# 2025-08475: Field Museum Prepares Century-Old Stones and Game Pieces for Return

2025-08475, Notice of Intended Repatriation: Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 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: 2025-08475
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Field Museum, Chicago, IL
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 20489
- 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

Field Museum Prepares Century-Old Stones and Game Pieces for Return

## Summary

The Field Museum in Chicago plans to return three sets of important Native American cultural items to the United Auburn Indian Community of California. These items, collected over 100 years ago, include special stones and game pieces with deep cultural meaning. The repatriation could happen anytime after June 13, 2025, with no costs expected for the community.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Field Museum to Repatriate Cultural Items: benefit, medium. The Field Museum in Chicago intends to return certain cultural items that meet the definition of "objects of cultural patrimony" to Indian Tribes and to Native Hawaiian organizations. This action is being done under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

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## Sources
- [2025-08475 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08475/notice-of-intended-repatriation-field-museum-chicago-il)
- [2025-08475 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08475.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08475 (as of 2026-10-20).