Notice2025-10016

Notice of Inventory Completion: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

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Published
June 3, 2025

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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service

Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Case Western Reserve University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23552-23553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10016]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040236; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Case Western Reserve University, 
Cleveland, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Case Western Reserve University has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after July 3, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
in this notice to Joan Schenkel, Associate Vice President of Research 
Administration, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., 
Cleveland, OH 44106, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1dbdcc2808085f1d2d0c2d49fd4d5c4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3b9bea0e2e2e793b0b2a0b6fdb6b7a6">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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 
Case Western Reserve University 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 one individual have been identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present. The human remains are recorded 
as the skull and mandible of an adult, female, prehistoric Timucua 
Indian of Florida, donated to Dr. T. Wingate Todd of Case Western 
Reserve University by Hannibal Hamlin of Yale University in an unknown 
year. The identity of the individual is unknown. No known presence of 
potentially hazardous materials.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    Case Western Reserve University has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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

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the requestor is a lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after July 3, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Case Western Reserve University must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. Case Western Reserve 
University is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: May 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10016 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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