Notice2026-08753
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
May 5, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles 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 91, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24287-24288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08753]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7155; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042718; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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 Fowler Museum at the University of
California, Los Angeles 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 June 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Allison Fischer-
Olson, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8feee9e6fcece7eafde0e3fce0e1cfeefdfbfca1faece3eea1eaebfa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4b5b2bda7b7bcb1a6bbb8a7bbba94b5a6a0a7faa1b7b8b5fab1b0a1">[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
Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles 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, 62 individuals have been
identified. The seven associated funerary objects are seven ceramic
sherds. The human remains were excavated from the Fisher Site in Will
County, Illinois by George Langford in 1926-1929 and the University of
Chicago in 1940. It is unknown how these remains came to be at UCLA.
The associated funerary objects were removed from the Fisher Site and
held at the University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropology until April
1941, when they were sent to Alfred Kroeber at UC Berkeley. They were
transferred to UCLA in April 2026
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for repatriation. There is no known exposure to hazardous substances to
this collection.
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 and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of, at minimum, 62 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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 Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (previously
listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan); Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Fond du Lac Band; Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee
Tribe; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after June 4, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Fowler Museum at the University of
California, Los Angeles 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
Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles 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: April 27, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-08753 Filed 5-4-26; 8:45 am]
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