Notice2025-22883
Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
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Published
December 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Princeton University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58265-58266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22883]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6608; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041339; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Princeton University has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Lauren Jakobsson, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
08544, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5018021f120022393e3335243f3e102022393e3335243f3e7e353425"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="49011b060b193b20272a2c3d262709393b20272a2c3d2627672c2d3c">[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
Princeton University, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains (Ancestor) were removed from Marion County, Indiana and
acquired by Reverend R. T. Liston, a Presbyterian missionary born in
Indianapolis in 1853. On November 16, 1892, the Ancestor was
accessioned at the Elizabeth Marsh Museum of Geology and Archaeology,
which in 1909 became part of the Princeton Museum of Natural History
(now defunct). Princeton University has no knowledge or record of the
presence of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the
human remains.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains (Ancestor) were removed from an unknown location. No known
archival literature indicates specific information about their region
of origin, other than being labelled as ``Mound Builder.'' The Ancestor
was associated with Princeton Biology Professor Charles F.W. McClure
(1865-1955) and entered the collections of the Princeton Morphological
Museum at an unknown date. Beginning in 1909, the Morphological Museum
materials were housed and exhibited in Guyot Hall as part of the
Princeton Museum of Natural History. In 1944, these collections came
under the joint management of the Biology and Geosciences Departments.
In 1966, Biology Professor Elmer G. Butler (1900-1972) cataloged the
individual into the Princeton University Osteological Collection for
teaching purposes. Princeton University has no knowledge or record of
the presence of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the
human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
Princeton University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional
Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga
Nation; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
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Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga
Nation; Shawnee Tribe; and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 15, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, Princeton University must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Princeton University 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: November 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22883 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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