Notice2026-05043
Notice of Inventory Completion: Augusta Museum of History, Augusta, GA
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Published
March 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Augusta Museum of History 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 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05043]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6984; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042305; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Augusta Museum of History,
Augusta, GA
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 Augusta Museum of History 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 April 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Nancy Glaser, Augusta Museum of
History, 560 Reynolds Street, Augusta, GA 30901, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a3b37321a3b2f3d2f292e3b372f293f2f377435283d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcddd1d4fcddc9dbc9cfc8ddd1c9cfd9c9d192d3cedb">[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
Augusta Museum of History, 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
Based on the information available, one associated funerary object
was removed from the Montezuma site (11PK41) in Pike Co., Illinois on
December 18, 1924 by F.E. Ellis of Webster Groves, Illinois. The one
associated funerary object is one lot of shell beads.
The Augusta Museum of History has no record of, nor do its
officials have any knowledge of, any treatment of items with
pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a
potential hazard to the collection(s) or to persons handling the
collection(s).
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 Augusta Museum of History has determined that:
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (previously
listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan); Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie
Band Potawatomi Nation; Quapaw Nation; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac
& Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe; and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 April 15, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Augusta Museum of
History 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 Augusta Museum of Hisotry 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: March 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-05043 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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