Notice2026-08773
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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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 Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA-BP) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24286-24287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08773]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7127; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042698; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, 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 no lineal descendant and no
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after June 4, 2026.
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#f19d908390dc9f9e9d959f9483b184989e8690df949584"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e121f0c1f531011121a101b0c3e0b1711091f501b1a0b">[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 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 have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The remains
were acquired at an unknown time, sometime in the 1970s, and used as a
part of the Kirkwood Community College's Dental Hygiene Program
teaching collection until they were transferred to the OSA-BP in
December 2025. The condition, coloration, and postmortem modification
evident are consistent with anatomical preparation and non-ancient
antiquity; there is no evidence of removal from a burial context. The
individual's geographical region of origin is unknown. An older adult
female is represented by the human remains. Cranial metrics indicate
she is of Native American ancestry (Burial Project 3946). No known
hazardous substances were used to treat the human remains.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
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South Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 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; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; 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); Oglala Sioux Tribe; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Quapaw
Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; The Osage Nation; Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological,
biological, and expert opinion. The information, including the results
of consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The OSA BP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains described in this notice has
been clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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.
Upon request, 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 OSA BP 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 OSA BP is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes or 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: April 27, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-08773 Filed 5-4-26; 8:45 am]
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