Federal Register #2026-14713

Notice of Inventory Completion for Associated Funerary Object at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

This notice concerns the completion of an inventory of a funerary object at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). - Government buyer: - Department of the Interior, National Park Service - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (as the responsible institution) - Object identified: - One associated funerary object: a lot of unidentified thin botanical material - Collected in 1932 from the Caplen Mound site, Galveston County, Texas - Cultural affiliation: - Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas - Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Oklahoma) - Comanche Nation (Oklahoma) - Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana - Kiowa Tribe - Mescalero Apache Tribe - Seminole Nation of Oklahoma - Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma - Notable requirements: - No hazardous treatments recorded for the object - Repatriation requests may be submitted by culturally affiliated tribes or lineal descendants - No products or commercial services are being procured; this is a notice of inventory completion and repatriation eligibility

Description

This notice announces the completion of an inventory of an associated funerary object by the University of Michigan in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory identified one associated funerary object consisting of unidentified thin botanical material collected in 1932 from the Caplen Mound site in Texas. The notice establishes a cultural affiliation between the funerary object and several Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Repatriation of the object may occur on or after August 21, 2026, and requests for repatriation must be submitted to the University of Michigan's authorized representative.

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