[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36946-36947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13590]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21093; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Evanston History Center, 
Evanston, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Evanston History Center has completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Evanston History Center. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 Evanston 
History Center at the address in this notice by July 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Alyssa M. Padilla, Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood 
Street, Evanston, IL 60201, telephone (847) 475-3410, 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 Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL. The first set 
of human remains was removed from either Albany, Whiteside County, IL 
or Evanston, Cook County, IL. The second set of human remains was 
removed from Evanston, Cook 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 Evanston 
History Center professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, 
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Peoria Tribe of Indians 
of Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and 
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1878, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from either Albany, Whiteside County, IL (Albany Mounds, 
site 11WT1) or Evanston, Cook County, IL. Conflicting provenance 
indicated on inventory tags and lack of accession records complicate 
the history of these human remains. One document asserts it is the 
skull of a Native American girl removed from a mound on the upper 
terrace of hills on the Mississippi river near Albany, IL in 1878 and 
was donated by F.S. Pooler (donation date unknown). Another document 
indicates that the skull was unearthed in a burial ground on the site 
of the present Evanston Hospital. It is unknown what methods were used 
in determining the age or gender of the cranium. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, prior to 1929, human remains representing, at

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minimum, one individual were removed from south Evanston, Cook County, 
IL, along the lake shore. The fragmented human remains were presented 
to the Evanston Historical Society in 1929 as part of the C.S. Raddin 
Collection. Charles Salisbury Raddin (1863-1930) was an early director 
of the Evanston Historical Society. It is unknown when or exactly where 
on the South Evanston lakeshore the fragments were originally 
discovered. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Evanston History Center

    Officials of the Evanston History Center have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on collection documentation in 
the Evanston History Center's records.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 2 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, 
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band 
of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 
Potawatomi, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 
Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of 
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox 
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Alyssa M. Padilla, Evanston History 
Center, 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL 60201, telephone (847) 475-
3410, email [email protected], by July 8, 2016, After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian 
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Match-e-be-nash-she-
wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band 
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox 
Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and the Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska may proceed.
    The Evanston History Center is responsible for notifying the 
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, 
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: May 16, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-13590 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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