[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50900-50901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19692]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032516; 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 and associated funerary objects, 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 objects 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 objects should submit a written request 
to the Illinois State Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects 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 objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Illinois State Museum at the address in 
this notice by October 13, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brooke Morgan, Illinois State 
Museum Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street, 
Springfield, IL 62703, telephone (217) 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Illinois State 
Museum, Springfield, IL. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from Grundy 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 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 Illinois 
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Nottawaseppi Huron 
Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron 
Potawatomi, Inc.]; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and the 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. In addition, the Citizen Potawatomi 
Nation, Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi

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Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 
Indiana; and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas] were invited to consult, but 
they did not participate. Hereafter, the Indian Tribes listed in the 
section are referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from a burial in Grundy County, IL. The human 
remains were previously at the Grundy County Historical Society. The 
Society's records indicate the human remains may have been donated in 
the 1920s. In 1998, the human remains were transferred to the Illinois 
State Museum. The human remains belong to a child 3-12 years old and of 
indeterminate sex. No known individual was identified. The four 
associated funerary objects are three round metal brooches attached to 
a braid of hair and one lot of fabric.
    The metal trade artifacts and fabric suggest a Late Historic date 
(ca. 1760-1820) for the burial. Based on these artifacts, historical 
records, and oral traditional information, these human remains are 
connected to the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk/Winnebago, and Kickapoo, all of 
whom were in the Grundy County area during this time.

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(3)(A), the four 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), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, 
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
[previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas]; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (hereafter referred to as 
``The Tribes'').

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 objects 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 Street, Springfield, IL 
62703, telephone (217) 785-8930, email [email protected], by 
October 13, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Illinois State Museum is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 25, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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