# 2025-11011: Museum Updates Tribal Connections in a Louisiana Repatriation Notice

2025-11011, Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-06-16, effective 2025-07-16 (as of 2026-11-02).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11011
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 25362
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: 2025-07-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

Museum Updates Tribal Connections in a Louisiana Repatriation Notice

## Summary

Louisiana State University’s Museum of Natural Science updated its list of Native American tribes connected to some human remains and artifacts. The Chitimacha Tribe now shares cultural ties with several other tribes, including the Caddo Nation and Choctaw groups. If other tribes think they’re linked, they should reach out by August 1, 2025, and repatriation can start after July 16, 2025.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science (LSUMNS) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2022. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.

## Effects PRIA read

- Museum recognizes shared tribal affiliations: benefit, medium. The LSU Museum of Natural Science has determined there is a connection between certain human remains and the following tribes: Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The Choctaw Nation…
- Repatriation permitted after July 16, 2025: benefit, high. If you are an authorized requester, repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in the original notice may occur on or after July 16, 2025. The museum states repatriation will proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
- Deadline to claim cultural affiliation: August 1, 2025: benefit, medium. Any other Indian Tribe that believes it is culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary objects must contact Dr. Irene Martí Gil at the LSU Museum of Natural Science before August 1, 2025. If no additional claimants contact the museum by that date, repatriation may proceed a…
- Who may request repatriation and how competing claims are handled: benefit, medium. Repatriation requests may be made by any of the tribes named in this notice or by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization that shows by a preponderance of the evidence it is affiliated. If competing requests are received, the LSU Museum of Natural Science must determine…

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## Sources
- [2025-11011 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11011/notice-of-inventory-completion-amendment-louisiana-state-university-museum-of-natural-science-baton)
- [2025-11011 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11011.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11011 (as of 2026-11-02).