# 2025-04356: Ancient Head Jar Heads Home to Quapaw Nation

2025-04356, Notice of Intended Repatriation: Nelson Gallery Foundation (d/b/a The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), Kansas City, MO, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-03-18, effective 2025-04-17 (as of 2026-09-30).

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- As of: 2026-09-30
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04356
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Nelson Gallery Foundation (d/b/a The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), Kansas City, MO
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 12552
- Published: 2025-03-18
- Effective: 2025-04-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-30

## In one line

Ancient Head Jar Heads Home to Quapaw Nation

## Summary

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City plans to return a special ancient jar shaped like a human head to the Quapaw Nation after a formal request. This jar, made between 1450 and 1650, is very important to the tribe’s culture and will be repatriated starting April 17, 2025. No money changes hands, but this is a big step in respecting Native American heritage.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Nelson Gallery Foundation, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Return of Quapaw Nation head-effigy jar: benefit, low. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art intends to repatriate a human head effigy jar to the Quapaw Nation. The jar, made between A.D. 1450 and 1650 and accessioned into the museum in 2003 as item 2003.11, may be repatriated on or after April 17, 2025, and no money will change hands as part of the repatria…
- Who may request repatriation and process rules: benefit, low. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization may submit a written request for repatriation to the Nelson-Atkins Museum, and must show by a preponderance of the evidence that they are a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated. If competing requests are received, the museum…

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## Sources
- [2025-04356 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/18/2025-04356/notice-of-intended-repatriation-nelson-gallery-foundation-dba-the-nelson-atkins-museum-of-art-kansas)
- [2025-04356 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-18/pdf/2025-04356.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04356 (as of 2026-09-30).