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 Indiana 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, one individual have been identified. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of copper and one lot of sand. This collection was excavated from 12Fu3 during construction of S.R. 10 in Fulton County, Indiana in 1954. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least, one individual have been identified. There are no known associated funerary objects. This collection was excavated from an unknown location in Lake County, Indiana on an unknown date. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least, one individual have been identified. The six associated funerary objects are one lot of lithics, one lot of faunal bones, one lot of worked bone, one lot of shell, one lot of worked shell, and one lot of ceramic/clay artifacts. This collection was excavated from the Griesmer Site in Lake County, Indiana in 1962 as part of an Indiana University field school.

Human remains, representing, at least, one individual have been identified. There are no associated funerary objects. This collection was discovered by Mr. Charles Faulkner on an unknown date from the Lake County site (12La166). It was donated to IU by Mr. Oha Zamazel in 1960. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least, one individual have been identified. There are no associated funerary objects. This collection was discovered in 1933 by WPA workers three miles south of Plymouth in Marshall County, Indiana. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least one individual have been identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of historic artifacts. This collection was discovered in 1950 from an unnamed site (12Mr232) in Marshall County by Mr. Charles Faulkner. It was donated to Indiana University in 1960 by Mr. Al Runnels. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

The two associated funerary objects are one lot of lithics and one lot of soil. The artifacts were collection in 1932 from Vergin Mound (12Pr28), Porter County, by Mr. J. Gilbert McAllister. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least seven individuals have been identified. The eight associated funerary objects are one lot of clay/ceramics objects, one lot of lithics, one lot of charcoal, one lot of soil, one lot of plant materials, one lot of copper, one lot of shell, and one lot of mixed materials. This collection was excavated from Weise Mound (12Pr35) in Porter County, Indiana. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least two individuals have been identified. The five associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal bones, one lot of worked bone, one lot of historic artifacts, one lot of clay/ceramics, and one lot of shell. This collection was excavated from the Fifield site (12Pr55) in Porter County, Indiana. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

Human remains, representing, at least, 37 individuals have been identified. The seven associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal bones, one lot of stone, one lot of worked stone, one lot of lithics, one lot of red ochre, one lot of copper, and one lot of shell. This collection was discovered at the Butterfield Camp site (12Wh2) in White County, Indiana by Mr. Jack Householder in 1952. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.

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

Indiana University has determined that:

• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical ( printed page 66736) remains of 52 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 31 objects 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 objects described in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (previously listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan); Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.

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 November 23, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Indiana 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. Indiana 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.

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