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.