Notice2025-23151
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
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Published
December 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Missouri Historical Society (MHS) located in St. Louis, MO has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58594-58595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23151]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6701; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041447; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Historical Society, St.
Louis, MO
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 Missouri Historical Society (MHS)
located in St. Louis, MO has completed an inventory of associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after January 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Brady Wolf, Missouri Historical
Society, 225 S Skinker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63105, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b392c34373d1b36343332282f3429227534293c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e7f2eae9e3c5e8eaedecf6f1eaf7fcabeaf7e2">[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
MHS, 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
The one lot of associated funerary objects is modified stones
removed from a burial site.
At an unknown time prior to 1958, the one lot of associated
funerary objects
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was disinterred from Lincoln Mound (CA-PLA-14) in Placer County,
California. At an unknown time, these associated funerary objects were
transferred, stored, and possibly displayed at the Central Institute
for the Deaf. In 1958, the associated funerary objects were then
transferred to the Missouri Historical Society.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The MHS has determined that:
<bullet> The one lot of objects described in this notice is
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California and the Wilton Rancheria,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 16, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the MHS must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The MHS 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 25, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23151 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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