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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, 

Repatriation Manager, University 

Museums, Colgate University, 13 Oak 

Drive, Hamilton, NY 13345, telephone 

(315) 228–7677, email kolneywall@

colgate.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 LMA, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of 26 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 26 

unassociated funerary objects are 25 

shell beads and one shell pendant. The 

25 ‘‘discoidal clamshell wampum 

beads’’ and the abalone shell pendant 

were removed from Prehistoric Maidu 

Culture, Cremation burial, Bennett 

Mound, Sacramento County. The LMA 

acquired the 26 objects as a gift from 

John Hagen, of Hudson Falls, New York, 

in 1962. It is unknown how and when 

he acquired these items, although there 

is evidence they may have originated 

from the Gibbs Collection, Gilroy, 

California. There is no known presence 

of any potentially hazardous substances 

used to treat the cultural items. 

Determinations 

The LMA has determined that: 

• The 26 unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items 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 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 cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 18, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the LMA must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The LMA is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: January 6, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039318; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

University of California, Riverside, 

Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California, Riverside 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects or objects 

of cultural patrimony and that have a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University 

of California, Riverside, 900 University 

Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517–5900, 

telephone (951) 827–6349, email 

megan.murphy@ucr.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 University of 

California, Riverside, and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of 82 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The five 

unassociated funerary objects are one lot 

of ceramic sherds, one lot of lithics, one 

lot of faunal remains, one lot of 

geological materials, and one pipe 

fragment. The 77 of objects of cultural 

patrimony are 16 lots of lithics, eight 

lots of metal, 11 lots of faunal, seven 

lots of botanical materials, two lots of 

mineralogical materials, one lot of 

unmodified shell, three lots of ceramics, 

four lots of glass, one lot of wood, six 

lots of geological materials, two lots of 

charcoal, one lot of textile fragments, 

one lot of rope, one lot of flotation 

samples, one lot of soil, one lot of 

plastic, four lots of shell beads, three 

lots of fire affected rock, two lots of 

grinding stones, one lot of modified 

shell, and one steatite ring. 

In 1965, the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

(UCR–ARU) was contracted by the 

Southern California Gas Company to 

examine the region surrounding a 

pipeline along the lower Crowder 

Canyon area and Cajon Creek. The 

project, ‘‘The Sayles Complex, A Late 

Milling Stone Assemblage from Cajon 

Pass, and the Ecological Implications of 

its Scraper Planes’’, was led by Makoto 

Kowta and carried out by anthropology 

students from Pasadena City College 

and the University of California, 

Riverside. Archaeologists described the 

site as consisting of a prehistoric 

midden and historical-period culvert. A 

total of 1,294 artifacts, including 88 

surface specimens, were recovered from 

the site. The artifacts recovered were 

several manos (both small and large), 

pendants, painted stones, milling 

stones, projectile points and blades, 

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hammerstones, cores, and 

miscellaneous small, flaked objects, 

animal bone, floral material, 

mineralogical objects, and unmodified 

shell. Kowta described the site as being 

‘‘one of the best Milling Stone Horizon 

sites’’ in San Bernardino County. All 

artifacts were cleaned, cataloged, and 

housed with the Department of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Riverside as accession number 11. 

In 1972 an archaeological excavation 

of CA–RIV–502 (Nibbled Rock Ridge 

site) in the Jurupa Hills (Riverside, 

County) was led by Thomas King of the 

University of California, Riverside 

Archaeological Research Unit (UCR– 

ARU). The excavations were undertaken 

during construction on Route 60 in 

Riverside County to convert the 

expressway to full freeway standards. 

The site was reported by King to have 

been a large ‘‘seed processing site’’ with 

a number of grinding ‘‘slicks’’ or 

metates. In King’s 1972 paper, ‘‘Nibbled 

Rock Ridge (CA–RIV–502): A prehistoric 

milling station in the Jurupa Mountains, 

Riverside County, California’’, he notes 

that fifteen bedrock grinding slicks were 

recorded in the site area and estimated 

a total of 60 slicks existed in the 

surrounding area. According to King’s 

report burned bones and the ‘‘bulk of all 

cultural materials’’ were found on the 

east side of the ridge in a layer of 

‘‘darkened soil’’. A reported ‘‘hearth 

feature’’ was also found in the same 

layer with a rhyolite projectile point and 

a mano. Archaeologists have asserted 

that Serrano peoples have continuously 

occupied the San Bernardino Mountains 

and the Santa Ana River Watershed for 

up to 5,000–6,000 years BP. 

