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91_SR0108
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 support Midwest SOARRING (Save Our Ancestors Remains &
4 Resources Indigenous Network Group) and their endeavors on
5 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 SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge support for
28 the request for a section of land in the Midewin National
29 Tallgrass Prairie for the reburial of Native Nations
30 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.