Notice2024-29253
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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Published
December 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100524-100525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29253]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039177; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
Student Building 318, 701 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405,
telephone (812) 856-5315, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53273b3c3e3239322a133a267d363726"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deaab6b1b3bfb4bfa79eb7abf0bbbaab">[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
Indiana University 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, 481 individuals have been
identified. The six associated funerary objects are one lot shell; one
lot lithics; one lot stone; one lot charcoal; one lot faunal; and one
lotceramics. This collection was excavated from the Fisher site in Will
County, Illinois by George Langford in 1926-1929 and the University of
Chicago in 1940. There are no known pesticide contaminants.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
Indiana University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 481 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The six objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Absentee
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
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Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in
Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Fond du Lac Band and Mille Lacs Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri
in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of
the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe; 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
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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January
13, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Indiana
University 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. Indiana University 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: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29253 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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