Ethnographer John Peabody Harrington 

recorded several Serrano place names 

throughout the Watershed during his 

interviews with Yuhaaviatam leader, 

Santos Manuel in 1918. Manuel told 

Harrington that the Santa Ana River is 

called hu’napat patr, meaning ‘‘bears 

water’’. 

In 1975, the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

(UCR–ARU) was contracted to conduct 

an archaeological evaluation of cultural 

resources within the Cucamonga Creek 

and Tributaries Project. The project, 

UCR–ARU #165, ‘‘Environmental 

Impact Evaluation: Bi-weekly Report of 

Cultural Resource Survey of 

Cucamonga, Demens, Deer, and Hillside 

Creek Channels, San Bernardino and 

Riverside Counties California’’, was led 

by Patricia Martz and Nelson Leonard. 

The investigation included an on-foot 

survey of the project area and 

excavation of four test units in 

archaeological site CA–SBR–895. It was 

identified by Leonard who noted what 

he believed was a cooking hearth. He 

believed that the site likely represents a 

temporary or seasonal camp near the 

Marrya’yam (Serrano) village of 

Cucamonga. Archaeologists recovered 

14 cultural objects including lithic 

flakes, ground stones, and faunal 

remains. The site lies within the 

boundaries of what representatives of 

the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(also known as the San Manuel Band of 

Mission Indians) have identified as 

being part of Serrano ancestral territory. 

In 1976 Yucaipa Valley Water District 

contracted the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

(UCR–ARU) to evaluate archaeological 

site CA–SBR–1000 which was likely to 

be affected by a sewage project in the 

area. The site is believed to represent 

the Maara’yam (Serrano) village of 

Yukaipa’t and was first recorded by 

Gerald Smith of the San Bernardino 

County Museum (SBCM) in 1974. The 

site was excavated in multiple phases 

by UCR archaeology students under the 

supervision of UCR graduate students 

Patricia Martz and Eric Ritter, and 

Nelson Leonard, director of the UCR– 

ARU. During the first phase of 

excavation, in August and October of 

1976, approximately 903 objects were 

removed from the site and housed at the 

San Bernardino County Museum. The 

second phase of excavations took place 

in October of 1976 with 2612 cultural 

objects being removed and stored at 

SBCM. The final phase of excavation 

took place in the spring of 1977 which 

resulted in the recovery of about 143 

cultural objects that were subsequently 

stored at UCR. During this part of the 

excavation fragments of a human 

cranium were excavated from unit N– 

12, which was reportedly a few meters 

from an area where a burial was 

excavated in 1958. The human remains 

were repatriated by UCR to the 

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(also known as the San Manuel Band of 

Mission Indians) in 2008, but the 

cultural materials were not included in 

the repatriation. In 2022, during 

NAGPRA consultation, tribal 

representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of 

San Manuel Nation identified the 

remaining items in the collection as 

being unassociated funerary objects. In 

2024 the Morongo Band of Mission 

Indians also identified CA–SBR–1000 as 

an important village site to their tribal 

history. 

In 1971 the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

was contacted by the Mojave River 

Museum Association requesting an 

emergency salvage excavation of 

archaeological site CA–SBR–554 

(Jellyroll Cave). The members of the 

association discovered vandalism and 

looting of the cave resulting in the 

damage to artifacts and the removal of 

baskets and other perishable objects. 

The cave is a small dry cave located in 

the Ord Mountains that was found by 

the UCR–ARU to contain well preserved 

perishable artifacts including a possible 

rodent snare, cordage and basketry 

fragments, and botanical materials such 

as seed and cacti. The roof of the cave 

appeared to be smoke-blackened and a 

midden deposit seemed to have formed 

at the floor of the valley about 5 meters 

below the mouth of the cave. Materials 

collected during the excavation were 

housed at UCR under accession number 

48, but were never cataloged or 

analyzed. In 2022 tribal representatives 

from the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel 

Nation (also known as the San Manuel 

Band of Mission Indians reviewed the 

collection and identified it as being a 

Serrano cache or bundle. A considerable 

amount of tortoise shell was also found 

in the cave which tribal representatives 

noted might have been used in a 

ceremonial context. 

