Notice of Intended Repatriation: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 64394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20571]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7551; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043918; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, 
Williamsburg, VA

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 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after November 9, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the 
cultural items in this notice to Basil Stewart, Jamestown-Yorktown 
Foundation, 2110 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7c5c6d4cecb89d4d3c2d0c6d5d3e7cddec189d1ced5c0cec9cec689c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="325053415b5e1c4146574553404672584b541c445b40555b5c5b531c555d44">[email&#160;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 
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation 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 three cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The three unassociated funerary objects are projectile 
points. The cultural items were removed from the Cascade Mountain 
region of Washington state at some time prior to 1987 by amateur 
archaeologist James Coates. The collections of James Coate were donated 
to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in 1987.

Determinations

    The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation has determined that:
    <bullet> The three unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described 
in this notice and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
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 items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after November 9, 2026. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The Jamestown-Yorktown 
Foundation 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 30, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-20571 Filed 10-7-26; 8:45 am]
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