Notice2025-23178
Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA
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Published
December 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) and Warren Anatomical Museum collection in the Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University (CHoM) have completed an inventory of human remains and have 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 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59179-59180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23178]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6724; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041484; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for the History of
Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard
University, Boston, MA
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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) and Warren Anatomical Museum
collection in the Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A.
Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University (CHoM) have completed
an inventory of human remains and have 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 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afc5dfc6ccc4caddc6c1c8efc9cedc81c7ceddd9ceddcb81cacbda"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6bca6bfb5bdb3a4bfb8b196b0b7a5f8beb7a4a0b7a4b2f8b3b2a3">[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
PMAE and CHoM, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the available information, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The remains of the individual were found
in the Warren Anatomical Museum collection. Documentation suggests the
remains were collected in Oceania, likely the Hawaiian Islands, and
that the individual was donated to the Museum by John Collins Warren II
(1842-1927) as part of the Jonathan Mason Warren collection in 1883.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the available information and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the information
available about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE and CHoM have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice, the Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, and the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after January 20, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the PMAE 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 PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 2, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23178 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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