Notice2025-17491
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
September 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA BP) 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 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44094-44095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17491]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6477; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040985; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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 Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program (OSA BP) 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 October 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa
City, IA 52242, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cda1acbface0a3a2a1a9a3a8bf8db8a4a2baace3a8a9b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e38f829182ce8d8c8f878d8691a3968a8c9482cd868796">[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
OSA BP, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least three individuals were removed by John Meachen from the Libben
Site (33OT6), a Late Woodland site dated between A.D. 800 and 1100, in
Ottawa County, OH. On April 19, 1971 the human remains were transferred
to Waldorf College in Forest City, Winnebago County, IA. In March 2016,
Waldorf College transferred the individuals (Catalog # 3-5, 7, 9, 10-
35, 37-41, 44-50) to the OSA BP after they were found in their
collections. A middle-aged to old adult and two children, aged 4.5 to
6.0 years and 8.0 to 10.0 years, are represented by the human remains
(Burial Project 3172). No associated funerary objects are present. No
hazardous chemicals were used to treat the human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location and acquisition history of the human remains in this notice.
Determinations
The OSA BP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation,
Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan;
Littler River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band
(Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca
Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
The Osage Nation; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the Wyandotte
Nation.
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 the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after October 14, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the OSA BP must determine the most
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appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The OSA BP 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. 2025-17491 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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