Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, 24876-24878 [E9-12256]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Paul
H. Karshner Memorial Museum,
Puyallup, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of Paul H.
Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup,
WA. The human remains were removed
from Decatur Island, San Juan County,
WA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington; Samish Indian Nation,
Washington; Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community of the Swinomish
Reservation, Washington; and Tulalip
Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation,
Washington.
In or prior to 1930, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Decatur
Island in San Juan County, WA. The
human remains were donated to the
museum by its founder, Dr. Warner M.
Karshner, in 1930 (Catalog #1–362,
Accn. #1930.01). No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are listed in the
museum inventory as being from
Decatur Island and described as ‘‘one
flattened Indian skull’’ (museum
inventory notebook). Further, a direct
label on the cranium states ‘‘Decatur
Island, Puget Sound’’ as the place of
origin. Based on these records, the
human remains have been determined
by the museum to be Native American.
Decatur Island is located within the
San Juan Islands, an archipelago that is
known to have been utilized by the
aboriginal Lummi, Samish, and
Swinomish tribes or bands. During the
consultation process with the Lummi
Tribe, representatives of the Lummi
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indicated they would not claim the
human remains because they consider
Decatur Island to be outside of their
usual and accustomed places. Both the
Samish Indian Nation and Swinomish
Indian Tribal Community have
submitted claims to the Paul H.
Karshner Memorial Museum for human
remains from Decatur Island, and each
tribe provided evidence regarding
aboriginal use of Decatur Island. During
the consultation process, representatives
of the Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community stated that they consider
Decatur Island to have been used
primarily by the aboriginal Samish, to
which the Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community is an adjudicated legal
successor in interest (United States v.
Washington, 459 F. Supp. 1020, 1039
(W.D. Wa. 1978)). During the
consultation process, representatives of
the Samish Indian Nation stated that
they consider Decatur Island to be
within their traditional territory and
provided evidence that other human
remains from Decatur Island have been
repatriated to the Samish Indian Nation.
Following consultation between the
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
and Samish Indian Nation, the
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
provided the museum with a written
statement withdrawing their claim for
the human remains from Decatur Island.
With the voluntarily withdrawal of the
claim for repatriation of the human
remains by Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community, officials of the Paul H.
Karshner Memorial Museum have
determined that there is a
preponderance of evidence in favor of
the Samish Indian Nation’s claim for
repatriation. Both the Swinomish Indian
Tribal Community and Samish Indian
Nation have agreed to work
cooperatively with respect to reburial of
the human remains after the repatriation
is complete.
Officials of the Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the
Samish Indian Nation, Washington and
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community of
the Swinomish Reservation,
Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
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should contact Dr. Jay Reifel, Assistant
Superintendent, Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum, telephone (253)
840–8971, or Ms. Beth Bestrom,
Museum Curator, Paul H. Karshner
Memorial Museum, telephone (253)
841–8748, 309 4th St. NE, Puyallup, WA
98372, before June 25, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Samish Indian Nation, Washington
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Museum is responsible for notifying the
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation,
Washington; Samish Indian Nation,
Washington; Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community of the Swinomish
Reservation, Washington; and Tulalip
Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation,
Washington that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon State University, Department
of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the control of Oregon State
University, Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The
human remains were removed from
Fisher Mounds, Will County, IL.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Oregon State
University, Department of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation
of Wisconsin and the Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska. The Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen
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Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; and Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska were notified, but did not
participate in consultation on the
human remains described in this notice.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Fisher
Mounds, Will County, IL, by an
unknown individual. In 1976, the
human remains were donated to the
Department of Anthropology by the son
of Georg Karl Neumann. Dr. Neumann
worked as a physical anthropologist for
Indiana State University, Terre Haute,
IN. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Museum records indicate that the
human remains are identified as ‘‘3EM.’’
According to the culturally
unidentifiable (CUI) database of the
National NAGPRA Program in the CUI
inventory for Indiana State University,
‘‘3EM’’ is used to identify human
remains from the Fisher Mound group
in Will County, IL (East Mound). Dr.
Neumann’s notes identify the human
remains as 3EM108. Officials at the
University of Oregon, Department of
Anthropology reasonably believe that,
based on these records, the individual is
most likely from the Fisher Mounds site.
