Federal Register #2026-21549

National Park Service NAGPRA inventory and repatriation notice for remains held by the University of Iowa

The National Park Service published a NAGPRA notice about Native American human remains inventoried by the University of Iowa’s Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. - Notice and government entities - The notice was issued by the National Park Service, within the Department of the Interior. - The inventory was completed by the University of Iowa’s Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. - Inventory findings - The inventory identified the remains of one adult male of Native American ancestry; no associated funerary objects were identified. - The remains were collected near Pisgah, Iowa, and later transferred to the Office of the State Archaeologist. - Cultural affiliation identified with - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; The Osage Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. - Procurement relevance - This is an inventory and repatriation notice, not a request to procure products or services. No OEMs, vendors, products, or services are identified.

Description

The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program completed an inventory of human remains and determined cultural affiliation with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The remains represent one Native American adult male, and no associated funerary objects are present. The remains were collected near Pisgah, Iowa, in the 1930s and were transferred to the Office of the State Archaeologist in 2026. Repatriation may occur on or after November 23, 2026.

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