No trenching or test pits. Coring limited to 5 locations. Inadequate and conflicting data obtained, but report not released until January 1999. Fragment of bone found on the beach. Corps informs scientists of plans to cover the site, ignoring the fact that the site is on the Federal Register and that the National Historic Preservation Act applies.
Plaintiffs raise concerns that tribes have added bones to the collection on two occasions.
Corps access records confirm this. March Government reports to the Court that portions of both femurs are missing from the collection. Army Corps of Engineers formally enlists assistance from the Department of Interior. April Corps covers the discovery site, ignoring recommendations from Corps scientists and the approval of House and Senate bills to protect the site. Fragments included a human rib fragment found during site study.