Notice2025-17627
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
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Published
September 12, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Corporation (ISMHS) 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 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 44231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17627]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6516; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041062; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana State Museum and Historic
Sites Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
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 Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Corporation (ISMHS) 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 Michele Greenan, Indiana State Museum and Historic
Sites Corporation, 650 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b565c495e5e555a557b52555f525a555a564e485e4e561554495c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1dcd6c3d4d4dfd0dff1d8dfd5d8d0dfd0dcc4c2d4c4dc9fdec3d6">[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
ISMHS, 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, one individual has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These human
remains are noted as being from ``Rayme Farm'' in St. Clair County, IL
near East St. Louis, IL. Consultation determined that these are from
the Ramey Farm portion of the Cahokia site (site number 11-MS-2/5),
which spans both Madison and St. Clair Counties, IL. These remains came
to the Indiana State Museum in 1981 after being collected from the
surface circa 1950 by John C. ``Jack'' Householder, an avocational
archaeologist. The Museum is not aware of the presence of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of the human
remains.
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
The ISMHS 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 Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe
of Nebraska; Quapaw Nation; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe;
and The Osage 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 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 October 14, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the ISMHS 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. The ISMHS 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: August 29, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17627 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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