Notice2025-04385
Notice of Inventory Completion: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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Published
March 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Northwestern University 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 90, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04385]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039519; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Northwestern University,
Evanston, 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), Northwestern University 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 human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Eli Suzukovich III, Northwestern University, 633 Clark
Street Evanston, IL 60208, telephone (847) 491-4133, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#294c4540074040406947465b5d415e4c5a5d4c5b47074c4d5c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e5b5257105757577e50514c4a56495b4d4a5b4c50105b5a4b">[email protected]</span></a> (preferred contact).
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
Northwestern 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 MNI of at least three individuals have
been identified and are associated with the Mound Cemetery Site in
Racine, Wisconsin. There are no associated funerary objects present
with these remains. The three bone fragments are most likely surface
finds found in Racine, Wisconsin around 1933. The remains likely date
from the Woodland (A.D. 2,500-900) to the Upper Mississippian/Oneota
Period (A.D. 900-1,200) based on their association with the effigy
mounds of southern Wisconsin, specifically Racine County. Information
for this notice was acquired through research on Oscar W. Junek MD, and
an informal interview with Dr. James A. Brown. Confirmation of the site
of origin of the remains by Dr. Amy L. Rosebrough, Wis. State
Archaeologist.
Taphonomy
The frontal and parietal bones have a dark tea-stained appearance
with a greenish stain (possibly from copper leaching) which is also
shared by the mandible. It is not conclusive, but the mandible may be
from the same individual or from the same burial mound/area. The
clavicle is lighter in staining and may have had some sun exposure.
Based only on taphonomy, the clavicle does not match the frontal-
parietal bones or the mandible
No hazardous substances are known to have been used to treat any of
the human remains.
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
Northwestern University 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 are culturally affiliated with the Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Prairie
Band Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation in Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 April 17, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Northwestern 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. The Northwestern 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: February 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04385 Filed 3-17-25; 8:45 am]
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