# Federal Register #2026-19999

National Park Service notice on repatriation of two funerary-object lots held by Harvard’s Peabody Museum

**Buyer:** National Park Service
**Posted:** September 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-19999

The National Park Service notice concerns the completed inventory and intended repatriation of two funerary-object lots held by Harvard’s Peabody Museum.
- **Government agency:** U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
- **Museum:** Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.
- **Inventory:** Two lots of ceramics associated with funerary objects, collected from graves near Drakes Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee.
- **Cultural affiliation:** Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
- **Repatriation:** Eligible tribes and other qualifying requestors may submit written requests to the museum.
- **Procurement status:** This is a NAGPRA inventory and repatriation notice, not a procurement or award. No products, services, OEMs, or vendors are being solicited.

### Description

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, completed an inventory of two associated funerary objects, consisting of two lots of ceramics collected from graves near Drakes Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1879. The notice identifies cultural affiliation with the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Eligible tribes and other qualifying requestors may submit written requests for repatriation to the museum. Repatriation may occur on or after October 30, 2026.

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