# 2025-04358: Harvard repatriates Native kids' hair from old Indian schools

2025-04358, Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 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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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04358
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 12564
- 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

Harvard repatriates Native kids' hair from old Indian schools

## Summary

Harvard’s Peabody Museum has finished checking its collection and found hair samples from Native American students taken long ago at two Indian schools in South Dakota and Oregon. These remains are linked to specific tribes, and starting April 17, 2025, they can be returned to their rightful communities. This is a big step in respecting Native heritage and making things right.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at the Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD and the Chemawa (Salem) Indian School, Marion County, OR.

## Effects PRIA read

- Museum confirms tribal affiliation: benefit, medium. The Peabody Museum found hair clippings from five Native American students and determined they have a cultural affiliation with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The clippings were collected at the Fla…
- Repatriation available starting April 17, 2025: benefit, medium. You (as a member of the named Tribes or a lineal descendant) may request repatriation of the five human remains starting April 17, 2025. Requests may be submitted by the identified Tribes, by lineal descendants, or by other Tribes/organizations that show a preponderance of evidence of cultural affi…

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## Sources
- [2025-04358 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/18/2025-04358/notice-of-inventory-completion-peabody-museum-of-archaeology-and-ethnology-harvard-university)
- [2025-04358 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-18/pdf/2025-04358.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04358 (as of 2026-09-30).