Federal Register #2026-23000

NAGPRA inventory and potential repatriation notice for human remains and funerary objects

This is a NAGPRA repatriation notice, not a procurement opportunity. - Government and institutional parties: The National Park Service, within the Department of the Interior, issued the notice concerning the University of Kentucky’s William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest. - Inventory: Five Native American individuals’ human remains and 66 associated funerary objects, including faunal, lithic, shell, textile, botanical, charcoal, and ceramic materials. - Identified affiliated Tribes: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. - Notable information: Eligible Tribes and other qualified requestors may seek repatriation. No products, services, vendors, or OEMs are requested.

Description

The William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. They determined that the remains and objects have cultural affiliation with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in the notice. Repatriation may occur on or after December 14, 2026. Written requests for repatriation are to be sent to the representatives listed in the notice.

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