Notice2025-23381
Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
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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), 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 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59540-59541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23381]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6815; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041635; 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 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Lauren Jakobsson, Princeton University Art Museum,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90d8c2dfd2c0e2f9fef3f5e4fffed0e0e2f9fef3f5e4fffebef5f4e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86ced4c9c4d6f4efe8e5e3f2e9e8c6f6f4efe8e5e3f2e9e8a8e3e2f3">[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.
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from Sequim Bay, in Clallam County, Washington, by
William Allen Butler Jr on August 11, 1876 while on a cruise in the
Puget Sound with other Princeton Alumni. On December 10, 1876, one of
the individuals was donated to the now-defunct Princeton Museum of
Natural History. On an unknown date in the late 1800s or early 1900s,
the other two individuals were transferred to the museum. The three
individuals became part of the museum's vertebrate paleontology
teaching collection. 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 clearly identified by the information available
about 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 three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Lower Elwha Tribal
Community; and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.
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 20, 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: December 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23381 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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