Notice2023-09472
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
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Published
May 4, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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 northwest Arkansas.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28603-28604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09472]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035769; 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 northwest Arkansas.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f391819c9c9896dd9e9c8194929db39a9f9f9a9d9c9a80dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e280908d8d8987cc8f8d9085838ca28b8e8e8b8c8d8b91cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Sometime prior to 1940, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a dry bluff shelter in northwest Arkansas.
These human remains were purchased by Ralph Foster and subsequently
donated to the Ralph Foster Museum at College of the Ozarks. In 1990,
the human remains were transferred to the Illinois State Museum. The
four associated funerary objects are two twined garments or blankets,
one lot of plant remains, and one lot of sorted burial matrix. Based on
similar sites, this interment might date to the Late Woodland or
Mississippian period (A.D. 500-1400).
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a bluff shelter in northwest Arkansas. In
1971, these human remains were donated to the Ralph Foster Museum at
College of the Ozarks, and in 1998, they were transferred 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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The four objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have
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been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> 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 Osage 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-09472 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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