Notice2026-18969
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN
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Published
September 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58695-58696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18969]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7488; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043739; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Indianapolis Museum of Art at
Newfields, Indianapolis, IN
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 Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition
of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after October 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby, Indianapolis
Museum of Art at Newfields, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN 46208,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9b3abb0beaabba099bdb0aabab6afbcabb7bcaebfb0bcb5bdaaf7b6abbe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="016b73686672637841656872626e7764736f64766768646d65722f6e7366">[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
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sole responsibility of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, and
additional information on the determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a pair of moccasins. The
moccasins were obtained by Mrs. Valette Miller White in Montana prior
to 1936.
Determinations
The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural item described
in this notice and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after October 16, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Indianapolis Museum of
Art at Newfields is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: September 10, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-18969 Filed 9-15-26; 8:45 am]
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