Notice2025-23371
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
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Published
December 19, 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 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59558-59559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23371]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6798; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041562; 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 20, 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#2f4d584043496f424047465c5b405d5601405d48"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95f7e2faf9f3d5f8fafdfce6e1fae7ecbbfae7f2">[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 two associated funerary objects are: one lot of stone beads,
and one unworked crystal. At an unknown time prior to 1958 an unknown
person or persons disinterred the two associated funerary objects from
CA-SAC-16. At an unknown time, these Ancestors and associated funerary
objects were transferred to Dr. Max Goldstein of St. Louis, MO where
they were stored and possibly displayed at his private museum within
the Central Institute for the Deaf. Following the death of Dr.
Goldstein, his estate transferred control of the Ancestors and
associated funerary objects to the Missouri Historical Society in 1958.
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 two objects described in this notice are 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California;
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 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 20, 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
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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: December 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23371 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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