The Fisher Mounds are located in
northeastern Illinois, 60 miles
southwest of Chicago, on the south bank
of the Des Plaines River, approximately
one mile north of the confluence of the
Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers.
Formerly, the Fisher Mounds were part
of the Cornelius Estate, also known as
the Dan Fisher Farm. Excavation at the
Fisher Farm took place during the early
20th century. The site comprises a large
village with numerous house floors and
pits, as well as 12 mounds. Several
mounds were found to contain burials
of Native Americans along with native
artifacts. Thousands of human remains
and items were unearthed from the
multiple layers of burials within the
mounds, with each layer constituting a
different occupational period.
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According to George Langford, Sr., who
also excavated the area, the burials from
the small east mound most likely date
to the late 18th century.
Native tribes in Illinois belonged to
the Algonquian linguistic family. Tribes
inhabiting northeast Illinois included
the Miami, Mascouten and Illinois.
During the latter half of the 1700s, the
Winnebago and Shawnee lived in the
area. Early 18th century migrations and
forced relocation from the east brought
the Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo and
Potawatomi into the area. The
Mascouten became part of the Kickapoo
after 1800. In 1854, tribes associated
with the Miami and the Illinois became
associated with the Confederated Peoria,
and by 1873 they became known as the
United Peoria and Miamis. Later
periods, the Miami tribe associated with
the Potawatomi, Shawnee, and
Delaware. Therefore, the tribes that
occupied Illinois at the close of the 18th
century are the Mascouten, Miami,
Illinois, Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Shawnee,
Potawatomi, and Winnebago.
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska have provided both written
and oral history for their traditional
occupation of Midwest areas east of the
Mississippi and have demonstrated land
claims in Illinois. In addition, published
works cite the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska, as having had villages in
Illinois characterized by moundbuilding cultural practices.
Based on the preponderance of the
evidence, including the primary body of
Dr. Neumann’s work in Illinois,
collection records, and oral history,
officials of the Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology reasonably
believe that the descendants of these
Mascouten, Miami, Illinois, Sauk, Fox,
Kickapoo, Shawnee, Potawatomi, and
Winnebago are members of the Citizen
Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community of
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation of Kansas; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac &
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Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Officials of the Oregon State
University, Department of Anthropology
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Oregon State University, Department of
Anthropology also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation of Oklahoma; Forest County
Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians of
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation of Kansas; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. David McMurray,
Oregon State University, Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737–4515, before June 25, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Oregon State University,
Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
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Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation
of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac
& Fox Nation of Oklahoma; Shawnee
Tribe, Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe
of Nebraska that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 11, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo
Valley Community College, Kalamazoo,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the
Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo
Valley Community College, Kalamazoo,
MI. The human remains were most
likely removed from Wayne County and
unidentified mound builder settlements
in Michigan.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Kalamazoo
Valley Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan.
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Prior to 1946, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed as a surface
find from an unidentified site in the
area of Detroit, Wayne County, MI, by
amateur collector Leo J. Dickey. Mr.
Dickey donated the human remains to
the Kalamazoo Museum (today the
Kalamazoo Valley Museum) in 1951. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The limited information provided by
the donor for the human remains has
been determined by museum officials to
be insufficient to reasonably associate
them to any present-day Indian tribe.
Therefore, officials of the Kalamazoo
Valley Museum have determined the
Native American human remains are
culturally unidentifiable.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing two individuals were
removed from an unidentified mound
builder site (or sites) in Michigan. In
1946, during an inventory of the
Kalamazoo Museum collection, the
human remains were found uncataloged
in the collection. They were identified
as Native American ancestry based on
handwritten labels affixed to the
foreheads of the skulls reading
‘‘Moundbuilder.’’ A thorough search of
museum records did not reveal the
donor of the human remains or the date
they arrived at the museum. The human
remains were subsequently cataloged
into the collection as Native American
human remains of Michigan mound
builder ancestry. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In June 2008, two anthropology
professors from Western Michigan
University examined the human
remains and determined that they were
consistent with Native American
morphology. However, given the
circumstances of the acquisition of the
human remains, the museum staff has
concluded that there is insufficient
information to reasonably associate
them to any present-day Indian tribe.
Therefore, officials of the Kalamazoo
Valley Museum have determined that
the Native American human remains are
culturally unidentifiable.
