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FR Doc 03-29775
[Federal Register: December 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 230)]
[Notices]
[Page 67205-67206]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum,
Springfield, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. The human remains were removed
from two sites in Randolph County, IL.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations
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within this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum,
institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American
human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations within this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Illinois
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska;
Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa;
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
In the late 1960s, human remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from the Waterman site (11R122), Randolph
County, IL, by Irvin M. Peithman of Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale. The Peithman family donated the human remains to the Fort
de Chartres State Historic Site, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
in the early 1980s. In 1988, the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
transferred the human remains to the Illinois State Museum. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The morphology of the human remains indicates that the individuals
from the Waterman site are clearly Native American. The Waterman site
is a historically documented Michigamea Indian village that was
occupied between 1753 and 1765. The Michigamea were part of the
Illinois Indians who are represented by the present-day Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma. In 1998, the Illinois State Museum repatriated the
remains of 57 individuals and 13,113 associated funerary objects from
the Waterman site to the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Between 1979 and 1982, human remains representing one individual
were removed from the Fort de Chartres III site (11R127), Randolph
County, IL, by Dr. Melburn Thurman of the Old Missouri Research
Foundation. The human remains were transferred to the Illinois State
Museum in 1988. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Historical evidence and site location indicate that the human
remains from the Fort de Chartres III site are clearly Native American.
Based on the burial location and the presence of European trade goods
at adjacent burial sites, the human remains were likely interred
between 1772 and 1832. The Fort de Chartres III site is located 1 mile
south of the Waterman site, a historically documented Michigamea Indian
village that was occupied between 1753 and 1765. The Michigamea were
part of the Illinois Indians who are represented by the present-day
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. In 1998, the Illinois State Museum
repatriated the remains of 8 individuals and 9,834 associated funerary
objects from the Fort de Chartres III site to the Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma.
Officials of the Illinois State Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of six individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Illinois State Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Robert E. Warren, Associate Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State
Museum, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL, telephone (217) 524-
7903, before December 31, 2003. Repatriation of the human remains to
the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Illinois State Museum is responsible for notifying the Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in
Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 22, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 03-29775 Filed 11-28-03; 8:45 am]
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