In 1979 the University of California, 

Archaeological Research Unit (UCR– 

ARU) was contracted by the Southern 

California Edison Company to provide 

cultural resource impact analysis on 

various portions of transmission line 

corridors running through the Mojave 

Desert of California and Nevada. The 

work mostly consisted of foot survey 

and field sampling by archaeological 

surveyors from the UCR–ARU. The 

survey resulted in the location 61 

archaeological sites and 146 isolates and 

artifacts collected from the surface were 

subsequently housed at the University 

of California, Riverside under accession 

number 70. In 2022, tribal 

representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of 

San Manuel Nation (also known as the 

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians) 

identified archaeological site CA–SBR– 

2131, on the Baker Transmission Line, 

to be a part of Serrano Ancestral 

territory. They identified a chalcedony 

biface removed from the site as being an 

object of cultural patrimony as it 

represents an important piece of Serrano 

history and culture. 

The University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

(UCR–ARU) conducted an 

archaeological assessment of a threemile stretch of road leading from Dale 

Dry Lake to Amboy Road in 1986 at the 

request of Western America Ore 

Company, ahead of potential 

redevelopment. During the project, led 

by Adella Schroth of the UCR–ARU, a 

field survey was conducted with the 

collection of surface materials 

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accession number 117. The survey 

uncovered one historic site and one 

prehistoric site. The geographic area is 

known to the Yuhaaviatam of San 

Manuel Nation (also known as the San 

Manuel Band of Mission Indians and 

the Morongo Band of Mission Indians as 

Serrano ancestral territory. In 2022, 

representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of 

San Manuel Nation reviewed the 

collection a identified the items as being 

objects of cultural patrimony. The 

objects included metal, quartz, lithics, 

and faunal remains. 

In 1989, at the request of the 

Southwestern Portland Cement 

Company (SPCC), the University of 

California, Riverside Archaeological 

Research Unit (UCR–ARU) conducted a 

cultural resources assessment of 1028 

acres of land. The assessment, led by 

Joan Schneider and Brook Arkush, 

consisted of a foot survey and test 

excavations. The project resulted in the 

identification of eleven prehistoric 

archaeological sites. Of these sites, 

archaeological materials were collected 

from nine sites and housed at UCR 

under accession numbers 153 and 180 

through 186. These materials included 

lithics, glass, shell beads, faunal 

remains, botanical materials, fire 

affected rock, metal, charcoal, manos 

and metates, a steatite ring, and 

geological materials. The sites identified 

consisted of grinding slicks and bedrock 

mortars, boulders with cupules, hearths 

and roasting pits, and fire affected rock 

scatters. In 2022, during tribal 

consultation, representatives of the 

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(also known as the San Manuel Band of 

Mission Indians) identified this project 

as falling within Serrano ancestral 

territory. 

In 1990, the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Unit 

(UCRARU) conducted an archaeological 

assessment of 320 acres of land located 

southwest of the City of Barstow, in 

western San Bernardino County, 

California at the request of TalaLynwood, Inc., ahead of a development 

project. The project, UCRARU #1047, 

‘‘Environmental Impact Evaluation: An 

Archaeological Assessment of 320 Acres 

of Land Located near Barstow in San 

Bernardino County, California’’, was led 

by Robert Yohe II and Brooke Arkush. 

During the assessment, an on-site survey 

was conducted with the collection of 

surface materials subsequently housed 

at UCR under accession number 163. 

The survey uncovered nine prehistoric 

sites and seven prehistoric isolates. The 

materials found within the area 

included lithic scatter, consisting of less 

than 30 flakes. In 2024, during tribal 

consultation, representatives of the 

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(also known as the San Manuel Band of 

Mission Indians) and the Morongo Band 

of Mission Indians identified this 

project as falling within Serrano 

ancestral territory. Tribal 

representatives identified the lithic 

materials collected during the project as 

being objects of cultural patrimony. 

In 1992, the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

(UCRARU) conducted an archaeological 

assessment on 20 acres of land 

designated Tentative Parcel 13964, 

located in the Baldy Mesa area of San 

Bernardino Country, California at the 

request of Creative Boundaries, ahead of 

a proposed development project. The 

project, UCRARU #1185, ‘‘Cultural 

Resource Assessment: Tentative Parcel 

13964 Located near Baldy Mesa in San 

Bernardino County, California’’, was led 

by Bruce Love and Michael Hogan. The 

project area is located to the east of Oro 

Grande Wash, north of the Cajon 

Summit area of the San Gabriel 

Mountains. During the assessment, an 

on-foot survey was conducted with the 

collection of surface materials 

subsequently housed at UCR under 

accession number 208. The survey 

uncovered two archaeological sites. The 

archaeologists noted this site as a 

prehistoric site consisting of a very dark 

concentration of ash, burned and firecracked rock, and at least two formed 

artifacts, a mano fragment and a 

quartzite cutting tool were recovered. 

