Notice2024-31302
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
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Published
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106562-106563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31302]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039254; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Illinois Urbana-
Champaign, Champaign, 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Krystiana Krupa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
601 E. John Street, Champaign, IL 61820, telephone (217) 244-2587,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d3631362f282d3c1d343131343332342e73383928"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dfb4b3b4adaaafbe9fb6b3b3b6b1b0b6acf1babbaa">[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
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 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, 132 individuals have been
identified. The six associated funerary objects are one lot of
botanical remains; one lot of ceramics; one lot of faunal bone; one lot
of historic tools and ornaments; one lot of lithics; and one lot of
shell. The human remains and associated funerary objects were excavated
from Will County, IL by George Langford and by the University of
Chicago between 1912 and 1941. The collection dates to approximately
A.D. 800-1400 and the late 17th century. No hazardous substances are
known to have been used to treat any of the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
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
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least 132 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The six lots of 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 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; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Fond du Lac
Band; 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
29, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
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Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31302 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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