Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 187 / Friday, September 26, 1997 / Notices 50623

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla

Indians, the Cabazon Indians of

California, the Cahuilla Band of Mission

Indians, the Los Coyotes Band of

Mission Indians, the Morongo Band of

Mission Indians, the Ramona Band of

Cahuilla Indians, the Santa Rosa

Reservation, the Soboba Band of

Mission Indians, and the TorresMartinez Band of Mission Indians.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these objects should

contact Katherine Hough, Director of

Collections/Exhibitions, 101 Museum

Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262;

telephone (760) 325–7186 before

October 27, 1997. Repatriation of these

objects to the Agua Caliente Band of

Cahuilla Indians 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: September 19, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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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

Nevada in the Control of the HumboldtToiyabe National Forests, United

States Forest Service, Elko, NV

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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

from Nevada in the control of the

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests,

United States National Forest Service,

Elko, NV.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by U.S. Forest

Service and Nevada State Museum

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Te-Moak Tribe of

Western Shoshone, Ely Shoshone Tribe,

Yomba Shoshone Tribe, Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe, and the Duck Valley

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.

In 1972, human remains representing

four individuals were recovered from

site 26EK831 (Itsy Cave) during legally

authorized excavations by Nevada State

Museum archeologists. No known

individuals were identified, however,

the families of these individuals are

known. The 47 associated funerary

objects include leather and leather

bands, a rusted key, a uniface and two

utilized flakes, cloth and cloth

fragments, a white button, string

fragments, braided and twisted plant

material cordage, two clay objects or

coprolites, rock with scratches, pieces of

ochre, cloth/paper fragments, Desert

Side Notch projectile point, pot sherds,

thread and thread fragment, peeled

hardwood arrow shaft, Eastgate

projectile point, animal bones, wood

fragments, trimmed cut stick, buckle

and strap, and white canvas and blue

denim fragments.

Based on manner of interment and

types of associated funerary objects,

these individuals have been determined

to be Native American. Based on

archeological evidence and material

culture of the site, site 26EK831 (Itsy

Cave) has been identified as a Western

Shoshone use and occupation site from

the late precontact period to

approximately the early 20th century. A

medicine man, Killhorse Charlie (also

known as Bronco Charlie) informed his

niece, Ms. Theresa Temoke before his

death that he had buried relatives at this

location. Ms. Evelyn Temoke Roche’,

Ms. Theresa Temoke’s daughter, has

made a claim of lineal descent for these

individuals on behalf of the related

families.

During 1972–1973, human remains

representing one individual were

recovered from site 26EK801 (Bronco

Charlie Cave) during legally authorized

excavations by Nevada State Museum

archeologists. No known individual was

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

Based on material culture including

stone artifacts and ceramics recovered

during the excavations, site 26EK801

has several occupations dating between

700 B.C. into the historic period.

Excavation reports state that Western

Shoshone artifacts were found

throughout all levels of the deposits,

and the early date for the site is based

on a single projectile point type used

between 700 B.C. until the early 19th

century. Based on ceramics, lithics, and

pictographs, the primary occupations of

this site have been identified as late

precontact Western Shoshone.

Ethnographic reports the area

surrounding this site was densely

populated with single family camps and

larger Western Shoshone winter

villages. Additional ethnographic

evidence indicates Bronco Charlie Cave

is known and was identified as a sacred

site by Killhorse (Bronco) Charlie.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the U.S. Forest

Service have determined that, pursuant

to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human

remains listed above represent the

physical remains of five individuals of

Native American ancestry. Officials of

the U.S. Forest Service have also

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.

3001 (3)(A), the 47 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.

Officials of the U.S. Forest Service have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (b)(1), Ms. Evelyn Temoke Roche’

can trace her ancestry directly and

without interruption by means of the

traditional kinship system of the TeMoak Tribe of Western Shoshone to the

human remains and associated funerary

objects from the Itsy Cave site. Lastly,

officials of the U.S. Forest Service 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 the Native

American human remains from Bronco

Charlie Cave and the Te-Moak Tribe of

Western Shoshone.

This notice has been sent to Ms.

Evelyn Temoke Roche’ and officials of

the Te-Moak Tribe of Western

Shoshone, Ely Shoshone Tribe, Yomba

Shoshone Tribe, Duckwater Shoshone

Tribe, and the Duck Valley ShoshonePaiute Tribes. Representatives of any

other Indian tribe that believes itself to

be culturally affiliated with these

human remains and associated funerary

objects should contact Fred Frampton,

NAGPRA Coordinator, Northeastern

Nevada Ecosystem, Humboldt-Toiyabe

National Forests, 2035 Last Chance

Road, Elko, NV 89801; telephone: (702)

738–5171, fax: (702) 778–0299, before

October 27, 1997. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to Ms. Evelyn Temoke Roche’

and the Te-Moak Tribe of Western

Shoshone may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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