Officials of the Kalamazoo Valley
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Kalamazoo
Valley Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a
shared group relationship cannot be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and any
present-day Indian tribe.
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The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In
October 2008, the Kalamazoo Valley
Museum requested that the Review
Committee recommend disposition of
three culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan, as the aboriginal
occupants of Michigan.
The Review Committee considered
the proposal at its October 11–12, 2008
meeting and recommended disposition
of the human remains to the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan. An April 3, 2009
letter on behalf of the Secretary of
Interior from the Designated Federal
Officer, transmitted the authorization
for the Kalamazoo Valley Museum to
effect disposition of the human remains
to the eight Indian tribes listed above
contingent on the publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Paula L. Metzner,
Kalamazoo Valley Museum, P.O. Box
4070, Kalamazoo, MI 49003–4070,
telephone (269) 373–7958, before June
25, 2009. Disposition of the human
remains to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University,
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of Oregon
State University, Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Fisher Mounds, Will County, IL.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
University, Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. The Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen
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Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in
Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska were notified, but did not participate in
consultation on the human remains described in this notice.
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Fisher Mounds, Will County, IL, by an
unknown individual. In 1976, the human remains were donated to the
Department of Anthropology by the son of Georg Karl Neumann. Dr.
Neumann worked as a physical anthropologist for Indiana State
University, Terre Haute, IN. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Museum records indicate that the human remains are identified as
``3EM.'' According to the culturally unidentifiable (CUI) database of
the National NAGPRA Program in the CUI inventory for Indiana State
University, ``3EM'' is used to identify human remains from the Fisher
Mound group in Will County, IL (East Mound). Dr. Neumann's notes
identify the human remains as 3EM108. Officials at the University of
Oregon, Department of Anthropology reasonably believe that, based on
these records, the individual is most likely from the Fisher Mounds
site.
The Fisher Mounds are located in northeastern Illinois, 60 miles
southwest of Chicago, on the south bank of the Des Plaines River,
approximately one mile north of the confluence of the Des Plaines and
Kankakee Rivers. Formerly, the Fisher Mounds were part of the Cornelius
Estate, also known as the Dan Fisher Farm. Excavation at the Fisher
Farm took place during the early 20th century. The site comprises a
large village with numerous house floors and pits, as well as 12
mounds. Several mounds were found to contain burials of Native
Americans along with native artifacts. Thousands of human remains and
items were unearthed from the multiple layers of burials within the
mounds, with each layer constituting a different occupational period.
According to George Langford, Sr., who also excavated the area, the
burials from the small east mound most likely date to the late 18th
century.
Native tribes in Illinois belonged to the Algonquian linguistic
family. Tribes inhabiting northeast Illinois included the Miami,
Mascouten and Illinois. During the latter half of the 1700s, the
Winnebago and Shawnee lived in the area. Early 18th century migrations
and forced relocation from the east brought the Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo and
Potawatomi into the area. The Mascouten became part of the Kickapoo
after 1800. In 1854, tribes associated with the Miami and the Illinois
became associated with the Confederated Peoria, and by 1873 they became
known as the United Peoria and Miamis. Later periods, the Miami tribe
associated with the Potawatomi, Shawnee, and Delaware. Therefore, the
tribes that occupied Illinois at the close of the 18th century are the
Mascouten, Miami, Illinois, Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Potawatomi,
and Winnebago.
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska have provided both written and oral history for their
traditional occupation of Midwest areas east of the Mississippi and
have demonstrated land claims in Illinois. In addition, published works
cite the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, as having had villages
in Illinois characterized by mound-building cultural practices.
Based on the preponderance of the evidence, including the primary
body of Dr. Neumann's work in Illinois, collection records, and oral
history, officials of the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology reasonably believe that the descendants of these
Mascouten, Miami, Illinois, Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Potawatomi,
and Winnebago are members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas
and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana;
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation of Kansas; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Officials of the Oregon State University, Department of
Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10),
the human remains described above represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State
University, Department of Anthropology also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan
and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation of Kansas; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe,
Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
David McMurray, Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology,
238 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before
June 25, 2009. Repatriation of the human remains to the Ho-Chunk Nation
of Wisconsin and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology is
responsible for notifying the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in
Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians,
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Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox
Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that
this notice has been published.
Dated: May 11, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-12256 Filed 5-22-09; 8:45 am]
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