Case Western Reserve University Completes NAGPRA Inventory
Summary
The National Park Service published a notice on behalf of Case Western Reserve University announcing completion of its Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) inventory. The university identified human remains and associated funerary objects subject to repatriation. Repatriation may occur on or after May 11, 2026.
What changed
Case Western Reserve University published a Federal Register notice announcing completion of its NAGPRA inventory, fulfilling the institution's statutory obligation to document culturally unidentifiable human remains and associated funerary objects. The notice specifies that repatriation may proceed after May 11, 2026.
Universities, museums, and other institutions subject to NAGPRA should monitor this inventory completion as part of their ongoing compliance obligations. Federally recognized Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations may submit claims for the repatriated items during the specified period.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
A Notice by the National Park Service on 04/09/2026
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Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies Department of the Interior National Park Service Agency/Docket Numbers N7068 NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042562 PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000 Document Citation 91 FR 17989 Document Number 2026-06824 Document Type Notice Pages 17989-17990
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Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies Department of the Interior National Park Service Agency/Docket Numbers N7068 NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042562 PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000 Document Citation 91 FR 17989 Document Number 2026-06824 Document Type Notice Pages 17989-17990
(2 pages) Publication Date 04/09/2026 Published Content - Document DetailsDocument Dates Published Content - Document Dates Dates Text Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after May 11, 2026. Published Content - Document Dates
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has no substantive legal effect.- AGENCY:
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| Date | | Action | Title |
| | 2026-04-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
| | 2023-06-22 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-06-22 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Fallon, NV |
| | 2023-06-16 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA |
| | 2023-06-16 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA |
| | 2023-06-16 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver, CO |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, and University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| | 2023-06-08 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul, MN |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, WA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice; amendment. | Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA |
| | 2023-06-01 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Stanton, ND |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo, NM |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, TN and the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Warren County Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Shippen Manor Museum, Oxford, NJ |
| | 2023-05-24 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Nashville, TN |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Wasco County/Dalles City Museum Commission, The Dalles, OR |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum, The Dalles, OR |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Yuba County Water Agency, Marysville, CA |
| | 2023-05-18 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
| | 2023-05-11 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY |
| | 2023-05-11 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-10 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Maine State Museum, Augusta, ME |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Maine State Museum, Augusta, ME |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts, Puyallup, WA |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA |
| | 2023-05-09 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bismarck Field Office, Bismarck, ND |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-05-05 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wyoming Human Remains Repository, Laramie, WY |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, GA |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, GA |
| | 2023-05-04 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-27 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY |
| | 2023-04-26 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-04-26 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| | 2023-04-26 | Notice; amendment. | Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | 2023-04-26 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-04-26 | Notice. | Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL |
| | 2023-04-20 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: United States Space Force, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Space Launch Delta 45, Brevard County, FL |
| | 2023-04-20 | Notice. | Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, Ticonderoga, NY |
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- [N7068; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042562; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
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 May 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice to Jennifer Kangas Berendt, Assistant Director of Agreements, Office of Research and Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, email jxb1173@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 two individuals have been identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Notes for one skull state it was found by Wetmore Hodges on May 5, 1934 in a trench which he called “Burial #23” in Goleta, about two miles of north of Santa Barbara. Notes for the second skull state it is a “Prehistoric Amerind skull from Santa Barbara, California.” The identity of the individuals 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 two individuals of Native American ancestry.
- There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
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 one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
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 described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 11, 2026. 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. ( printed page 17990)
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 1, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-06824 Filed 4-8-26; 8:45 am]
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Published Document: 2026-06824 (91 FR 17989)
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