[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62200-62201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24519]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16686; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Spurlock Museum, University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Spurlock Museum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
object, 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 associated funerary object 
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 and associated funerary 
object should submit a written request to the Spurlock Museum. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary object 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 and associated 
funerary object should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Spurlock Museum at the address in this 
notice by November 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Jennifer White, Registrar, Spurlock Museum University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Gregory Street, Urbana, IL 
61801, telephone (217) 244-3353, 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 and 
associated funerary object under the control of the Spurlock Museum 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The human remains and 
associated funerary object were removed from Point Barrow Headland, AK.
    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 and associated funerary object. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary 
object was made by the Spurlock Museum professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Native Village of Barrow 
Inupiat Traditional Government.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1913 and 1917, human remains representing, at minimum, 21 
individuals were removed from Point Barrow Headland, AK. The human 
remains are 21 teeth acquired by the Museum of Natural History at the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later transferred to the 
Spurlock Museum. The human remains were identified as ``possibly from 
grave site'' from the Point Barrow Headlands and were acquired on the 
``Alaskan Expedition.'' Original ledgers from the Museum of Natural 
History are missing and no additional information has been uncovered 
regarding further details of the provenance of these items. The teeth 
appear to include ten adult teeth, nine teeth that are likely to be 
adult teeth, and two teeth of a child. No known individuals were 
identified. The associated funerary object is one canid tooth.

Determinations Made by the Spurlock Museum

    Officials of the Spurlock Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 21 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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.
     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 associated funerary object and the Native 
Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.

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 and associated 
funerary object should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Jennifer White, Registrar, Spurlock Museum 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Gregory Street, 
Urbana, IL 61801, telephone (217) 244-3353, email

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[email protected], by November 17, 2014. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary object to Native Village of 
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government may proceed.
    The Spurlock Museum is responsible for notifying the Native Village 
of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: September 12, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-24519 Filed 10-15-14; 8:45 am]
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