Notice2026-18339
Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
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Published
September 9, 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 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 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57380-57381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18339]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7465; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043671; 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 associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian
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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 October 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Lauren Jakobsson,
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
08544, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#743c263b3624061d1a1711001b1a3404061d1a1711001b1a5a111001"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="266e74696476544f4845435249486656544f48454352494808434253">[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 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 two associated funerary objects are one snuff box and
one drum. The human remains were originally acquired by John Green
Brady, a Presbyterian missionary and founder of the Sitka Industrial
and Training School. Brady gifted the Ancestor to Sheldon Jackson, who
confirmed receipt in a letter dated February 2, 1880, referring to them
as ``the Medicine Man.'' Correspondence between Brady and Jackson
reveals Brady's efforts in acquiring objects in Sitka on Jackson's
behalf. The two associated funerary objects match descriptions in
collection records of items that Brady removed from the Ancestor's
grave. The Ancestor and associated funerary objects were transferred
from Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) to the now-defunct Princeton
University Museum of Natural History, known as the ``Guyot Museum,''
when PTS donated the Sheldon Jackson collection in 1881. Princeton
University has no knowledge or record of the presence of any
potentially hazardous substances 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
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> The two 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 Sitka
Tribe of Alaska.
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 October
9, 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 and
associated funerary objects 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: September 1, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-18339 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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