Notice2026-00066
Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Published
January 7, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hood Museum of Art 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 91, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 533-534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00066]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6835; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041696; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
College, Hanover, NH
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 Hood Museum of Art 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 February 6, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Jami C. Powell, Hood Museum of Art,
6 East Wheelock Street, Hanover, NH 03755, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#30585f5f541e7e717760627170545142445d5f4544581e555445"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274f4848430969666077756667434655534a4852534f09424352">[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
Hood Museum of Art, 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
An associated funerary object has been identified. The one
associated funerary object is a lot of wampum beads. The beads entered
the collection with an ancestor prior to 1913 from an unknown source.
The associated ancestor was published in a notice of inventory
completion in the Federal Register on May 2, 1996 (61 FR 19635). The
beads are kept in a small box labeled as being from a ``Seminole Burial
Ground'' in ``Oak Lodge,'' FL, which is consistent with the notations
regarding the associated ancestor. After entering the Dartmouth College
collection, the beads were separated from their ancestor. During the
re-inventory process, the beads were re-located in the museum
collection by Hood Museum of Art staff and identified as being
associated with the ancestor from ``Oak Lodge.''
Associated funerary objects have been identified. The 43 associated
funerary objects are pottery sherds, shells, and limestone. The
funerary objects entered the Dartmouth College collection with an
ancestor from an unknown source in 1927. The associated ancestor was
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register
on May 14, 2025 (90 FR 20500). The objects are accompanied by tags
noting their removal from Hernandez Mound in Ormond, FL, a known burial
site. After entering the Dartmouth College collection, the funerary
objects were separated from their associated ancestor and recently
identified as being associated with the Ormond, FL ancestor.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural
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affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or
acquisition history of the associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The Hood Museum of Art has determined that:
<bullet> The 44 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 Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
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 February 6, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hood Museum of
Art 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 Hood Museum of Art 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 18, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-00066 Filed 1-6-26; 8:45 am]
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