Ohio
Institutions reported making 0.4% of the more than 10,900 Native American remains taken from Ohio available for return to tribes under NAGPRA.
There are 26 institutions located in Ohio that reported Native American remains taken from across the country.
Institution | Remains Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
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Ohio History Connection (formerly the Ohio Historical Society) | 7,167 | 17 | 0% |
Cincinnati Museum Center, Museum of Natural History and Science | 520 | 1 | 0% |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History | 477 | 0 | 0% |
Dayton Museum of Natural History | 438 | 1 | 0% |
University of Toledo | 210 | 46 | 18% |
University of Cincinnati, Department of Anthropology | 140 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 136 | 0 | 0% |
Western Reserve Historical Society | 99 | 0 | 0% |
Allen County Museum and Historical Society | 73 | 0 | 0% |
Cleveland State University, Department of Anthropology | 35 | 0 | 0% |
Heidelberg University | 27 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of Energy | 13 | 0 | 0% |
Ohio University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology | 9 | 0 | 0% |
Clark County Historical Museum | 7 | 0 | 0% |
University of Akron | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Hardin County Historical Museums | 5 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of Agriculture | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum | 2 | 2 | 50% |
City of Marietta | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Athens County Historical Society and Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Case Western Reserve University | 0 | 5 | 100% |
MetroParks of the Toledo Area | 0 | 6 | 100% |
Moravian Historical Society | 0 | 2 | 100% |
Oberlin College | 0 | 4 | 100% |
Sandusky Library, Follett House Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Toledo Zoological Society | 0 | 8 | 100% |
There are 53 institutions that reported Native American remains taken from Ohio.
Institution | Remains Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
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Ohio History Connection (formerly the Ohio Historical Society) | 6,585 | 16 | 0% |
Harvard University | 1,687 | 0 | 0% |
Cincinnati Museum Center, Museum of Natural History and Science | 492 | 0 | 0% |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History | 414 | 0 | 0% |
Dayton Museum of Natural History | 390 | 0 | 0% |
Field Museum | 370 | 0 | 0% |
University of Toledo | 196 | 0 | 0% |
American Museum of Natural History | 145 | 0 | 0% |
University of Cincinnati, Department of Anthropology | 138 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of the Interior | 134 | 0 | 0% |
Allen County Museum and Historical Society | 73 | 0 | 0% |
Indiana University | 43 | 0 | 0% |
Cleveland State University, Department of Anthropology | 35 | 0 | 0% |
Gilcrease Museum | 29 | 0 | 0% |
Heidelberg University | 26 | 0 | 0% |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 24 | 1 | 4% |
State Museum of Pennsylvania | 15 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of Energy | 13 | 0 | 0% |
University of Kentucky, William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology | 13 | 0 | 0% |
Charleston Museum | 9 | 0 | 0% |
Ohio University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology | 9 | 0 | 0% |
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Phillips Academy | 9 | 0 | 0% |
Carnegie Museum of Natural History | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Clark County Historical Museum | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Hardin County Historical Museums | 5 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of Agriculture | 5 | 0 | 0% |
U.S. Department of Defense | 5 | 6 | 55% |
Western Reserve Historical Society | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Earlham College | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum | 2 | 2 | 50% |
Brigham Young University, Museum of Peoples and Cultures | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Buffalo Museum of Science | 1 | 0 | 0% |
City of Marietta | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Hastings Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Henry County Historical Society | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Illinois State Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Kansas State Historical Society | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Milwaukee Public Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Museum of Osteopathic Medicine | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Northern Kentucky University | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Oakland Museum of California | 1 | 0 | 0% |
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology | 1 | 0 | 0% |
University of New Mexico, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology | 1 | 0 | 0% |
West Virginia Division of Culture and History | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Athens County Historical Society and Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Colgate University, Longyear Museum of Anthropology | 0 | 2 | 100% |
Kentucky Historical Society | 0 | 1 | 100% |
MetroParks of the Toledo Area | 0 | 6 | 100% |
Moravian Historical Society | 0 | 2 | 100% |
Sandusky Library, Follett House Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Anthropology | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Institutions made Native American remains taken from Ohio available for return to 67 tribes.
