Notice2025-04191
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
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Published
March 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Illinois State Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04191]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039407; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after April 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. 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#6321110c0c08064d2e0c1104020d230a0f0f0a0d0c0a104d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="76340419191d13583b1904111718361f1a1a1f18191f0558111900">[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, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 19 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 19 unassociated funerary objects are five cuprous coils, one
copper-stained leather wrap with a lock of human hair, one leather wrap
with many strands, one native gun flint, one blue glass faceted bead
fragment, one cuprous tinkler cone with fabric tie, two pieces of bison
hide with fur, three copper-stained pieces of leather, one lot of
ferrous metal fragments, one lot of unidentified hair or fur, one lot
of sediment, and one small unidentifiable bone fragment. On an unknown
date, likely 1929-1931, these objects were removed from either the Fort
Clark site in Mercer County, ND, or the Greenshield site in Oliver
County, ND. The items were collected by Alfred Bowers, then later
stored at the University of Chicago. They were transferred from the
University of Chicago to the Illinois State Museum sometime prior to
1973 with materials from the Greenshield site. Based on their
similarity to funerary objects from other Arikara sites, these 19 items
are reasonably believed to be unassociated funerary objects from the
late-18th century Arikara occupation of either the Fort Clark or
Greenshield sites. The objects are consistent with those found from
burial contexts at other Arikara sites. Today the Arikara are part of
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
Determinations
The Illinois State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 19 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after April 16, 2025. 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 cultural items 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 and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: January 23, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04191 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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