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In 1965, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Dickson Camp site 

(11F10/11Fv35), Fulton County, IL, 

during professional excavation by the 

Illinois State Museum. The Dickson 

Camp site dates to the Early Havana 

Tradition or Early Middle Woodland 

period (150–50 BC). The 24 associated 

funerary objects include one 

unmodified rock, 13 pieces of chert 

debitage, one piece of sandstone, one 

lamellar flake blade of Cobden-Dongola 

chert, three fire-cracked rocks, one piece 

of ochre, one drumfish tooth, one 

mussel shell, one cordmarked ceramic 

vessel, and one mussel shell spoon. 

In 1966, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Dickson Camp site 

(11F10/11Fv35), Fulton County, IL, 

during salvage excavation by the Illinois 

State Museum. The 11 associated 

funerary objects include one projectile 

point, four chert flakes, and six ceramic 

sherds. 

In 1961, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a Middle Woodland 

(Hopewell) mound (11F10/11Fo36), 

Fulton County, IL, by the Illinois State 

Museum. In 1981, associated funerary 

objects from this mound collected on an 

unknown date were transferred from the 

Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist to 

the Illinois State Museum. The mound 

dates between 50 BC–A.D. 400. The 81 

associated funerary objects include 31 

lots of chert flakes, one lot of chert, one 

lot of clay pieces, one grinding stone, 

one grooved sandstone abrader, one 

hammerstone, 12 lots of ceramic sherds, 

two projectile points, 13 lots of rock, 

eight lots of soil, six lots of shell, one 

ash sample, one bark sample, and two 

sets of bark impressions in sediment 

matrix. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

archeological, biological, geographical, 

linguistic, and oral tradition 

information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Illinois State Museum 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 1,325 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 9,347 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Forest County 

Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 

Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa 

Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of 

the Potawatomi, Michigan; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band 

Potawatomi Nation; The Osage Nation; 

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 

Responsible Official identified in 

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 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after March 27, 2024. 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 

and Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03807 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037458; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects that have 

a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural items were 

removed from Cross County, AR. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu. 

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 PMAE. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

The 531 cultural items were removed 

from Cross County, Arkansas between 

1879 and 1880 as part of Peabody 


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Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

expeditions led by Edwin Curtiss. These 

cultural items consist of unassociated 

funerary objects from six sites. The 66 

unassociated funerary objects at Fortune 

Mounds (state site number 3CS71; 

Parkin Phase) include 64 items that are 

present at the PMAE and two items that 

are not currently located. The 64 items 

present at the PMAE are two lots 

consisting of ceramic items, 50 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments, one lot consisting of 

charcoal, eight lots consisting of faunal 

items, and three lots consisting of stone 

items. The two lots not currently located 

are two lots consisting of faunal items. 

The 95 unassociated funerary objects 

at Halcomb’s Mounds (state site number 

3CS28; Parkin Phase) include 94 objects 

that are present at the PMAE and one 

object that is not currently located. The 

94 objects present are two lots 

consisting of ceramic items, 79 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments, five lots consisting of faunal 

items, five lots consisting of stone items, 

one lot consisting of clay items, one lot 

consisting of floral items, one lot 

consisting of an unidentified organic 

item. The one object not present is one 

lot consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments. 

The 156 unassociated funerary objects 

at Neeley’s Ferry Mounds (state site 

number 3CS24; Parkin Phase) include 

154 objects that are present at the PMAE 

and two objects that are not currently 

located. The 154 objects present at the 

PMAE are: six lots consisting of ceramic 

items, 116 lots consisting of ceramic 

vessel or vessel fragments, 22 lots 

consisting of faunal items, seven lots 

consisting of stone items, one lot 

consisting of floral items, and two lots 

consisting of charcoal items. The two 

objects not present are one lot consisting 

of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, 

and one lot consisting of faunal remains. 

The 14 unassociated funerary objects 

at Robinson’s Mound (Parkin Phase) are 

one lot consisting of ceramic items, 11 

lots consisting of ceramic vessel or 

vessel fragments, one lot consisting of 

faunal items, and one lot consisting of 

clay items. 

The 161 unassociated funerary objects 

at Rose Mound (state site number 

3CS27; Parkin Phase) are four lots 

consisting of ceramic items, 129 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments, 13 lots consisting of faunal 

items, eight lots consisting of stone 

items, four lots consisting of clay items, 

one lot consisting of floral items, and 

two lots consisting of metal items. 

The 39 unassociated funerary objects 

at Stanley Mounds, also known as 

Parkin Site (state site number 3CS29; 

Parkin Phase) are one lot consisting of 

ceramic items, 33 lots consisting of 

ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, four 

lots consisting of faunal items, and one 

lot consisting of copper items. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

biological information, folklore, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, linguistics, oral 

tradition, other relevant information, or 

expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The 531 cultural items described 

above are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Quapaw Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 27, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: February 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03802 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037441; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program, University of 

Iowa, Iowa City, IA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program (OSA–BP) 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 or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Buena Vista, 

Cherokee, Mills, O’Brien, Plymouth, and 

Polk Counties, IA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of 

the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 

Program, University of Iowa, 700 S 

Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 

telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 


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