Notice2025-08029
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
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Published
May 8, 2025
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 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 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 19511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08029]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040079; 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 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 June 9, 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#bcd7d0d7cec9ccddfcd5d0d0d5d2d3d5cf92d9d8c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d6661667f787d6c4d646161646362647e23686978">[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, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The Conway site
(45Sk59), a shell midden located in the Skagit River delta, was
excavated as part of salvage projects by the University of Washington
in 1969 and 1970. Based on University records, it is unclear how the
individuals described in this Notice came to arrive at the University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. University personnel are not aware of any
potentially hazardous substances 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 reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains 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 two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington;
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Tulalip Tribes of Washington; and
the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.
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 June 9, 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 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08029 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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