[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16379-16380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06038]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029888; 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 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 Illinois State 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 should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Illinois 
State Museum at the address in this notice by April 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Brooke Morgan, Illinois State Museum--Research & 
Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62703, 
telephone (217)

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785-8930, 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 Antioch, Lake 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 Illinois 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Peoria Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma. In addition, the following Indian Tribes were invited to 
consult, but did not participate: Bad River Chippewa Band of the 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 Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 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 
Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux 
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River 
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa 
Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi of 
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six member 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 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 Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake 
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault 
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa 
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle 
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the Winnebago 
Tribe of Nebraska. Hereafter, the Tribes listed in this paragraph are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 2018, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from private property in Lake County, IL. The human 
remains were inadvertently disturbed by a landowner while gardening. 
Law enforcement was notified, and the Lake County Coroner's Office 
responded to the scene. The disturbed sediment was screened to collect 
all bones and bone fragments for analysis. A forensic anthropologist 
examined the human remains on behalf of the Lake County Coroner's 
Office. The human remains were then transported to the Illinois State 
Museum for examination by the museum's physical anthropologist. 
Jurisdiction of the human remains was transferred to the Illinois State 
Museum pursuant to 20 ILCS 3440 (Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act) 
and 17 IAC 4170. The human remains were identified as the nearly 
complete skeleton of one Native American male, aged 20-30 years. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Prior to the arrival of Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi groups to 
the region, Lake County was historically inhabited by the Illinois 
Indians (today the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma) and visited by 
the Sauk (Sac) and Mesquakie (Fox). The Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) consider 
Lake County part of their aboriginal homelands, as they resided there 
prior to the arrival of the Illinois and trace their lineage to the 
Huber Oneota archaeological period (A.D. 1500-1600) in the Chicagoland 
region.

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 are Native American based on non-metric traits including 
shovel-shaped incisors and femoral curvature.
     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), 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 Consulted and Invited Tribes.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains 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 object may be to The Consulted 
and Invited Tribes.

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 Dr. Brooke Morgan, Illinois State Museum--
Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash St., Springfield, IL 
62703, telephone (217) 785-8930, email [email protected], by 
April 22, 2020. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Consulted and 
Invited Tribes may proceed.
    The Illinois State Museum is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 19, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-06038 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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