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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 Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, 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 

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 OSA–BP 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 OSA–BP 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. 2024–03797 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037455; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology at 

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Department of Anthropology at 

Northern Illinois University (NIU 

Department of Anthropology) 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 an unknown 

county, IL, and Marshall County, IL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Leila Porter, Chair, 

Department of Anthropology at 

Northern Illinois University, 1425 W 

Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115, 

telephone (815) 753–5669, email 

lmporter@niu.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 NIU 

Department of Anthropology. 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 inventory or related records held 

by the NIU Department of 

Anthropology. 

Description 

In 1976, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

donated to the NIU Department of 

Anthropology and were identified by 

the donor as being from an unknown 

county, IL. It is not known how or when 

the donor acquired the human remains, 

but the donor was the owner of antique 

stores in Aurora, IL, and Geneva, IL. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In fall 1975, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

Hopewell Estates in Marshall County, 

IL. A 2010 collections inventory by NIU 

Department of Anthropology staff noted 

these human remains and associated 

funerary objects in an envelope marked 

with collection date and site 

information, but there is no earlier 

record or information on how they came 

to be in the NIU Department of 

Anthropology collections or who 

originally collected them. The six 

associated funerary objects are one red 

ceramic sherd and five lithic fragments. 

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, geographical, historical 

information, and oral tradition. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the NIU Department of 

Anthropology has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The six 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 Citizen Potawatomi 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan; Match-e-be-nashshe-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians 

of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Fond du Lac Band); Omaha Tribe of 

Nebraska; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie 

Band Potawatomi Nation; Saginaw 

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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; 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 NIU Department of Anthropology 

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 NIU 

Department of Anthropology 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. 2024–03799 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037443; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois 

State Museum, Springfield, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Dickson 

Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34), Dickson 

Camp site (11F10/11Fv35), and a 

Middle Woodland mound site (11F10/ 

11Fo36), in Fulton County, IL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Brooke M. Morgan, Illinois 

State Museum Research & Collections 

Center, 1011 East Ash Street, 

Springfield, IL 62703, telephone (217) 

785–8930, email brooke.morgan@

illinois.gov. 

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. 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 inventory or related 

records held by the Illinois State 

Museum. 

Description 

Between 1927 and 1929, Dr. Don F. 

Dickson exposed and left in situ human 

remains representing, at minimum, 286 

individuals in Mounds 10(I) and 2(E) at 

the Dickson Mounds site (11F10/ 

11Fo34), Fulton County, IL. These 

burials date to the Spoon River focus of 

the Mississippian period (ca. A.D. 1150– 

1300). Associated funerary objects were 

often left with their burial of origin, but 

some were removed and placed with a 

different burial or displayed in what 

would become the Museum. The in situ 

former burial exhibit was known as the 

‘‘Dickson Excavation’’ and was on 

display from 1927 until its closure in 

1992. Dickson Mounds State Park was 

transferred from the Department of 

Conservation to the Illinois State 

Museum in 1965, which is when the 

‘‘Dickson Excavation’’ was accessioned 

into the Museum’s collection. In 1993, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from this same location prior to the 

entombment of the former Dickson 

Mounds burial exhibit by the Illinois 

State Museum. 

The 773 associated funerary objects 

are nine antler flakers, two polished 

antler rings, 274 shell beads, one 

fluorspar bead, four bone bracelets, one 

bone weaving tool, two fishhook blanks, 

three bone fishhooks, one bone awl, 

three bone pins, seven chipped stone 

drills, two chert hoes, 49 chert flakes, 20 

flake knives, 24 triangular projectile 

points, 45 chipped stone scrapers, one 

galena cube, one groundstone celt, one 

flotation sample, five sandstone 

abraders, five unmodified deer 

phalanges, one ceramic trowel, 17 bone 

needles, 10 shell pendants, one 

groundstone pipe, 65 ceramic vessels, 

three lots of ceramic sherds, 45 shell 

rattles or clackers, three shell hoes, 26 

shell spoons, 11 unmodified mussel 

shells, 123 terrestrial snail shells, two 

lots of burial fill, and six unmodified 

stones. 

Between 1966 and 1968, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 830 

individuals were removed from the 

Dickson Mounds site (11F10/11Fo34), 

Fulton County, IL, when the Illinois 

State Museum performed salvage 

excavations prior to construction of the 

current building, which opened to the 

public in 1972. These 830 individuals 

were removed from four precontact 

cemeteries and 11 mounds constructed 

during the Late Woodland and 

Mississippian periods and are 

comprised of 136 individuals dating to 

the Late Woodland period (A.D. 700– 

1100), 440 individuals dating to the 

Mississippian period (A.D. 1150–1300), 

and 254 individuals dating to an 

undetermined precontact archeological 

period. Precontact period individuals 

for which time period was unable to be 

determined were generally removed 

from indeterminate mounds or from the 

disturbed upper levels of the mounds 

that were subject to extensive looting 

prior to the 1927 Dickson excavation. 

Archeologists determined these human 

remains had been historically 

disassociated from their original 

positions within the mounds and, as a 

result, were often commingled and 

unable to be separated by individual. 

The 2,024 associated funerary objects 

belonging to the Late Woodland period 

individuals are two antler flakers, one 

antler hairpin, 1,678 shell beads, 11 lots 

of faunal remains, one bone pin, one 

bone fishhook, 18 chert flakes, three 

flake knives, 18 projectile points, 12 

chipped stone scrapers, one sandstone 

file, one discoidal, one grinding stone, 

three copper ear spools, seven lots of 


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