Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from Montgomery County, IL in the Possession of the University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18887]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from Montgomery County, IL in the 
Possession of the University Museum, University of Arkansas, 
Fayetteville, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects from Montgomery County, IL in the possession of the 
University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    In 1963, human remains representing 11 individuals were recovered 
from site CIPS 5 Dam site during salvage excavations conducted by 
Michael P. Hoffman, a graduate student at Harvard University and a crew 
of students. No known individuals were identified. The 103 associated 
funerary objects include ceramic sherds, stone flakes, deer bones, 
ground stone tools and stone core fragments.
    Based on the associated funerary objects, these individuals have 
been identified as Native American. Based on ceramic temper and styles, 
these burials date to the Bluff Culture of the Late Woodland Period 
(700-900 A.D.). The Bluff Culture is at least partially ancestral to 
the Middle Mississippian Culture of southern Illinois. Based on 
geographical continuity, the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma is 
likely to be descendant of archeological cultures of the Woodland and 
Mississippian periods in central and southern Illinois.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of 11 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the University 
Museum have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 
103 objects listed 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. Lastly, officials of the University 
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the  Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Peoria Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should contact Michael P. Hoffman, 
Curator of Anthropology, University Museum, University of Arkansas, 
Fayetteville, AR 72702; telephone: (501) 575-3855, before August 23, 
1999. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
to the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma may begin after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: July 15, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-18887 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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