[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67205-67206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29775]


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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 the 
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. The human remains were removed 
from two sites in Randolph County, IL.
    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

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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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 
Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; 
Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
    In the late 1960s, human remains representing a minimum of five 
individuals were removed from the Waterman site (11R122), Randolph 
County, IL, by Irvin M. Peithman of Southern Illinois University at 
Carbondale. The Peithman family donated the human remains to the Fort 
de Chartres State Historic Site, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency 
in the early 1980s. In 1988, the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency 
transferred the human remains to the Illinois State Museum. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The morphology of the human remains indicates that the individuals 
from the Waterman site are clearly Native American. The Waterman site 
is a historically documented Michigamea Indian village that was 
occupied between 1753 and 1765. The Michigamea were part of the 
Illinois Indians who are represented by the present-day Peoria Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma. In 1998, the Illinois State Museum repatriated the 
remains of 57 individuals and 13,113 associated funerary objects from 
the Waterman site to the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    Between 1979 and 1982, human remains representing one individual 
were removed from the Fort de Chartres III site (11R127), Randolph 
County, IL, by Dr. Melburn Thurman of the Old Missouri Research 
Foundation. The human remains were transferred to the Illinois State 
Museum in 1988. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Historical evidence and site location indicate that the human 
remains from the Fort de Chartres III site are clearly Native American. 
Based on the burial location and the presence of European trade goods 
at adjacent burial sites, the human remains were likely interred 
between 1772 and 1832. The Fort de Chartres III site is located 1 mile 
south of the Waterman site, a historically documented Michigamea Indian 
village that was occupied between 1753 and 1765. The Michigamea were 
part of the Illinois Indians who are represented by the present-day 
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. In 1998, the Illinois State Museum 
repatriated the remains of 8 individuals and 9,834 associated funerary 
objects from the Fort de Chartres III site to the Peoria Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma.
    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 six individuals 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 Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
Robert E. Warren, Associate Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State 
Museum, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL, telephone (217) 524-
7903, before December 31, 2003. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.
    The Illinois State Museum is responsible for notifying the Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, 
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe 
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in 
Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Sac & 
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and Winnebago 
Tribe of Nebraska that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 22, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
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