[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35196-35197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09403]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037829; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Toledo, Toledo, 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), the University of Toledo 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 May 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Thomas Zych, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft 
Street, MS 956, Toledo, OH 43606, telephone (419) 530-4395, email 
[email protected].

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 
University of Toledo, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. On an unknown 
date, the individual was found and removed from a Morris Hill in 
Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio by Joseph Unkart and later donated to 
the University of Toledo. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 21 individuals have been reasonably identified. On an unknown 
date, the individuals were removed from an area in northwestern Ohio, 
likely by David Stothers, an archaeologist and professor at the 
University of Toledo between 1972 and 2011. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 13 individuals have been reasonably identified. The individuals 
were likely removed from an area in northwestern Ohio by Edward Lincoln 
Moseley, a professor and naturalist at Bowling Green State University 
in Bowling Green, Ohio between 1924 and 1936, where he served as the 
head of the biology department. Moseley frequently collected from the 
Sandusky Bay area. On an unknown date, the individuals were acquired by 
the University of Toledo. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. The individual 
was located in the University of Toledo collections on March 31, 2023. 
The individual was likely removed from an area in northwestern Ohio by 
David Stothers. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The University of Toledo has no record of any potentially hazardous 
substances used to treat the human remains described in this notice.

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 described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The University of Toledo has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 36 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians 
of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, 
Michigan; Cayuga Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian 
Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian 
Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; 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; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; 
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-
she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; 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); 
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of 
Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation; Ottawa 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of

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Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie 
Band Potawatomi 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; Saginaw Chippewa 
Indian Tribe of Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Sault Ste. Marie 
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-
Cayuga Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; 
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; and the Wyandotte 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after May 31, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the University of Toledo 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 University of Toledo is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 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 23, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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