# 2025-08481: Harvard Museum Identifies Relative in Repatriation of Dan Walker's Hair

2025-08481, 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 2025-05-14 (as of 2026-10-20).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-08481
- 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 20490
- 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

Harvard Museum Identifies Relative in Repatriation of Dan Walker's Hair

## Summary

Harvard's Peabody Museum has finished checking its collection and found Native American hair clippings from a young man named Dan Walker, linked to the Fox-Sauk tribe. They’ve identified Herbert Walker as a direct relative and are ready to return these remains starting June 13, 2025. If you’re connected or interested, you can ask for the remains to be sent back by contacting the museum.

## 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 known lineal descendant connected to the human remains in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Return of Native American Remains: benefit, medium. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined there is a known lineal descendant for the human remains listed in this notice. The museum is prepared to return those remains t…

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## Sources
- [2025-08481 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08481/notice-of-inventory-completion-peabody-museum-of-archaeology-and-ethnology-harvard-university)
- [2025-08481 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08481.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08481 (as of 2026-10-20).