Notice2025-17368
Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
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Published
September 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 43624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17368]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6484; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040992; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection,
Columbus, 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), the Ohio History Connection 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 October 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Stephanie Kline, Ohio
History Connection, 800 E 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deb0bfb9aeacbf9eb1b6b7b1b6b7adaab1aca7f0b1acb9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9b7b8bea9abb899b6b1b0b6b1b0aaadb6aba0f7b6abbe">[email 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
Ohio History Connection, 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, five individuals have been
identified. The 721 associated funerary objects are one biface, two
cores, 174 debitage, one drill, 101 faunal remains, 56 fire-cracked
rock, 29 flora remains, one gorget fragment, one hammerstone, one
unknown object, four projectile points, 72 raw materials, 275 ceramic
sherds, and three stones have been identified as unassociated funerary
objects. The individuals were excavated from the Seiple site in Wood
County east of the Portage River. The site was identified by surface
disturbance and then excavated by G. Michael Pratt in the 1980's and
90's and is dated to 800 BCE-CE 900. The individuals and belongings
were then donated to the Ohio History Connection by Heidelberg
University in 2018 (OHC Accession number A 5391). There are no known
contaminants or treatments.
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 Ohio History Connection has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 721 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.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Match-e-
be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
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 October
10, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Ohio
History Connection 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 Ohio History Connection 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 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17368 Filed 9-9-25; 8:45 am]
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