Notice2026-11700
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
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Published
June 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History 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 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35547-35548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11700]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7217; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042961; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural
History, New York, NY
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 American Museum of Natural History 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 July 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Nell Murphy, American
Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3cdced6d1d3cbdae3c2cecdcb8dccd1c4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f41425a5d5f47566f4e42414701405d48">[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
American Museum of Natural 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
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. The one associated funerary object is a bone awl. The human
remains and awl were removed in 1924 by an unknown collector from Pike
County, north of Chambersburg. This site, described in AMNH records as
``Thompson Farm'' is most likely the Irving Thompson burial site,
11PK9. The AMNH acquired the remains and associated funerary object in
1940 from Frank G. Miller and accessioned them that same year.
While it no longer does so, in the past, the Museum applied
potentially hazardous pesticides to items in the collections. Museum
records do not list specific objects treated or which of
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several chemicals used were applied to a particular item. Therefore,
those handling this material should follow the advice of industrial
hygienists or medical personnel with specialized training in
occupational health or with potentially hazardous substances.
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 human remains and associated
funerary object described in this notice.
Determinations
The American Museum of Natural History has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<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 human remains and
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;
The Osage Nation; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 July 13,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the American
Museum of Natural History 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 American Museum of Natural History 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: June 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-11700 Filed 6-10-26; 8:45 am]
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