# 2025-08470: Virginia Museum to Return Century-Old Sacred Basket to Chemehuevi Tribe

2025-08470, Notice of Intended Repatriation: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-05-14 (as of 2026-10-20).

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- As of: 2026-10-20
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-08470
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 20493
- Published: 2025-05-14
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-20

## In one line

Virginia Museum to Return Century-Old Sacred Basket to Chemehuevi Tribe

## Summary

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts plans to return a sacred basket to the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe starting June 13, 2025. This basket, made in the late 1800s, is important for traditional ceremonies and was donated to the museum in 2016. No costs or hazards are involved, just a respectful handover of a treasured cultural item.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Museum to Return Sacred Native Item: benefit, low. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts intends to return a sacred cultural object to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations that are culturally affiliated with it, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice says no money will change hands and the ite…

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## Sources
- [2025-08470 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08470/notice-of-intended-repatriation-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts-richmond-va)
- [2025-08470 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08470.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08470 (as of 2026-10-20).