Notice2025-15403
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
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Published
August 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (RSPI) has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2024. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39216-39217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15403]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6413; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040807; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology (RSPI) has amended a notice of inventory completion
published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2024. This notice
amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural
affiliation.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects may occur on or after September 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3341445b56565f564173525d575c4556411d565746"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f785809f92929b9285b796999398819285d9929382">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 the
RSPI, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including
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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.
Amendment
This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register
(89 FR 5258) on January 26, 2024. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in the original notice of inventory
completion has not occurred.
Determinations
The RSPI has determined that:
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in the original notice and the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in the original 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 the original notice to a requestor may occur on or after
September 15, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are
received, the RSPI 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. The RSPI 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.)
Dated: July 31, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15403 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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