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Skull discovered in Flathead Lake deemed archeological find

by CHAD SOKOL
Daily Inter Lake | August 20, 2021 12:00 AM

A human skull recently discovered in Flathead Lake is believed to be that of a Native American man who died long ago, and no crime is suspected in his death, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

In a news release, the sheriff's office said an anthropologist enlisted by the Montana Forensic Science Lab determined the skull is "archeological, or historical in nature, and thus not belonging to a modern human...

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