Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-22995
Auburn University at Montgomery NAGPRA Inventory and Repatriation Notice
Buyer
National Park Service
Posted
November 12, 2026
Identifier
2026-22995
The National Park Service notice concerns repatriation of human remains and funerary objects held by Auburn University at Montgomery. - Government agency: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. - Institution completing the inventory and receiving repatriation requests: Auburn University at Montgomery. - Inventory: Human remains representing at least 11 individuals and 75 associated funerary objects: 61 pottery sherds, 12 lithics, and two faunal bones. The materials lack provenience information and are believed to be from Alabama. - Cultural affiliations identified: Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. - Action described: Eligible Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, or qualifying lineal descendants may submit written repatriation requests to Auburn University at Montgomery. - Procurement status: This is a NAGPRA repatriation notice, not a request to purchase products or services; no procurement line items are identified.
Description
Auburn University at Montgomery completed an inventory of human remains representing at least 11 individuals and 75 associated funerary objects, found without provenience information and believed to be from Alabama. The university determined that the remains and objects have cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes identified in the notice. Eligible Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, or qualifying lineal descendants may submit written repatriation requests to the contact listed in the notice. Repatriation may occur on or after December 14, 2026.