Tribe | Remains Made Available for Return to Tribe |
---|---|
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 15 |
Delaware Tribe of Indians | 15 |
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | 15 |
Shawnee Tribe | 15 |
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma | 11 |
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma | 9 |
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan | 5 |
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan | 5 |
Wyandotte Nation | 5 |
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin | 4 |
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan | 4 |
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan | 4 |
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan | 4 |
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin | 4 |
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin | 3 |
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan | 3 |
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana | 3 |
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma | 3 |
Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan | 3 |
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas | 3 |
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas | 3 |
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma | 3 |
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | 3 |
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan | 3 |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin | 3 |
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan | 3 |
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | 3 |
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.) | 3 |
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 3 |
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana | 3 |
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation | 3 |
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | 3 |
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota | 3 |
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan | 3 |
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin | 3 |
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | 3 |
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota | 3 |
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota | 3 |
Seneca Nation of Indians | 2 |
Seneca-Cayuga Nation | 2 |
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana | 1 |
Cayuga Nation | 1 |
Cherokee Nation | 1 |
Chickasaw Nation | 1 |
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | 1 |
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma | 1 |
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana | 1 |
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska | 1 |
Oneida Indian Nation in New York | 1 |
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin | 1 |
Onondaga Nation | 1 |
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 1 |
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska | 1 |
Quapaw Nation | 1 |
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska | 1 |
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma | 1 |
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa | 1 |
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe | 1 |
Tonawanda Band of Seneca | 1 |
Tuscarora Nation | 1 |
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma | 1 |
Institutions reported Native American remains taken from 64 counties in Ohio.
County | Remains Taken From County Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
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Hamilton County | 2,365 | 0 | 0% |
Franklin County | 1,517 | 0 | 0% |
Ross County | 1,097 | 1 | 0% |
Delaware County | 840 | 0 | 0% |
Wood County | 658 | 0 | 0% |
Sandusky County | 638 | 0 | 0% |
Ottawa County | 490 | 0 | 0% |
Warren County | 424 | 0 | 0% |
Champaign County | 328 | 0 | 0% |
Lake County | 221 | 0 | 0% |
Erie County | 216 | 1 | 0% |
Montgomery County | 195 | 0 | 0% |
Pickaway County | 191 | 5 | 3% |
Logan County | 165 | 0 | 0% |
Marion County | 163 | 2 | 1% |
Miami County | 87 | 0 | 0% |
Adams County | 83 | 1 | 1% |
Greene County | 78 | 0 | 0% |
Clark County | 72 | 0 | 0% |
Cuyahoga County | 68 | 1 | 1% |
Allen County | 66 | 0 | 0% |
Madison County | 64 | 1 | 2% |
Licking County | 60 | 0 | 0% |
Preble County | 59 | 0 | 0% |
Tuscarawas County | 54 | 12 | 18% |
Scioto County | 50 | 0 | 0% |
Fairfield County | 48 | 0 | 0% |
Athens County | 39 | 1 | 3% |
Clinton County | 37 | 0 | 0% |
Muskingum County | 37 | 1 | 3% |
Highland County | 36 | 3 | 8% |
Butler County | 33 | 0 | 0% |
Jackson County | 29 | 0 | 0% |
Hancock County | 23 | 0 | 0% |
Lorain County | 18 | 0 | 0% |
Mahoning County | 15 | 0 | 0% |
Ashtabula County | 14 | 0 | 0% |
Fulton County | 13 | 0 | 0% |
Hocking County | 13 | 0 | 0% |
Wyandot County | 13 | 0 | 0% |
Gallia County | 12 | 0 | 0% |
Hardin County | 12 | 0 | 0% |
Clermont County | 10 | 0 | 0% |
Lawrence County | 8 | 0 | 0% |
Darke County | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Huron County | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Knox County | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Pike County | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Lucas County | 5 | 9 | 64% |
Belmont County | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Richland County | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Washington County | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Williams County | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Coshocton County | 3 | 1 | 25% |
Henry County | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Jefferson County | 3 | 1 | 25% |
Meigs County | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Putnam County | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Perry County | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Crawford County | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Harrison County | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Mercer County | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Noble County | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Summit County | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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This tool presents a dataset maintained by the National Park Service containing all the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects that institutions have reported to the federal government under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The dataset includes information about the state and county where remains and objects were taken from, which institutions hold them and whether they have been made available for return to tribes.
The data is self-reported by institutions. The amount of unrepatriated Native American remains reported by institutions is a minimum estimate of individuals and institutions frequently adjust these numbers when they reinventory groups of remains. Some institutions that are subject to NAGPRA have also entirely failed to report the remains in their possession. As a result, the numbers provided are best taken as estimates. The actual number and geographic scope of what’s held by publicly funded institutions is larger than what is presently documented.
ProPublica supplemented this dataset with information about cultural affiliation and disposition to specific tribes by systematically parsing the text of Notices of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register. An additional dataset from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Tribal Directory Assessment Tool, was used for the section on remains not made available for return from counties that each tribe has indicated interest in to the federal government.
Institution location and tribal headquarters location information was provided by National NAGPRA. The location of some groups that are not federally recognized was provided through research by ProPublica.
Institutions that are part of a larger entity are grouped. (For example, the Mesa Verde National Park is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.)
Institutions that have not submitted information to the federal government are not listed. The Smithsonian Institution is not listed because its repatriation process falls under the National Museum of the American Indian Act and it is not required to publicly report its holdings with the same detail as institutions subject to NAGPRA.
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Data sources from Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National NAGPRA Program, the Federal Register, Department of Housing and Development, Tribal Directory Assessment Tool