# 2025-08480: Dartmouth Museum Identifies Native Ancestors for Return to Tribes

2025-08480, 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: 2025-08480
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 20500
- 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 Identifies Native Ancestors for Return to Tribes

## Summary

The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College has finished checking its collections and found human remains linked to Native American tribes. Starting June 13, 2025, these remains can be returned to the right communities. This update affects tribes connected to Florida sites and shows Dartmouth’s commitment to respecting Native heritage.

## 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Repatriation of Native Remains and Items: benefit, low. If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization affiliated with items at the Hood Museum of Art, the museum has determined that certain human remains and associated funerary objects are culturally affiliated and will be returned. The inventory was completed under the Native…

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## Sources
- [2025-08480 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08480/notice-of-inventory-completion-hood-museum-of-art-dartmouth-college-hanover-nh)
- [2025-08480 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08480.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08480 (as of 2026-10-20).