Potential Burial Sites Found in Northwest Ohio

Rossford, a city in Northwest Ohio, has located five potential Native American burial sites using ground penetrating radar during the federal review process required before development of the grounds currently occupied by an elementary school.

The school, Indian Hills Elementary School, got its name from the historic Native village of Mascouten Indians dating back to the 1600s. It has been vacant since 2014.

In 2020, the city decided to address the empty building by either repurposing the school into a facility like a senior center, or knocking it down completely to build a park or a museum. In its bid for development projects, city officials discovered that the entire 39-acre plot of land was covered under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Passed in 1966, the NHPA requires federal or state agencies to identify and assess archeological sites that their planned actions might affect.

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