90 FR 105 pgs. 23552-23553 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 105Pages: 23552 - 23553
Pages: 23552, 23553Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040236; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-10016 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040236; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Case Western Reserve University 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 July 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice to Joan Schenkel, Associate Vice President of Research Administration, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, email jms114@case.edu.
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 Case Western Reserve 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 one individual have been identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human remains are recorded as the skull and mandible of an adult, female, prehistoric Timucua Indian of Florida, donated to Dr. T. Wingate Todd of Case Western Reserve University by Hannibal Hamlin of Yale University in an unknown year. The identity of the individual is unknown. No known presence of potentially hazardous materials.
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
Case Western Reserve University has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
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.
[top] 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 3, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Case Western Reserve University 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. Case Western Reserve 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 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10016 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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