The Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as “The Tribes”).

At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Lagow Sand Pit Site (41DL79), in Dallas County, TX. The Lagow Sand Pit Site was initially a geological survey completed by Dr. Ellis Shuler of the Southern Methodist University Department of Geology. His initial research (Schuler 1923) indicated that the human remains were related to the Pleistocene bone bed in which they were found. Later research (Oakley and Howell, 1961; Crook, 1961), though, found that the burial was intrusional, and dates to the early Archaic. Though the burial was not complete when it was uncovered, the human remains appear to be from a single individual. There are no known individuals. There are no associated funerary objects.