23504 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9461 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois 

State Museum, Springfield, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Illinois State Museum 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is a likely cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Illinois State Museum. Repatriation 

of the human remains to the Indian 

tribes stated below may occur if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the Illinois State 

Museum at the address below by May 

21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert E. Warren, 

Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State 

Museum, 1011 East Ash Street, 

Springfield, IL 62703–3500, telephone 

(217) 524–7903. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, 

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 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Illinois State 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; and the United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Prior to 1967, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed by an 

unidentified person or persons from a 

location recorded as ‘‘Big Eddy,’’ ‘‘By-1’’ 

and ‘‘Tennessee.’’ The human remains, 

consisting of one right tibia with healed 

periostitis (possible healed fracture), 

were later transferred to the Dickson 

Mounds Museum, Lewistown, IL, and 

placed in the Dickson Pathology 

Collection. In 1967, the Dickson 

Mounds Museum transferred possession 

and control of the human remains to the 

Illinois State Museum (ISM 809 541). 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum and historical records 

indicate the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains may be Cherokee. The 

Tennessee Department of Environment 

& Conservation has no listing for a ‘‘Big 

Eddy’’ site in its statewide 

archaeological site file. However, it is 

likely that ‘‘By-1’’ refers to site 40BY1, 

a village site recorded in 1936 near the 

confluence of South Chestuee Creek and 

the Hiwassee River in Bradley County, 

TN. Site 40BY1 is currently mapped 

within the boundaries of two large 

historic Cherokee town sites: Chestoe 

(40BY42) on the left (south) bank of the 

Hiwassee River and Chestuee (40PK2) 

on the right (north) bank. The names of 

the towns were derived from the 

Cherokee term Tsistuyi, meaning 

‘‘Rabbit Place.’’ Chestoe and Chestuee 

were affiliated with the Overhill 

division of Cherokee towns located 

along the Hiwassee and Little Tennessee 

rivers. They may have been occupied as 

early as 1715, when mapmaker John 

Herbert joined Colonel George Chicken 

on a diplomatic mission to the Cherokee 

and documented the towns. The towns 

were destroyed along with nine other 

Overhill Cherokee towns during a 1780 

military campaign led by Colonels 

Arthur Campbell of Virginia and John 

Sevier of Tennessee, but the Cherokee 

apparently reoccupied the towns by 

1799. An archaeological survey has 

confirmed the former existence of a 

village at the site. A small collection of 

pottery sherds collected at the site in 

1936 contains one shell-tempered sherd 

with a rim strip that could represent 

Overhill Cherokee or Mississippian 

occupations. 

A review of the skeletal morphology 

indicates that the individual is likely to 

be Native American. The Cherokee 

Indians are represented by three 

present-day Indian tribes, the Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; and 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Determinations Made by the Illinois 

State Museum, Springfield, IL 

Officials of the Illinois State Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• 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 Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians of North Carolina; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Robert E. Warren, 

Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State 

Museum, 1011 East Ash Street, 

Springfield, IL 62703–3500, telephone 

(217) 524–7903, before May 21, 2012. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; and the United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Illinois State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; and 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9465 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 

Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

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