Search Results for keywords:"Human Remains"

Found 4 results

Search Results: keywords:"Human Remains"

💰 Only
Oldest Newest
  • 2025-01004 — Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Conservation and Environment, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 4796
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The National Park Service published a notice regarding the completion of an inventory by the Tennessee Department of Conservation and Environment, Division of Archaeology. This inventory, conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), confirms a cultural connection between certain human remains and artifacts with Native American tribes, including the Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The remains and items were found at various locations in Tennessee and may be repatriated starting February 18, 2025, to the rightful tribes or organizations. Competing claims for repatriation will be resolved by determining the most appropriate requestor.

    Simple Explanation

    The Tennessee Department of Archaeology found some old bones and items from Native American tribes and said they belong to the Cherokee Nation and other groups. They plan to give these items back to the right people, but they need to figure out exactly who that is by February 2025.

  • 2024-29253 — Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 100524
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    Indiana University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory found cultural ties between the remains and objects with various Native American Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. The university plans to repatriate these remains and objects starting on January 13, 2025. If there are competing repatriation requests, Indiana University will determine the most appropriate requestor.

    Simple Explanation

    Indiana University found old bones and objects that belong to Native American and Hawaiian groups, and they plan to give them back to the right families and tribes. If more than one group wants the same things, the university will decide who should get them.

  • 2021-01902 — Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 7406
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The U.S. Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, has finished an inventory of human remains found in Chernabura Island, Alaska, with the help of Vassar College and several Native American tribes or organizations. These remains are believed to be affiliated with present-day tribes, including the Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove and Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point. The National Park Service has issued a notice inviting other tribes or organizations not mentioned to request control of these remains before March 1, 2021, after which the remains may be transferred to the identified tribes if no additional requests are made.

    Simple Explanation

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska has found some old bones on an island and thinks they belong to certain Native American tribes. They're asking other tribes to speak up if they think the bones belong to them before giving them back to the tribes they identified.

  • 2025-04608 — Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 12773
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University has completed an inventory of human remains under the guidelines of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These remains, consisting of hair clippings from three young individuals who attended the Sherman Institute in the early 1930s, have been identified as culturally connected to specific Native American Tribes. The identified tribes include the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community, Greenville Rancheria, and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria. Repatriation of the remains will start on or after April 18, 2025, with requests needing to be sent to the responsible official.

    Simple Explanation

    The Peabody Museum at Harvard found some hair from three Native American kids who went to a school a long time ago, and they are giving it back to the Native American groups it belongs to. They will start giving it back in April next year.