[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43770-43771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17749]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16146; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Illinois State Museum has completed an inventory of human 
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
should submit a written request to the Illinois State Museum. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Illinois State Museum at the address in this notice by August 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert E. Warren, Curator of Anthropology, Illinois 
State Museum, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62703-3500, 
telephone (217) 524-7903, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under 
the control of the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. The human 
remains were removed from the Crawford Farm archeological site, located 
on the south bank of the Rock River in Rock Island 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 in 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 in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Illinois 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox 
Nation, Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1956 and 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Crawford Farm archeological site 
(11RI81) in Rock Island County, IL, by a group of amateur artifact 
collectors. The collectors later donated the human remains and other 
materials removed from the site to the Putnam Museum of History and 
Natural Science in Davenport, IA. In 1996, the Putnam Museum of History 
and Natural Science transferred its Crawford Farm collection to the 
Illinois State Museum in Springfield (Accession 1996-105). This 
collection includes artifacts, shells, and animal bones from 34 pit 
features. In 2013, the Illinois State Museum loaned part of its 
Crawford Farm collection to the Illinois State Archeological Survey in 
Champaign-Urbana for an analysis of animal remains. During this 
analysis, one fragmentary human tarsal bone (left cuboid) was 
discovered in a bag of animal bone from Pit 10. The age and gender of 
the individual are not known. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on archeological evidence and historical records, the 
Crawford Farm site has been identified as the second of several 
historic Saukenuk villages occupied by Sauk Indians from about A.D. 
1790 to 1830. The presence of horse remains in Pit 10 affirms that the 
human remains found in this feature were associated with the historic 
Saukenuk village occupation at the site. The human remains are likely 
Native American because they were associated with a village occupied by 
as many as 100 lodges of Sauk Indians in the early nineteenth century. 
Historical records linking Saukenuk village with the Sauk Indian tribe 
include maps and reports prepared by American explorers and Indian 
agents. Members of other tribes (Ho-Chunk/Winnebago, Menominee, Ottawa, 
and Potawatomi) occasionally visited Saukenuk village, but the primary 
occupants were Sauk and/or Mesquaki (Fox).

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Determinations Made by the Illinois State Museum

    Officials of the Illinois State Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas 
and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. 
Robert E. Warren, Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum, 1011 
East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62703-3500, telephone (217) 524-7903, 
email [email protected], by August 27, 2014. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains to the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa may proceed.
    The Illinois State Museum is responsible for notifying the Sac & 
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 
Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: July 2, 2014.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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