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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96673-96674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28494]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039138; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology at 
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 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 Department of Anthropology at Northern 
Illinois University (NIU Department of Anthropology) has completed an 
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Margaret Alway, NAGPRA Assistant, Department of Anthropology 
at Northern, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy. SB 180, DeKalb, IL 60115, telephone 
(815) 753-0479, email [email protected].

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 and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been 
identified. The remains were excavated at an unknown time from an 
archaic rock shelter about three miles east of Berryville, Arkansas in 
Carroll County. In 1966, Curt Casey of Roselle, Illinois gifted the 
remains to the NIU Department of Anthropology and were accessioned by 
NIU Department of Anthropology faculty on February 10th, 1966. The 
remains were treated with a Formvar 770 solution, but it is not 
considered to be hazardous. No associated funerary objects are present.

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 described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The NIU Department of Anthropology has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and The Osage Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. 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 are considered a 
single request and not

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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.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28494 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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