[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28609-28610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09473]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035770; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, 
Springfield, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Illinois State Museum has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from multiple locations in Arkansas, 
including Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, and Lonoke Counties, and an 
unknown Arkansas locale.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Brooke M. Morgan, Illinois State Museum Research & 
Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62701, 
telephone (217) 785-8930, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Illinois State Museum. The National Park Service is

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not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held 
by the Illinois State Museum.

Description

    Sometime between 1956 and 1960, human remains representing, at 
minimum, two individuals were removed from the Lawhorn site in 
Craighead County by John Moselage. In 1960, faunal remains from this 
site were transferred to the Illinois State Museum for Paul Parmalee to 
analyze. During that analysis, fragmentary human skeletal remains were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The Lawhorn 
site dates to the Mississippian period, with earlier Woodland 
components present to a lesser extent.
    On December 28, 1962, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from the McDuffee site (32CG21) in Craighead 
County by Gregory Perino. In 1963, faunal remains from this site were 
transferred to the Illinois State Museum for Paul Parmalee to analyze. 
During that analysis, fragmentary human skeletal remains were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The McDuffee 
site dates to the Mississippian period.
    Sometime between 1957 and 1959, human remains representing, at 
minimum, 10 individuals were removed from the Banks site (3CT16) in 
Crittenden County by Gregory Perino of the Gilcrease Foundation. In 
1959, together with faunal remains for Paul Parmalee to analyze, these 
human remains were transferred to the Illinois State Museum. Nine of 
these individuals are largely represented by isolated postcranial 
elements, while the tenth individual, an adult male, is represented by 
a nearly complete skeleton. The one associated funerary object is one 
lot of mussel shell. The Banks site dates to the Nodena Phase of the 
Mississippian period.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Crittenden County. In 1967, these human 
remains were transferred from a private collection to the Illinois 
State Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Crittenden County. In 2009, these human 
remains were donated from a private estate to the Illinois State 
Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Rose Mound site (3CS27) in Cross 
County and later donated to the Quincy Museum in Quincy, IL. In 1991, 
these human remains were transferred to the Illinois State Museum. No 
associated funerary objects are present. Rose Mound dates to the Parkin 
Phase of the Mississippian period.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from ``a mound near Little Rock,'' most likely 
Toltec Mounds (3LN42) in Lonoke County. In 1967, these human remains 
were transferred from a private collection to the Illinois State 
Museum. No associated funerary objects are present. Toltec Mounds dates 
to the Late Woodland (Plum Bayou culture) and Quapaw Phase of the 
Mississippian period.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in Arkansas. In 1967, 
these human remains were transferred from a private collection to the 
Illinois State Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: anthropological, archeological, geographical, historical, 
and oral traditional.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Illinois State Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 19 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 5, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Illinois State 
Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. The Illinois State Museum is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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