# 2025-08479: Dartmouth Museum Prepares Seven Tennessee Ancestors for Tribal Repatriation

2025-08479, Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-05-14 (as of 2026-10-20).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-08479
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 20496
- 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

Dartmouth Museum Prepares Seven Tennessee Ancestors for Tribal Repatriation

## Summary

The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College has finished checking its collection and found seven Native American ancestors from Tennessee. Starting June 13, 2025, these remains can be returned to the right tribes. This is part of a respectful effort to honor Native American heritage and follow important laws.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Hood Museum to repatriate remains: benefit, low. The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined that certain human remains are culturally affiliated with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The museum is prepared to return thos…

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## Sources
- [2025-08479 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08479/notice-of-inventory-completion-hood-museum-of-art-dartmouth-college-hanover-nh)
- [2025-08479 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08479.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08479 (as of 2026-10-20).