The geographical location of the area is 

known to have been occupied by the 

Marrya’yam (Serrano) during the 

protohistoric time period. 

In 2018, Dudek conducted cultural 

resources inventory on approximately 

686.9 areas of land in Lucerne Valley, 

San Bernardino County, California at 

the request of Lendlease Energy 

Development, ahead of the Calcite Solar 

Project. The project, ‘‘Cultural 

Resources Inventory and Evaluation 

Report for the Calcite Solar Project’’, 

was led by Micah Hale. The cultural 

resource study uncovered 14 sites, 

seven historic roads, and five isolates in 

the project area. A total of three test 

units were excavated, each measuring at 

approximately 0.5 x 0.25m with 20cm 

increments to depths no more than 40– 

60 cm. The materials collected during 

the project was housed at the University 

of California, Riverside under accession 

number 326. During tribal consultation 

representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of 

San Manuel Nation (also known as the 

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians) 

and the Morongo Band of Mission 

Indians identified this project as falling 

within Serrano ancestral territory. 

In 1989, the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

(UCR–ARU) conducted a cultural 

resource assessment of 132.6 acres of 

land located in the Manix Basin region 

of western San Bernardino Country at 

the request of Ting-Seng Ho, ahead of a 

development project. The project, 

UCRARU #1002, ‘‘Environmental 

Impact Evaluation: An Archaeological 

Assessment of Assessor’s Parcel 539– 

081–03, Located in Manix Basin in San 

Bernardino County, California’’, was led 

by Philip Wilke and Brooke Arkush. 

During the assessment, an on-foot 

survey was conducted with the 

collection of surface materials 

subsequently housed at UCR under 

accession number 480. The assessment 

uncovered three prehistoric sites and 

five prehistoric isolates. All three sites 

are the result of lithic reduction activity, 

while all five isolates are stone artifacts. 

The archaeologists noted the presences 

of lithic cores, various types of flakes, 

biface fragments, ground stone artifacts, 

a bifacial core, and one hammerstone. 

During tribal consultation 

representatives of the Yuhaaviatam of 

San Manuel Nation (previously listed as 

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 

California) and the Morongo Band of 

Mission Indians, California identified 

this project as falling within Serrano 

ancestral territory. 

Determinations 

The University of California, 

Riverside has determined that: 

• The five unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• The 77 objects of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice have 

ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group, including any 

constituent sub-group (such as a band, 

clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or 

other subdivision), according to the 

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of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Morongo Band of 

Mission Indians, California, and the 

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(previously listed as San Manuel Band 

of Mission Indians, California). 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items 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 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 cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 18, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Riverside 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

University of California, Riverside is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: January 6, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01011 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039316; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 

Northwestern 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 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Eli Suzukovich III, 

Northwestern University, 633 Clark 

Street, Evanston, IL 60208, telephone 

(847) 491–4133, email eli.iii@

northwestern.edu (preferred contact). 

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 Northwestern 

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 in Northwestern 

University’s custody include 238 

individual bones and fragments and 

represent a MNI of 44 individuals from 

the Fisher Mounds Site (11WI5) located 

in Will County Illinois. This 

determination is based on the number of 

sacrum and os coxa, scapulae, clavicles, 

atlas bones, complete/partial spinal 

columns, facial bones, and sternums. 

Along with human remains, there is one 

associated funerary object (ceramic pot 

rim) marked as ‘‘Fisher Trail ed 11Wi5, 

10RZ–L9, 4–2–1.’’ The human remains 

and associated funerary object were 

excavated from Will County, IL by 

George Langford and by the University 

of Chicago between 1912 and 1941. The 

collection dates to approximately A.D. 

800–1400 and the late 17th century. No 

hazardous substances are known to have 

been used to treat any of the human 

remains or associated funerary objects. 

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 

Northwestern University has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 44 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one associated funerary object 

described in this notice is 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. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object 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; HoChunk 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-ebe-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 

and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after February 18, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the University of Illinois 

Urbana-Champaign 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. The University of 


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