Notice2025-22884
Notice of Inventory Completion: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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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), the Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58300-58301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22884]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6609; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041340; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale
University, New Haven, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University,
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian
Tribes 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 Professor Erika Edwards, Interim Director, Yale
Peabody Museum, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a0f1803010b440f0e1d0b180e192a130b060f440f0e1f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b7a0bbb9b3fcb7b6a5b3a0b6a192abb3beb7fcb7b6a7">[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
Yale Peabody Museum, 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
During or prior to 1868, human remains representing, at least, one
individual were removed from the Turners Falls vicinity, Franklin
County, Massachusetts and donated to the Sheffield Scientific School of
Yale University by Lucy Stoughton of Gill, Massachusetts. The human
remains may have been removed by her father, Timothy Stoughton. The
human remains later became part of the collections at the Yale Peabody
Museum.
Prior to November 13, 1915, human remains representing, at least,
four individuals were removed by Edward H. Rogers from burial grounds
in the Turners Falls vicinity, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Subsequently, Rogers removed human remains representing, at least,
eight
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individuals, between 1915 and 1920, from the Turners Falls vicinity,
Franklin County, Massachusetts, which he donated to the Yale Peabody
Museum in May 1920.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Yale Peabody Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
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 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, the Yale Peabody Museum 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. The Yale Peabody Museum is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this
notice.
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. 2025-22884 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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