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BILLING CODE 4312-52-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [N6445; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040855; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 September 22, 2025. ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to Krystiana Krupa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 601 E John Street, Champaign, IL 61820, email *klkrupa@illinois.edu.* 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 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, two individuals have been identified. The 382 associated funerary objects are ceramic sherds, lithics, and faunal material (shell and bone fragments).
In 1985, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign personnel conducted a surface collection at the Last Site (22Ha511) in Hancock County, Mississippi and recovered the human remains of one individual. A second surface collection at the Campbell Bayou II site (22Ha513) in Hancock County, Mississippi recovered additional human remains from one individual. The human remains described here were misidentified as faunal remains at the time. No site or project reports were generated and little is known about these projects.
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 and associated funerary objects described in this notice. Determinations The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 382 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 Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 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 September 22, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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: August 6, 2025. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025-15976 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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