Notice2024-03807
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
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February 26, 2024
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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 the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/ 11Fo34), Dickson Camp site (11F10/11Fv35), and a Middle Woodland mound site (11F10/11Fo36), in Fulton County, IL.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14099-14101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03807]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037443; 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 the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/
11Fo34), Dickson Camp site (11F10/11Fv35), and a Middle Woodland mound
site (11F10/11Fo36), in Fulton County, IL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Brooke M. Morgan, Illinois State Museum Research &
Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62703,
telephone (217) 785-8930, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9dbcbd6d6d2dc97d4d6cbded8d7f9d0d5d5d0d7d6d0ca97ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea88988585818fc48785988d8b84aa8386868384858399c48d859c">[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 1927 and 1929, Dr. Don F. Dickson exposed and left in situ
human remains representing, at minimum, 286 individuals in Mounds 10(I)
and 2(E) at the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34), Fulton County, IL.
These burials date to the Spoon River focus of the Mississippian period
(ca. A.D. 1150-1300). Associated funerary objects were often left with
their burial of origin, but some were removed and placed with a
different burial or displayed in what would become the Museum. The in
situ former burial exhibit was known as the ``Dickson Excavation'' and
was on display from 1927 until its closure in 1992. Dickson Mounds
State Park was transferred from the Department of Conservation to the
Illinois State Museum in 1965, which is when the ``Dickson Excavation''
was accessioned into the Museum's collection. In 1993, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from this same
location prior to the entombment of the former Dickson Mounds burial
exhibit by the Illinois State Museum.
The 773 associated funerary objects are nine antler flakers, two
polished antler rings, 274 shell beads, one fluorspar bead, four bone
bracelets, one bone weaving tool, two fishhook blanks, three bone
fishhooks, one bone awl, three bone pins, seven chipped stone drills,
two chert hoes, 49 chert flakes, 20 flake knives, 24 triangular
projectile points, 45 chipped stone scrapers, one galena cube, one
groundstone celt, one flotation sample, five sandstone abraders, five
unmodified deer phalanges, one ceramic trowel, 17 bone needles, 10
shell pendants, one groundstone pipe, 65 ceramic vessels, three lots of
ceramic sherds, 45 shell rattles or clackers, three shell hoes, 26
shell spoons, 11 unmodified mussel shells, 123 terrestrial snail
shells, two lots of burial fill, and six unmodified stones.
Between 1966 and 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, 830
individuals were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, when the Illinois State Museum performed salvage
excavations prior to construction of the current building, which opened
to the public in 1972. These 830 individuals were removed from four
precontact cemeteries and 11 mounds constructed during the Late
Woodland and Mississippian periods and are comprised of 136 individuals
dating to the Late Woodland period (A.D. 700-1100), 440 individuals
dating to the Mississippian period (A.D. 1150-1300), and 254
individuals dating to an undetermined precontact archeological period.
Precontact period individuals for which time period was unable to be
determined were generally removed from indeterminate mounds or from the
disturbed upper levels of the mounds that were subject to extensive
looting prior to the 1927 Dickson excavation. Archeologists determined
these human remains had been historically disassociated from their
original positions within the mounds and, as a result, were often
commingled and unable to be separated by individual.
The 2,024 associated funerary objects belonging to the Late
Woodland period individuals are two antler flakers, one antler hairpin,
1,678 shell beads, 11 lots of faunal remains, one bone pin, one bone
fishhook, 18 chert flakes, three flake knives, 18 projectile points, 12
chipped stone scrapers, one sandstone file, one discoidal, one grinding
stone, three copper ear spools, seven lots of
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charcoal, one lot of burned clay, 77 lots of burial fill, 24 flotation
samples, three pieces of hematite, two puma canine ear pendants, five
shell pendants, 47 ceramic vessels, 47 lots of ceramic sherds, four
shell rattles or clackers, 42 shell spoons, 10 unmodified mussel
shells, and four unmodified stones.
The 3,646 associated funerary objects belonging to the
Mississippian period individuals are seven antler flakers, two antler
hair rings, 2,689 shell beads, two beaver incisor chisels, one bird
wing fan, two bone bipointed objects, five bone bracelets, one bone
comb, two cut bird bones, 15 lots of faunal remains, eight bone
scarifier needles, nine bone awls, 13 bone pins, one biface fragment,
one chert drill, three chert gravers, 122 chert flakes, 10 flake
knives, 57 projectile points, 32 chipped stone scrapers, two sandstone
abraders, two groundstone celts, one discoidal, three grinding stones,
two groundstone paint palettes, four polishing stones, one hematite
plummet, four copper ear spools, one copper gorget, one galena cube
bead, one lot of sand tempering material, seven lots of charcoal, two
lots of burned clay, 115 lots of burial fill, 25 flotation samples, two
lots of preserved woven fabric, three pieces of hematite, 183 quartz
pebbles from rattles, one sandstone elbow pipe, two puma canine ear
pendants, 16 shell pendants, 58 ceramic vessels, 92 lots of ceramic
sherds, four ceramic trowels, 58 shell rattles, one worked marine
shell, 49 shell spoons, 22 lots of unmodified mussel shells, and two
unmodified stones.
The 681 associated funerary objects belonging to the Precontact
period individuals are 571 shell beads, two elk astragali, four lots of
faunal remains, one modified bird bone, one turtle carapace plaque, one
chert biface, 14 chert flakes, two flake knives, three projectile
points, three chert scrapers, one groundstone anvil, one lot of
charcoal, 25 lots of burial fill, two flotation samples, 10 shell
pendants, three ceramic vessels, 20 lots of ceramic sherds, two mussel
shell hoes, 11 shell spoons, and four lots of unmodified mussel shell.
