Notice2023-09473
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 multiple locations in Arkansas, including Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, and Lonoke Counties, and an unknown Arkansas locale.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28609-28610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8cadac7c7c3cd86c5c7dacfc9c6e8c1c4c4c1c6c7c1db86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a0b0adada9a7ecafadb0a5a3ac82abaeaeabacadabb1eca5adb4">[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
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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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 19 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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.
<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 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-09473 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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