximal ribs,
and features of the vertebral centra. No
known individuals were identified. The
662 associated funerary objects are: Two
abraders; 18 bone awls and awl
fragments; seven bone and shell beads;
eight bone tubes; 34 modified bones
(including incised, polished, and
shaped specimens); 13 biface and biface
fragments; 20 cores; four drills, 59
hammerstones, seven pestles; 11 knives;
21 modified flakes; one pipe fragment,
one polished bobcat canine, 82 pottery
sherds; 361 projectile points and point
fragments; 11 scrapers; and two
unifaces.
The radiocarbon dates and projectile
point chronology established at 10–EL–
01 indicate that Native Americans
occupied the site, probably on an
intermittent and seasonal basis, over a
long period of time beginning in the late
Early Archaic Period (8,000–5,000 B.P.)
and continuing through the
Protohistoric Period (A.D. 1700–1805)
and possibly even into the Contact
Period (1805–1870). Most of the
radiocarbon dates and point types date
to the Late Archaic Period (2,000–150
B.P.). The historic inhabitants of
southern Idaho include the Northern
Shoshone and Northern Paiute, which
are distinguished primarily on the basis
of language (Murphy and Murphy
1986:284). Economic lifeways and
socio-political organization were similar
for the Shoshone (including the Boise,
Bruneau, and Weiser subgroups) and the
Northern Paiute, both of which
occupied southwestern Idaho at the
time of historic contact (Murphy and
Murphy 1960, 1986; Steward 1938). The
Northern Paiute comprised the Payette,
Weiser, and Bannock subgroups, with
the latter defining a group of mounted
hunters who moved eastward to the Fort
Hall area of Idaho during the eighteenth
century (Liljeblad 1957:81). The primary
ethnographic sources for southern Idaho
are Murphy and Murphy (1960),
Steward (1938, 1941), and Steward and
Wheeler-Voegelin (1974).
The cultural assemblage from 10–EL–
01, when viewed in the context of the
geographical, archeological, historical,
and ethnographic records for southern
Idaho, reasonably points to a shared
group identity with the Northern
Shoshone and Northern Paiute peoples
who occupied the Snake River Plain.
The preponderance of the evidence
indicates that the human remains and
associated funerary objects from 10–EL–
01 are culturally affiliated with presentday Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation and ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada.
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Determinations Made by the USDA
Forest Service, Boise National Forest
Officials of the USDA Forest Service,
Boise 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(3)(A),
the 662 objects described in this notice
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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation and the ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada.
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Cecilia Romero Seesholtz,
Boise National Forest, 1249 South
Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709,
telephone (208) 373–4102, email
cseesholtz@fs.fed.us, by October 10,
2018. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort
Hall Reservation and the ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada may proceed.
The Boise National Forest is
responsible for notifying the ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation and the Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 20, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026290; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Boise National Forest, has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, 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
associated funerary objects 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
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
Boise National Forest. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Boise National Forest at the address in
this notice by October 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Cecilia Romero Seesholtz, Boise National Forest, 1249 South
Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709, telephone (208) 373-4102,
email [email protected].
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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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of the USDA, Boise
National Forest, Boise, ID. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Elmore County, ID.
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 and associated funerary objects. 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 Boise
National Forest professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1989, human remains representing, at minimum, one adult
individual of indeterminate sex were removed from site 10-EL-01, in
Elmore County, ID. The human remains were removed during a permitted
archeological excavation of the site, but were not identified until
2012, when the Boise National Forest initiated a comprehensive analysis
of the site's extensive faunal assemblage. The analysis was performed
by Susanne Miller, Faunal Analysis & CRM Services, and completed in
2017. The human remains are extremely fragmentary and are evidence of
extensive looting that occurred at the site. Boise National Forest
records dating to the 1950s reference the ``churned'' nature of the
site, which the 1989 excavation confirmed. Stratigraphic mixing of
chronologically sensitive point types, the presence of historic
artifacts (such as tobacco tins and modern trash), and the results of
sediment and radiocarbon analyses document an extremely disturbed site.
The human remains primarily consist of bones from the upper and
lower torso areas--scapula, ribs, and vertebrae. A patella, a few
elements of the hand and foot, and two teeth were identified. The
general ``adult'' estimation of age is based on the degree of
epiphyseal fusion of some of the surviving elements, specifically the
scapula, proximal ribs, and features of the vertebral centra. No known
individuals were identified. The 662 associated funerary objects are:
Two abraders; 18 bone awls and awl fragments; seven bone and shell
beads; eight bone tubes; 34 modified bones (including incised,
polished, and shaped specimens); 13 biface and biface fragments; 20
cores; four drills, 59 hammerstones, seven pestles; 11 knives; 21
modified flakes; one pipe fragment, one polished bobcat canine, 82
pottery sherds; 361 projectile points and point fragments; 11 scrapers;
and two unifaces.
The radiocarbon dates and projectile point chronology established
at 10-EL-01 indicate that Native Americans occupied the site, probably
on an intermittent and seasonal basis, over a long period of time
beginning in the late Early Archaic Period (8,000-5,000 B.P.) and
continuing through the Protohistoric Period (A.D. 1700-1805) and
possibly even into the Contact Period (1805-1870). Most of the
radiocarbon dates and point types date to the Late Archaic Period
(2,000-150 B.P.). The historic inhabitants of southern Idaho include
the Northern Shoshone and Northern Paiute, which are distinguished
primarily on the basis of language (Murphy and Murphy 1986:284).
Economic lifeways and socio-political organization were similar for the
Shoshone (including the Boise, Bruneau, and Weiser subgroups) and the
Northern Paiute, both of which occupied southwestern Idaho at the time
of historic contact (Murphy and Murphy 1960, 1986; Steward 1938). The
Northern Paiute comprised the Payette, Weiser, and Bannock subgroups,
with the latter defining a group of mounted hunters who moved eastward
to the Fort Hall area of Idaho during the eighteenth century (Liljeblad
1957:81). The primary ethnographic sources for southern Idaho are
Murphy and Murphy (1960), Steward (1938, 1941), and Steward and
Wheeler-Voegelin (1974).
The cultural assemblage from 10-EL-01, when viewed in the context
of the geographical, archeological, historical, and ethnographic
records for southern Idaho, reasonably points to a shared group
identity with the Northern Shoshone and Northern Paiute peoples who
occupied the Snake River Plain. The preponderance of the evidence
indicates that the human remains and associated funerary objects from
10-EL-01 are culturally affiliated with present-day Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the
Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada.
Determinations Made by the USDA Forest Service, Boise National Forest
Officials of the USDA Forest Service, Boise 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(3)(A), the 662 objects
described in this notice 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada.
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Cecilia Romero Seesholtz, Boise National
Forest, 1249 South Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709, telephone
(208) 373-4102, email [email protected], by October 10, 2018. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada may proceed.
The Boise National Forest is responsible for notifying the
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 20, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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