Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for American Archeology, Kampsville, IL

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20487-20488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07374]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7069; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042592; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for American Archeology, 
Kampsville, 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 Center for American Archeology 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 18, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Jason L. King, 
Center for American Archeology, P.O. Box 366, Kampsville, IL 62053; 
email archeology.org">nagpra@caa-archeology.org.

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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 
Center for American Archeology, 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, 63 individuals and no 
associated funerary objects have been identified from the Bedford Mound 
Group, Pike County, IL. The Bedford Mound Group dates to the Middle 
Woodland (ca. 50 BCE-400 CE) and Late Woodland (ca. 400-1000 CE) 
periods. The site was excavated by Gregory Perino in 1955.
    Humans remains representing, at least, seven individuals and no 
associated funerary objects have been identified from the Helm Mound 
Group, Pike County, IL. The Helm Mound Group dates to the Middle 
Woodland (ca. 50 BCE-400 CE) and Late Woodland (ca. 400-1000) periods. 
The site was excavated by Gregory Period in 1944 and 1956.
    Humans remains representing, at least, 70 individuals, and 667 
associated funerary objects have been identified from the John Swartz 
Mound Group, Pike County, IL. The 665 associated funerary objects 
include one raptor skeleton, one snake skeleton, 643 freshwater beads 
and one indeterminate mammal bone [bead], one pair of cut and polished 
human maxilla, one polished bone ring, two wolf mandible parts, one 
heat-treated chert ``eccentric'' chipped-stone tool, one piece of 
unworked chert, four chert flakes, one Burlington chert knife, one 
serrated chert point, one red pipestone gorget, one hematite rubstone, 
one copper awl, one orange-and-white pigment, two red ochre, one piece 
of limonite, one cut mica sheet, and one pottery sherd. The John Swartz 
Mound Group dates to the Middle Woodland (ca. 50 BCE-400 CE) and Late 
Woodland (ca. 400-1000 CE) periods. The site was excavated in 1975 and 
1976 by the Center for American Archeology.
    Human remains representing, at least, seven individuals, and no 
associated funerary objects have been identified form the Montezuma 
Mound Group, Pike County, IL. The Montezuma Mound Group dates to the 
Middle Woodland (ca. 50 BCE-400 CE) period. Gregory Perino excavated 
the site in 1955 and 1956.
    Human remains representing, at least, 10 individuals, and no 
associated funerary objects have been identified from the Pilot Peak 
Mounds. The Pilot Peak mounds date to the Middle Woodland (ca. 50 BCE-
400 CE) and Late Woodland (ca. 400-1000 CE) periods. Gregory Perino 
excavated the site in 1956.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual, and no 
associated funerary objects have been identified from the Stilwell II 
site, Pike County, IL. The Stilwell II site dates to the Early Archaic 
period (ca. 8600-7400 BCE). Gregory Perino excavated the site in 1962.
    No potentially hazardous materials were used to treat any remains 
or associated funerary objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location of the human remains and associated funerary objects described 
in this notice.

Determinations

    The Center for American Archeology has determined that:
    •  The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 158 individuals of Native American ancestry.
    •  The 667 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
    •  There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band 
of Pottawatomi (previously listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan); Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; 
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; 
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie 
Band Potawatomi Nation; Quapaw Nation; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac 
& Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 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 
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 and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 18, 
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Center 
for American Archeology 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 Center for American Archeology is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and any other 
consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: April 8, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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