Notice2026-06817
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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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 Missouri, Museum of Anthropology 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]
[Page 17999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06817]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7059; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042554; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of
Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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 University of Missouri, Museum of
Anthropology 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 Dr. Candace Sall,
University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology, 1020 Lowry Street,
Columbia, MO 65211, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a545b5d4a485b7a57534949554f4853145f5e4f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5bbb4b2a5a7b495b8bca6a6baa0a7bcfbb0b1a0">[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 Missouri, Museum of Anthropology, 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, one individual have been
identified. The 15 lots of the total 1,202 associated funerary objects
include one lot each of pottery fragments, fired clay fragments,
debitage, flake tools, hafted bifaces, bifaces, cores, stone axe,
groundstone fragments, hammerstones, unmodified rocks, faunal
fragments, shell fragments, charcoal sample, and soil sample. The
individual and associated funerary objects described in this notice
were removed from Site 23OR21, Pigman Mound, in Oregon County,
Missouri. The site was excavated in 1959 and 1960, and the collection
was brought to the University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology at an
unknown date by unknown persons. No known hazardous substances were
used to treat the human remains or associated funerary objects.
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 Missouri, Museum of Anthropology has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 1,202 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 Osage
Nation.
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 Missouri, Museum of Anthropology 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 Missouri, Museum of Anthropology 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. 2026-06817 Filed 4-8-26; 8:45 am]
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