Federal Register #2026-05968

NAGPRA Inventory Completion – Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

This notice announces the completion of a NAGPRA inventory by the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, IL, under the oversight of the National Park Service and Department of the Interior. - No procurement of products or services is involved - Inventory covers human remains from the Upper Mississippian period, removed from the Fisher Site (11WI5) in Will County, Illinois - Remains were previously part of the University of Chicago teaching collection, later donated to the Illinois State Museum - Cultural affiliation determined with multiple Native American tribes, including: - Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma - Citizen Potawatomi Nation - Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma - Forest County Potawatomi Community - Hannahville Indian Community - Ho-Chunk Nation - Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska - Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma - Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas - Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas - Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma - Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi - Miami Tribe of Oklahoma - Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Fond du Lac Band; Mille Lacs Band) - Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi - Omaha Tribe of Nebraska - Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians - Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma - Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians - Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska - Sac & Fox Nation - Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa - Shawnee Tribe - Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska - No associated funerary objects are present - Notice provides information for tribes or lineal descendants to request repatriation - No OEMs, vendors, or contract opportunities are referenced

Description

The Illinois State Museum has completed an inventory of human remains in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory identified human remains representing at least 16 individuals from the Upper Mississippian period, removed from the Fisher Site in Will County, Illinois. The museum has determined a cultural affiliation between these remains and multiple Native American tribes listed in the notice. Repatriation of the remains may occur on or after April 27, 2026, and written requests for repatriation must be sent to the Illinois State Museum Research & Collections Center.

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