[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36947-36949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13591]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21099: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Lake County Discovery Museum, 
Wauconda, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Lake County Discovery Museum has completed an inventory of 
human remains and associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian 
tribes. Representatives of any Indian tribe not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the 
Lake County Discovery Museum. 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 and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Lake County Discovery Museum at the address in this 
notice by July 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Diana Dretske, Lake County Discovery Museum, 27277 North 
Forest Preserve Road, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone (847) 968-3381, 
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 objects under the control of the Lake County 
Discovery Museum, Wauconda, IL. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Lake County, IL, and possibly 
McHenry 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

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control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects. 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 Lake 
County Discovery Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana. The following tribes were invited to 
consult but did not respond to the invitation: Bad River Band of Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians 
of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the 
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rock Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 
Reservation (previously listed as the Confederated Tribes of the 
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon); Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa 
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indian of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component 
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand 
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band 
of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake 
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota. All tribes listed above are hereafter referred to as ``The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In the 1950s or 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, 17 
individuals were found in an unknown location along Route 173, in Lake 
County, IL. The human remains were donated to the Lake County Discovery 
Museum around the same time. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    In January and June 1962, human remains representing, at minimum, 
11 individuals were discovered in a gravel quarry owned by Vulcan 
Materials Company, Consumers Division. The site was designated as 
Illinois Archaeology Site L-65, along the Des Plaines River, Lake 
County, IL. The burial site was ``uncovered after workers for a gravel 
company had stripped away the top layer of ground. The final excavation 
was done largely by the staff of the Lake County Museum.'' The human 
remains were taken to the museum by Robert Vogel. The human remains 
were identified as eight adults and 3 children. No known individuals 
were identified. The 2 associated funerary objects are the jaw and 
intact teeth of a horse, and a necklace of bear teeth, shells, and 
fossilized crinoid stem beads.
    In July 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from a site on private land in Lake County, IL. 
The Lake County Sheriff was called to the James Kleth home on Ackerman 
Road, Antioch, where John B. Draundt was digging on the south side of 
the house and discovered human remains. County officials determined the 
land was a Native American burial ground. In 1976, the Office of 
Sheriff stated that ``these bones were turned over to Mr. Vogel, who 
was the museum director at the time.'' No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In the late 1950s or early 1960s, human remains representing, at 
minimum, four individuals were found in Newport Township, IL, and 
donated to the museum around the same time. The human remains were 
identified as three adults and one child. No known individuals were 
identified. The one associated funerary object is a rat skull.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown area believed to be in McHenry 
County, IL. No other information is available for the human remains. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Determinations Made by the Lake County Discovery Museum

    Officials of the Lake County Discovery Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on catalogue records and 
collection information.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 34 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three associated 
funerary objects described in this notice are 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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects, 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 and associated funerary objects were 
removed is the aboriginal land of The Consulted and Invited Tribes.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Consulted 
and Invited Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe not identified in this notice 
that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should submit a written request with 
information in support of the request to Diana Dretske, Lake County 
Discovery Museum, 27277 North Forest Preserve Road, Wauconda, IL 60084, 
telephone (847) 968-3381, email [email protected], by July 8, 2016. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to The Consulted and Invited Tribes may proceed.
    The Lake County Discovery Museum is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.


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    Dated: May 16, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-13591 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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