Notice2026-04045
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
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Published
March 2, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Missouri Historical Society (MHS) has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2025. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10128-10129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04045]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6960; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042094; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Missouri Historical
Society, St. Louis, MO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Missouri Historical Society (MHS) has
amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal
Register on December 19, 2025. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects may occur on or
after April 1, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects to Brady Wolf, Missouri Historical Society, 225 S
Skinker Blvd.,
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St. Louis, MO 63105, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#375540585b51775a585f5e444358454e19584550"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0567726a696345686a6d6c76716a777c2b6a7762">[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.
Amendment
This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register
(90 FR 59539, December 19, 2025). Repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in the original notice of inventory completion has not
occurred.
Determinations
The MHS has determined that:
<bullet> There is a connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the 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; Wilton Rancheria, California; and
the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects in the original 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 the
original notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 1, 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: February 20, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-04045 Filed 2-27-26; 8:45 am]
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