[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63608-63609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19964]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036561; 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 has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed 
from Camden, Madison, Phelps, Pulaski, Ralls, and St. Louis Counties, 
Missouri.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 16, 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 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

    Between 1956 and 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Jerry Long Cave site in Ralls County, 
MO. In 1957, faunal remains from this site were transferred to the 
Illinois State Museum for analysis. During that analysis, fragmentary 
human remains were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. These human remains are likely pre-contact in date.
    Between 1961 and 1962, human remains representing, at minimum, 
three individuals were removed from the Tick Creek Cave site (23PH145) 
in Phelps County, MO. In 1963, faunal remains from this site were 
transferred to the Illinois State Museum for analysis. During that 
analysis, fragmentary human remains were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. Tick Creek Cave dates from the Late 
Archaic through the Woodland period.
    Sometime prior to 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, 
three individuals were removed from an unknown location in St. Louis 
County, MO. These human remains were part of the Dickson Pathology 
Collection formerly used in exhibits at Dickson Mounds Museum. In 1967, 
these human remains were purchased from a private citizen by the 
Illinois State Museum. No associated funerary objects are present. The 
human remains are pre-contact in date.
    In 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from Goat Bluff Cave (also known as Bruce Cave) in Pulaski 
County, MO, during an archaeological survey. In 2007, the human remains 
were transferred to the Illinois State Museum. No associated funerary 
objects

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are present. The human remains are pre-contact in date.
    Sometime in the 1970s, human remains representing, at minimum, six 
individuals were removed from an unknown location in Pulaski County, 
MO. In 2014, these human remains were transferred by a private citizen 
to the Illinois State Museum. No associated funerary objects are 
present. The human remains are pre-contact in date.
    Sometime prior to 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, 
four individuals were removed from a location near Fredericktown, in 
Madison County, MO. In 2016, these human remains were transferred by a 
private citizen to the Illinois State Museum. No associated funerary 
objects are present. The human remains are pre-contact in date.
    Sometime between 1960 and 1984, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from Carroll Cave, in Camden 
County, MO, by the University of Central Missouri. In 1985, a 
collection of faunal remains known as the Hawksley Collection of 
vertebrate paleontological specimens was transferred to the Illinois 
State Museum geology department. In 2023, human remains were discovered 
in this paleontological collection and were transferred to the Illinois 
State Museum anthropology department. No associated funerary objects 
are present. The human remains are pre-contact in date.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and The Osage Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 16, 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 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: September 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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