The 2,046 associated funerary objects belonging to multiple
individuals or mounds are two worked antler artifacts, 63 shell beads,
two beaver incisors, three bone bracelets, one bone hair ring, two bone
shuttles, 16 lots of faunal remains, three turtle carapace fragments,
11 bone pins or awls, 18 chert bifaces, 220 chert flakes, three flake
knives, 36 projectile points, 47 chert scrapers, five sandstone
abraders, three groundstone celts, two galena cubes, 21 lots of burial
fill, 28 lots of charcoal, 26 lots of soil, four soil core samples,
seven flotation samples, 18 shell pendants, four lots of hematite, 618
lots of ceramic sherds, 31 ceramic vessels, five worked shells, 49
shell spoons, 248 lots of unmodified shell, and 550 lots of unmodified
stone.
Prior to 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, 143
individuals were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, by Dr. Don F. Dickson or his colleagues. These were
used primarily for exhibits at the Dickson Mounds Museum between 1945-
1978 and were known as the Dickson Osteology Collection. The human
remains were purchased by the Illinois State Museum in 1967 as the
Dickson Pathology Collection. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Prior to 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, 14
individuals were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, by a private collector. The human remains were
donated to the Illinois State Museum in 1985 as part of the Dan Morse
Pathology Collection. No associated funerary objects are present.
Prior to 1923, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, by an unknown person, and recovered by the Riverside
County (California) Sheriff's Department in 1985. The remains were
transferred to the Illinois State Museum in 1986. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Prior to 1954, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, by Dr. Don F. Dickson and given to a private
citizen. The remains were donated to the Illinois State Museum in 1991.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Prior to the 1930s, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, by Dr. Don F. Dickson and given to a private
citizen. The remains were donated to the Illinois State Museum in 2004.
No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34), Fulton
County, IL, by Marion Dickson and given to a person working on the
Dickson Mounds excavation team. The remains were donated to the
Illinois State Museum in 2016 by a private citizen. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Prior to 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, 10
individuals were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, by an unknown person and later donated to the
Florida State University Department of Anthropology. Circumstances
surrounding the recovery and donation are unknown. The remains and
associated funerary objects were transferred to the Illinois State
Museum in 2022. The 18 associated funerary objects include three mussel
shell fragments, one terrestrial gastropod shell, two groundstone
tools, four rocks, one projectile point tip fragment, three chert
flakes, two pieces of burned botanical material, one bone awl, and one
lot of unidentified faunal bone.
Prior to the 1980s, human remains representing, at minimum, 15
individuals were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, and later donated to the Iowa Office of the State
Archaeologist by a private citizen. The remains and associated funerary
objects were transferred to the Illinois State Museum in 2022. The 21
associated funerary objects include four mussel shell fragments, one
chert flake, and 16 limestone fragments.
In 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals
were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34), Fulton
County, IL, by Dr. Don F. Dickson and donated to the Field Museum of
Natural History in Chicago. The remains and associated funerary objects
were transferred to the Illinois State Museum in 2023. The 22
associated funerary objects include six chert flakes, one groundstone
abrader, two mussel shell spoons, one marine shell pendant, one marine
shell pendant or bead, two chert knives, four projectile points, one
shell tempered ceramic beaker with a handle, one shell tempered
undecorated ceramic jar with loop handles, one shell tempered
undecorated ceramic water bottle, one shell tempered decorated ceramic
jar, and one groundstone celt.
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 13
individuals were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, and donated or otherwise acquired by the Illinois
State Museum on an unknown date. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Prior to 1945, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34),
Fulton County, IL, and given to a private citizen. The remains were
donated to the Illinois State Museum in 2002. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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In 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from the Dickson Camp site (11F10/11Fv35), Fulton County,
IL, during professional excavation by the Illinois State Museum. The
Dickson Camp site dates to the Early Havana Tradition or Early Middle
Woodland period (150-50 BC). The 24 associated funerary objects include
one unmodified rock, 13 pieces of chert debitage, one piece of
sandstone, one lamellar flake blade of Cobden-Dongola chert, three
fire-cracked rocks, one piece of ochre, one drumfish tooth, one mussel
shell, one cordmarked ceramic vessel, and one mussel shell spoon.
In 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Dickson Camp site (11F10/11Fv35), Fulton County,
IL, during salvage excavation by the Illinois State Museum. The 11
associated funerary objects include one projectile point, four chert
flakes, and six ceramic sherds.
In 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from a Middle Woodland (Hopewell) mound (11F10/11Fo36),
Fulton County, IL, by the Illinois State Museum. In 1981, associated
funerary objects from this mound collected on an unknown date were
transferred from the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist to the
Illinois State Museum. The mound dates between 50 BC-A.D. 400. The 81
associated funerary objects include 31 lots of chert flakes, one lot of
chert, one lot of clay pieces, one grinding stone, one grooved
sandstone abrader, one hammerstone, 12 lots of ceramic sherds, two
projectile points, 13 lots of rock, eight lots of soil, six lots of
shell, one ash sample, one bark sample, and two sets of bark
impressions in sediment matrix.
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, biological, geographical,
linguistic, and oral tradition information.
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 1,325 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 9,347 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.
<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 Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; The
Osage Nation; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 March 27, 2024. 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 Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03807 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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