Notice2024-17260
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID
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Published
August 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Boise National Forest intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63979-63980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17260]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038398; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Boise National Forest intends to carry out the disposition of
human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with
priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 5, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by
August 6, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed
human remains.
ADDRESSES: Brant Petersen, United States Forest Service, Boise National
Forest, 1249 S. Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709, telephone
(208) 373-4100, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82e0f0e3ecf6acf2e7f6e7f0f1e7ecc2f7f1e6e3ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d4f5f4c4359035d4859485f5e48436d585e494c034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Boise National Forest, and additional information on the human remains
or cultural items in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. On August 5, 2023, Valley County
Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement retrieved a partial human skull from
the Boise National Forest, Valley County, Idaho, near the Silver Creek
Plunge.
Determinations
The Boise National Forest has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
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<bullet> The Nez Perce Tribe; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort
Hall Reservation; and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada have priority for disposition of the human remains
described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by August 6,
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 5, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the Boise National Forest must determine the most appropriate
claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the
human remains or cultural items are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Boise National Forest is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any
other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: July 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17260 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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