Notice2026-06816
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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Published
April 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Vermont has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17990-17991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06816]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7056; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042553; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Vermont has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Margaret Tamulonis,
Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, 61 Colchester Avenue,
Burlington, VT 05405, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e38e82918482918697cd97828e968f8c8d8a90a396958ecd868796"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08d81928781928594ce94818d958c8f8e8993a095968dce858495">[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
University of Vermont, 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
Human remains representing, at least, 10 individuals have been
identified. The 100 associated objects include 33 lots of pottery, 22
lots of faunal remains, and 45 lots of lithics. The items include
pottery, vessels, faunal remains, assorted lithics, antler, and
assorted pottery sherds. Some of the items were collected by members of
the avocational Champlain Valley Archaeological Society from the Rivers
site in the 1938-1939 and deposited at the University of Vermont in the
1930s. The collection also includes cultural materials (but not human
remains) excavated by the University of Vermont in 1972. The Rivers
Site (VT-AD-2) is located on the Otter Creek River in Ferrisburgh,
Vermont, at the mouth of the Dead Creek tributary. Based on
consultation, the Rivers site area is a known burial complex located on
the ancestral lands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.
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 and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The University of Vermont has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 100 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 human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 11,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
University of Vermont must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The University of Vermont 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: April 1, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-06816 Filed 4-8-26; 8:45 am]
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