[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63968-63969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17265]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038405; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington, 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (FS Midewin National 
Tallgrass Prairie) intends to carry out the disposition of human 
remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, 
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for 
disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 5, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by 
August 6, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed 
human remains or cultural items.

ADDRESSES: Chirstina Henderson, Supervisor, Midewin National Tallgrass 
Prairie, USDA Forest Service, 30239 S. State Route 53, Wilmington, IL 
60481, telephone (815) 423-6370, 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 FS 
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and additional information on the 
human remains in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the related records. The National Park Service is

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not responsible for the identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, one 
individual (ancestor) have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects, sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony are 
present. On July 21, 2021, one isolated, calcined fragment of parietal 
bone was removed during archaeological excavations conducted by the 
University of Notre Dame du Lac, operating under an ARPA permit, on 
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, USDA, Forest Service, in Will 
County, Illinois.

Determinations

    The FS Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin have priority for 
disposition of the human remains described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by August 6, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 5, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, the FS Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie must determine the 
most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The FS Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: July 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17265 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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