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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA– 

17383;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Idaho 

Transportation Department, Boise, ID, 

and Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology, University of Idaho, 

Moscow, ID 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Idaho Transportation 

Department 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 Idaho Transportation 

Department. 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 Idaho Transportation 

Department at the address in this notice 

by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Marc Mu ̈nch, State 

Highway Archaeologist, Idaho 

Transportation Department, 3311 W. 

State Street, P.O. Box 7129, Boise, ID 

83707–1129, telephone (208) 334–8449, 

email marc.munch@itd.idaho.gov. 

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 

Idaho Transportation Department, 

Boise, ID, and in the physical custody 

of the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Moscow, ID. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from 10NP102 (Arrow 

Beach) and 10NP105 (Lenore Village) in 

Nez Perce 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 Idaho 

Transportation Department and 

professional staff from the Alfred W. 

Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the 

Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 1 individual and 208 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from the Arrow Beach site 

(10NP102) in Nez Perce County, ID. In 

1967, a human burial marked by a large 

pile of stones mounded on top of the 

body and including funerary objects was 

uncovered at the Arrow Beach site 

(10NP102). The body was in a loosely 

flexed position facing east. The burial 

was radiocarbon dated to 2930 B.P. ± 

130 years. Due to the crushed state of 

the remains, age and sex are 

indeterminate. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed and 

transferred to the Idaho State University 

Museum. In 1976, the collection was 

transferred to the University of Idaho, 

Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology for study and analysis (UI 

accession number 76–14). No known 

individuals were identified. 

The 208 associated funerary objects 

are: Debitage (n=80), stones (n=2), edge 

ground cobble (n=1), cobble fragment 

(n=1), modified flake (n=1), spall (n=1), 

biface (n=1), uniface (n=1), fish (n=1), 

bivalve (n=1), bivalve fragments (1 lot), 

rodent bone (n=1), medium mammal 

bone fragments (n=27), small mammal 

bone fragments (n=12), small mammal 

bone fragments (1 lot), unidentified 

mammal bone fragments (n=52), 

unidentified mammal bone fragments (2 

lots), charcoal (n=1), charcoal (6 lots), 

unidentified excrement (n=4 lots/1 

piece), ochre (n=1), ochre (1 lot), soil 

samples (n=2), soil sample (3 lots), glass 

fragment (n=1), modified large mammal 

vertebra (n=1), bone awls (n=2). 

The earliest occupation of the Arrow 

Beach (10NP102) site dates to 3500– 

3000 B.P. The human burial found at 

10NP102 likely belongs to this phase 

and has been radiocarbon dated to 2930 

B.P. ± 130. The site is believed to have 

been temporarily abandoned after the 

first phase and reoccupied around 2800 

B.P. with significant evidence of 

continuous occupation lasting until the 

early 1800s. The Arrow Beach 

(10NP102) site is located within the 

traditional territories of the Nez Perce 

Tribe and lies well within current 

reservation boundaries established in 

the Treaty of 1863. 

Between 1968 and 1970, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 

three individuals were removed from 

the Lenore Village site (10NP105) in Nez 

Perce County, ID. Human remains were 

unearthed in the NE corner of Unit 20L4 

(Feature 26). The body was in an 

extended position with the head 

oriented west and the feet oriented east. 

The remains are a male likely in his 

30s–40s with historic-era clothing. 

Human remains were unearthed in 

Block A–3A (Feature 12). This 

individual was described as having two 

traumatic injuries suggestive of a bullet 

wound in the skull. The individual is of 

indeterminate sex or age, due to the 

state of the remains. 

A cranium and cranium fragment 

were unearthed 36 cm below the surface 

in Block 17L15. The individual was 

initially described as having a small 

molar which led to a faulty assumption 

that the individual was a child. This 

burial was not assigned a feature or 

burial number. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed and 

transferred to the Idaho State University 

Museum. In 1976, the collection was 

transferred to the University of Idaho, 

Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology, for study and analysis 

(UI accession number 76–14). No known 

individuals were identified. 

The 2038 unassociated funerary 

objects are: Debitage (n=1680), debitage 

(n=4 lots), rocks (n=48), flaked cobbles 

(n=8), cores (n=5), net sinker blank 

(n=1), modified flakes (n=44), bifaces 

(n=7), uniface (n=1), cobble flakes (n=6), 

cobbles (n=3), projectile points (n=2), 

spall (n=1), edge battered cobbles (n=9), 

end battered cobbles (n=7), ground 

stones (n=5), fire cracked rock (n=14), 

tested cobbles (n=5), pestles (n=2), 

fragments of elk bone (n=2), 

unidentified bone fragments (possibly 

human) (n=8 lots), unidentified 

mammal bone fragments (n=89), 

unidentified mammal bone fragments 

(n=6 lots), teeth (n=2), ochre (n=13), 

charcoal (n=17), charcoal (n=22 lots), 

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soil (1 lot), clothing and buttons (n=3 

lots), left boot heel (n=1 lot), right boot 

heel (1 lot), glass fragments (n=4), 

historic nails and glass (n=12 

fragments), historic battery (n=1), seeds 

(n=2), beetle (n=1), beetle remains (n=1 

lot). 

The Lenore Village site dates to at 

least 8,000 B.P. with occasional 

occupation of the site in the postcontact period. The Lenore Village 

(10NP105) site is located within the 

traditional territories of the Nez Perce 

Tribe and lies well within current 

reservation boundaries established in 

the Treaty of 1863. 

Determinations Made by the Idaho 

Transportation Department 

Officials of the Idaho Transportation 

Department have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 4 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 2246 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 Nez Perce Tribe (previously 

listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho). 

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 Marc Mu ̈nch, State 

Highway Archaeologist, Idaho 

Transportation Department, 3311 W. 

State Street, P.O. Box 7129, Boise, ID 

83707–1129, telephone (208) 334–8449, 

email marc.munch@itd.idaho.gov, by 

March 6, 2015. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Nez Perce Tribe 

(previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe 

of Idaho) may proceed. 

The Idaho Transportation Department 

is responsible for notifying the Nez 

Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez 

Perce Tribe of Idaho) that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02224 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA– 

17344;[PPWOCRADN0– 

PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, 

WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Milwaukee Public 

Museum 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 no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. 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 Milwaukee Public 

Museum. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 Milwaukee Public 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Dawn Scher Thomae, 

Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. 

Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, 

telephone (414) 278–6157, email 

thomae@mpm.edu. 

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 

Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, 

WI. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from the 

Massee Rock Shelter, Isle Royale, 

Keweenaw County, MI. 

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 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 Milwaukee 

Public Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of Bad 

River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 

Reservation, Wisconsin; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; White Earth Band of 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. 

These groups were also invited to 

consult with MPM: Bois Forte (Nett 

Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation; Fond du Lac Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Grand 

Portage Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe; Menominee Nation, 

Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Montana; and Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1928, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 15 individuals were 

removed from the Massee Rock Shelter, 

Isle Royale (20–IR–14) in Keweenaw 

County, MI. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed by Mr. George West and group 

who were on an expedition to examine 

sites related to native copper mining in 

the Lake Superior region. They stopped 

on the island and were led to the rock 

shelter by a local fisherman. The 

minimum number of individuals is 10 

adults and 5 sub adults. Based on 

several indicators, at least eight of the 

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