Notice2026-09405
Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
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Published
May 12, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Princeton University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25909-25910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09405]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7137; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042753; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Princeton University has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Lauren Jakobsson, Cultural Property and Human Remains
Repatriation Program, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ 08544, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c58d978a8795b7acaba6a0b1aaab85b5b7acaba6a0b1aaabeba0a1b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc948e939e8caeb5b2bfb9a8b3b29cacaeb5b2bfb9a8b3b2f2b9b8a9">[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
Princeton University and additional information
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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 has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In March 1907,
Princeton Paleontology/Geosciences Professor Gilbert Van Ingen and
students removed the human remains (Ancestor) from ``Indianfield
Bluff,'' West of Yorktown, York County, Virginia, during a
paleontological expedition. In 1907, the Ancestor was accessioned to
the now defunct Princeton Museum of Natural History and became part of
the vertebrate paleontology teaching collection. Princeton University
has no knowledge or record of the presence of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
Princeton University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe; Chickahominy Indian
Tribe--Eastern Division; Nansemond Indian Nation; Pamunkey Indian
Tribe; Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.; and the Upper Mattaponi Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after June 11, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, Princeton University must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Princeton University 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: May 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-09405 Filed 5-11-26; 8:45 am]
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