Notice2026-10553
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cleveland State University. Cleveland, OH
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Published
May 28, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Cleveland State University 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 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 31738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10553]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7171; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042840; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cleveland State University.
Cleveland, 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), Cleveland State University 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 29, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Paul Edward
Montgomery Ram[iacute]rez, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid
Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccbce2a9e2a1a3a2b8aba3a1a9beb5fef88cafbfb9a3a4a5a3e2a9a8b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57277932793a38392330383a32252e656317342422383f3e3879323322">[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
Cleveland State University, 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, three individuals have been
identified. The four associated funerary objects are: three stone
personal adornment items and partial remains of one dog. The Knapp
Site, located near Gill, Massachusetts (in Franklin County) was
surveyed and excavated by John Blank (d. 2019) starting in the Summer
of 1969, as part of a field school conducted by Cleveland State
University. Blank periodically worked with colleagues at Kent State
University and Case Western Reserve University. Through these
connections, material culture and biofacts from numerous excavations
carried out by Blank were ultimately divided between CSU and KSU, with
some material being in the possession at CWRU for a time. There is no
information available to Cleveland State regarding the potential past
division of material culture between these institutions regarding the
Knapp Site. The site is associated with the Late Woodlands Period (900-
1650CE) and has been culturally associated with the Mohican Peoples and
their descendants, namely the Stockbridge-Munsee. Cleveland State
University has no records of any potentially hazardous substances used
in the treatment and preservation practice of any of these human
remains or associated funerary objects.
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
Cleveland State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of no fewer than three individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The four 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
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
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 June 29,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Cleveland
State University 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. Cleveland State University 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: May 19, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-10553 Filed 5-27-26; 8:45 am]
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