Notice2023-19964
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
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Published
September 15, 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63608-63609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e98b9b8686828cc784869b8e8887a9808585808786809ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6a4b4a9a9ada3e8aba9b4a1a7a886afaaaaafa8a9afb5e8a1a9b0">[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
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 19 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-19964 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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