Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
| Published date | 13 September 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 50900 |
| Record Number | 2021-19692 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Park Service |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)
[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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