59370 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices

Update on Impacts of the Lawsuit on

State Grazing Leases on BLM Permits;

Report on S&G Technical Review and

Rangeland Resource Teams; Reports by

the S&G, Recreation and Public

Relations Working Groups; Reports from

RAC members; RAC Discussion on

future meeting dates and locations. A

public comment period will take place

at 11:30 a.m. for any interested publics

who wish to address the Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Stevens Bureau of Land

Management, Arizona State Office, 222

North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona

85004–2203, (602) 417–9215.

Michael A. Ferguson,

Deputy State Director, Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–28982 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–990–1020–00]

Resourece Advisory Councils; Notice

of a Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Upper Columbia—Salmon Clearwater

Districts, Idaho.

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory

Council Meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

Appendix, the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

meeting of the Upper Columbia—

Salmon Clearwater Districts Resource

Advisory Council (RAC) on Wednesday,

December 3, 1997 and Thursday,

December 4, 1997 in Missoula, MT.

Agenda items include: a briefing on

the status of implementation of the

approved Idaho rangeland standards

and guidelines; discussion of potential

issues for future meetings; the status of

the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project; and range

improvement/contributed funds. The

meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. (MST),

December 3, 1997 and be held at the

Grant Creek Inn, 5280 Grant Creek Road,

Missoula, MT. The public may address

the Council during the public comment

period from 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. on

December 3, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

Resource Advisory Council meetings are

open to the public. Interested persons

may make oral statements to the

Council, or written statements may be

submitted for the Council’s

consideration. Depending on the

number of persons wishing to make oral

statements, a per-person time limit may

be established by the District Manager.

The Council’s responsibilities include

providing long-range planning and

establishing resource management

priorities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted

Graf (208) 769–5004.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Fritz U. Rennebaum,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–29013 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–66–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Lake and Harney Counties, OR in the

Control of the Oregon State Office,

Bureau of Land Management, Portland,

OR

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 Lake and Harney Counties, OR in

the control of the Oregon State Office,

Bureau of Land Management, Portland,

OR.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Bureau of Land

Management and Oregon State Museum

of Anthropology professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Burns Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute

Indian Colony of Oregon, the

Confederated Tribes of the Warm

Springs Reservation, and the Klamath

Tribe.

Between 1935-1937, human remains

representing one individual were

recovered from Catlow Cave, Harney

County, OR during legally authorized

excavations on BLM lands by the

University of Oregon Museum of

Natural History. No known individuals

were identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

In 1957, human remains representing

five individuals were recovered from

the vicinity of Table Rock, Lake County,

OR during excavations without permit

by Joan Oswalt. In 1960, Ms. Oswalt

donated these human remains and

associated funerary objects to the

Oregon State Museum. No known

individuals were identified. The five

associated funerary objects include a

shell necklace and chipped stone tools.

Between 1967-1969, human remains

representing five individuals were

recovered from Table Rock caves, Lake

County, OR during legally authorized

excavations by the University of Oregon

Museum of Natural History. No known

individuals were identified. The eleven

associated funerary objects include

woven matting, a winnowing tray, an

obsidian tool, and a basketry fragment.

In 1968, human remains representing

two individuals were recovered from

the vicinity of Table Rock, Lake County,

OR during legally authorized

excavations by Bureau of Land

Management staff. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Morphological evidence indicates

these human remains are Native

American based on dental wear and

bone condition. Based on the contexts,

manner of internment, and associated

funerary objects, the sites listed above

have been determined to be precontact

habitation sites. Archeological and

ethnographic evidence indicates these

sites are precontact Northern Paiute

sites and burials based on continuities

of tool and basketry styles. Oral history

evidence presented by representatives of

the Burns Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute

Indian Colony of Oregon during

consultation supports this affiliation.

Northern Paiute people are represented

by the present day tribes of the Burns

Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute Indian

Colony of Oregon, Confederated Tribes

of the Warm Springs Reservation of

Oregon, and the Klamath Indian Tribe of

Oregon.

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 thirteen

individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Land

Management have also determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the

sixteen 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

Burns Paiute Tribe of Burns Paiute

Indian Colony of Oregon, Confederated

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation