[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61121-61122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29341]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects From Rock Island County, IL in the 
Possession of the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects from Rock Island County, IL in the possession of the 
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
(UIUC), Urbana, IL.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by UIUC 
Department of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox 
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and the Sac and Fox Nation of 
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
    In 1959 and 1960, human remains representing 32 individuals were 
recovered from the Crawford Farm site (11-RI-81), on the south bank of 
the Rock River, Rock Island County, IL during two field schools 
conducted by Drs. John McGregor and Elaine Bluhm of UIUC. No known 
individuals were identified. The 8,138 associated funerary objects 
include beads (glass, shell, bone, amethyst), a catlinite pipe, a 
catlinite beaver pendant, ceramic sherds, chert flakes, copper 
bracelets, gun flints, a galena crystal, a glass mirror, head pieces, 
textiles, leather, buttons, a peace medal, pigments, a flintlock 
pistol, a porcelain pendant, a shell gorget, wood, lead objects such as 
coils, hairpipes, musket balls, ornament and scraps; brass objects 
(coils, rings, hawk bells, kettle fragments, a pipe tomahawk, tinklers, 
thimbles, and tinkling cones), silver objects (bracelets, brooches, 
crosses earrings, gorgets, hairpipes, jump rings, tinklers, a ring, and 
spoon lockets), and iron objects (clasp knife, a cow bell, handles, 
knife blades, nails, and strike-a-lights).
    During the mid-1990s, human remains representing a minimum of two 
individuals from the Crawford Farm site (11-RI-81), Rock Island County, 
IL were transferred to UIUC from the Illinois State Museum in order to 
unite individuals from the same site for repatriation. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on material culture, associated funerary objects, and 
historical documents, the Crawford Farm site has been identified as the 
second village of Saukenuk, dating to c. 1790-1820 A.D. (the first 
village known as Saukenuk existed as early as 1737, but was burnt to 
the ground in 1780 by Spanish and American militias under John 
Montgomery). Based on the presence and age of the associated funerary 
objects, these individuals have been identified as Native American from 
the Sauk village of Saukenuk. In 1832, Saukenuk was again abandoned 
following the conflict known as the Black Hawk War. While members of 
neighboring tribes (Ho-Chunk/Winnebago, Potawatomi, Ottawa (Odawa), and 
Menominee) were known to have passed through Saukenuk, the settlement 
and cemetery sites were predominantly Sauk and/or Mesquaki (Fox).

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    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of a minimum of 34 individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), 
the 8,138 objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Sac and Fox 
Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and 
the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Sac and Fox Nation, 
Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and 
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, the Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, the Citizen Potawatomi 
Nation, Oklahoma; the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin 
Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the 
Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; the Prairie Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the Hannahville Indian Community of 
Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan, the Menominee Indian Tribe 
of Wisconsin, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan, the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians of Michigan, 
and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Dr. Richard P. Wheeler, Head, Department of 
Anthropology, 109 Davenport Hall, 607 South Mathews Street, Urbana, IL 
61801; telephone: (217) 333-3616, before December 9, 1999. Repatriation 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Sac and Fox 
Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and 
the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: October 28, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-29341 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]
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