Notice2024-28494
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
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Published
December 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Department of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University (NIU Department of Anthropology) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96673-96674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28494]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039138; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology at
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 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 Department of Anthropology at Northern
Illinois University (NIU Department of Anthropology) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Margaret Alway, NAGPRA Assistant, Department of Anthropology
at Northern, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy. SB 180, DeKalb, IL 60115, telephone
(815) 753-0479, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1578747962746c557b7c603b707160"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f727e73687e665f71766a317a7b6a">[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
NIU Department of Anthropology and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. The remains were excavated at an unknown time from an
archaic rock shelter about three miles east of Berryville, Arkansas in
Carroll County. In 1966, Curt Casey of Roselle, Illinois gifted the
remains to the NIU Department of Anthropology and were accessioned by
NIU Department of Anthropology faculty on February 10th, 1966. The
remains were treated with a Formvar 770 solution, but it is not
considered to be hazardous. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The NIU Department of Anthropology has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection 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 authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the NIU Department of Anthropology must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a
single request and not
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competing requests. The NIU Department of Anthropology is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28494 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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