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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to support Midwest SOARRING (Save Our
4 Ancestors Remains & Resources Indigenous Network Group) and
5 their endeavors on the behalf of Native American causes; and
6 WHEREAS, Midwest SOARRING has two major issues that they
7 believe need to be brought before the General Assembly:
8 (1) the provision of land for reburial of ancestral human
9 remains that were removed from Illinois grounds, for the
10 Native Nations who require that their ancestors be reburied
11 in the region of their original gravesites, and (2) the
12 establishment of a burial board with Native representation
13 that will act in the event of inadvertent discovery of
14 unmarked Native burials during land development; and
15 WHEREAS, Midwest SOARRING believes that ancestral remains
16 should be reburied for the spiritual good of the ancestors,
17 Native people living today, and future generations; and
18 WHEREAS, Midwest SOARRING also requests support for the
19 acquisition of land in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
20 for the reburial of ancestral remains, or an alternate site;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, There will soon be an estimated 12,000 remains
23 eligible for reburial, including 6,000 from the Illinois
24 State Museum; serious consideration needs to be given to
25 these requests; therefore, be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we urge support for the request for a section of land in the
29 Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie for the reburial of Native
30 Nations ancestral remains, or suitable land if that area is
31 unavailable; and that we urge support for the establishment
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1 of a burial board with Native representation.