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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. 

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 

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 

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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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA-NPS0026290; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Boise National Forest, Boise, 

ID 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

cseesholtz@fs.fed.us. 


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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 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, 

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. 

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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