§ 281a. — Designation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC281a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXXII--NEZ PERCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 281a. Designation
To implement this purpose the Secretary of the Interior may
designate as the Nez Perce National Historical Park various component
sites in Federal and non-Federal ownership relating to the early Nez
Perce culture, the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the area, the fur
trade, missionaries, gold mining and logging, the Nez Perce war of 1877,
and such other sites as he finds will depict the role of the Nez Perce
country in the westward expansion of the Nation. Sites to be so
designated shall include--
(1) Tolo Lake, Idaho;
(2) Looking Glass' 1877 Campsite, Idaho;
(3) Buffalo Eddy, Washington and Idaho;
(4) Traditional Crossing Near Doug Bar, Oregon and Idaho;
(5) Camas Meadows Battle Sites, Idaho;
(6) Joseph Canyon Viewpoint, Oregon;
(7) Traditional Campsite at the Fork of the Lostine and Wallowa
Rivers, Oregon;
(8) Burial Site of Chief Joseph the Younger, Washington;
(9) Nez Perce Campsites, Washington;
(10) Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana;
(11) Bear's Paw Battleground, Montana;
(12) Canyon Creek, Montana; and
(13) Hasotino Village, Idaho;
each as described in the National Park Service document entitled ``Nez
Perce National Historical Park Additions Study'', dated 1990 and Old
Chief Joseph's Gravesite and Cemetery, Oregon, as depicted on the map
entitled ``Nez Perce Additions'', numbered 429-20-018, and dated
September, 1991. Lands added to the Big Hole National Battlefield,
Montana, pursuant to paragraph (10) shall become part of, and be placed
under the administrative jurisdiction of, the Big Hole National
Battlefield, but may be interpreted in accordance with the purposes of
this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 89-19, Sec. 2, May 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 110; Pub. L. 102-576,
Sec. 2(2), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4770.)
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-576 inserted provision listing 13 sites to be
designated as Nez Perce National Historical Park, as described in
documents dated 1990 and 1991, and provision relating to lands added to
Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
