Search Results for keywords:"Native American ancestry"

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  • 2025-05229 — Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 13876
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural connection with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. The remains, collected from various locations in California, represent at least 27 individuals of Native American ancestry. According to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), these remains are eligible for repatriation, which may begin on or after April 28, 2025. Interested parties, including tribes and lineal descendants, can submit written requests for repatriation.

    Simple Explanation

    The American Museum of Natural History found bones of Native American people and is planning to give them back to the Santa Ynez tribe, and anyone else who might be connected to these remains can ask to get them too.

  • 2025-04368 — Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, King Salmon, AK
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 12550
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service at Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, plans to transfer the human remains found on Federal or Tribal lands to the correct Native American families or groups, in line with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, discovered during an analysis at the Aniakchak Bay Village Site in Alaska, belong to at least one person of Native American ancestry and are currently stored in Anchorage, Alaska. The Chignik Bay Tribal Council and several other Native American communities have the first rights to claim these remains. If there are no valid claims by March 18, 2026, the remains will become unclaimed.

    Simple Explanation

    The U.S. Department of the Interior wants to give back some old human bones they found in Alaska to the right Native American people or groups. If no one comes to claim them by March 18, 2026, the bones will be treated as unclaimed.