Notice2026-10033
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
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Published
May 19, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Illinois State Museum 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 in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29164-29165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10033]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7160; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042796; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 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 in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Brooke M. Morgan,
Illinois State Museum Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash
Street, Springfield, IL 62703, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a68786565616f246765786d6b644a6366666364656379246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9cbdbc6c6c2cc87c4c6dbcec8c7e9c0c5c5c0c7c6c0da87cec6df">[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 inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least two individuals have been reasonably identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one limestone pipe and one lot of
ornaments. The remains were removed from Rose Mound Group East
(11SC1074) in Schuyler County, IL, in 1960 by a local veterinarian.
They were donated to the Illinois State Museum in 1968.
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least three individuals have been reasonably identified. The one
associated funerary object is a Madison projectile point. The remains
were removed from Rose Mound Group East (11SC1074) in Schuyler County,
IL, in 1999. They were transferred to the Illinois State Museum in 1999
under the Illinois Human Remains Protection Act.
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least two individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The remains were removed from the
Frederick site (11SC11) in Schuyler County, IL, prior to 1960 and
accessioned by the Illinois State Museum in 1960.
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least three individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The remains were removed from the
Frederick site (11SC11) in Schuyler County, IL, prior to 1967 and were
previously part of the Don Dickson Pathology Collection. They
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transferred to the Illinois State Museum in 1967.
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least four individuals have been reasonably identified. The three
associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramics, one burned animal
bone, and one deer antler headdress. The remains were removed from the
Frederick site (11SC11) in Schuyler County, IL, between 1960-1962 and
donated to the Illinois State Museum in 1991.
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least eight individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The remains were removed from the Rebman
site (11SC13) in Schuyler County, IL, between 1975-1980 and donated to
the Illinois State Museum in 2007.
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least 10 individuals have been reasonably identified. The one
associated funerary object is one lot of shell. The remains were
removed from an undetermined mound location in Schuyler County, IL,
between 1975-1980 and donated to the Illinois State Museum in 2007.
To our knowledge, potentially hazardous substances were not used to
treat any of the above listed 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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Illinois State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 32 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Little River
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of
Pottawatomi (previously listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan); Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac
Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe
of Nebraska; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Sac
& Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; The
Osage Nation; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
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 identified in this notice.
2. Any Indian Tribe not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 18, 2026. 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 human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 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: May 12, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-10033 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
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