[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66486-66487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29510]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, 
Springfield, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. The human remains were removed 
from Fort Robinson, Dawes County, NE.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
Native American human remains. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations within this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Illinois 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 
Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, 
South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, 
South Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota.
    Prior to 1962, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from Fort Robinson, Nebraska, by an unidentified person or 
persons. The remains were later donated to the Quincy Museum of Natural 
History and Art, Quincy, IL. In 1991, the Quincy Museum of Natural 
History and Art transferred possession and control of the human remains 
to the Illinois State Museum. The transfer inventory identifies the 
remains as ``Sioux female. Fort Robinson, Neb.'' No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The cranial morphology of the human remains indicates that the 
individual is likely to be Native American. Fort Robinson was an 
important military post in the Sioux territory. The Sioux Indians are 
represented by six present-day Indian tribes, the Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River 
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Lower 
Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Oglala 
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Rosebud Sioux 
Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; and Standing 
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota.
    Officials of the Illinois State Museum have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above 
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the Illinois State Museum also have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the 
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the 
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 
of North & South Dakota.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
Robert E. Warren, Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum, 1011 
East Ash Street, Springfield, IL, telephone (217) 524-7903, before 
December 26, 2003. Repatriation of the human remains to the Assiniboine 
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; 
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Rosebud 
Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; and 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota may proceed after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Illinois State Museum is responsible for notifying the 
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 
Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, 
South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, 
South Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; and

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: September 10, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
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