# 2025-11144: Yale Museum Prepares Two Ancestors for Return to Delaware Tribes

2025-11144, Notice of Inventory Completion: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-06-17, effective 2025-07-17 (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11144
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 25639
- Published: 2025-06-17
- Effective: 2025-07-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Yale Museum Prepares Two Ancestors for Return to Delaware Tribes

## Summary

The Yale Peabody Museum has finished checking its collection and found two Native American human remains linked to the Delaware Nation and Delaware Tribe of Indians. Starting July 17, 2025, these remains can be officially returned to the tribes. If you want to request the return, you need to contact the museum by sending a written request.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Museum Finds Two Native American Remains: benefit, low. The Yale Peabody Museum identified human remains representing at least two Native American individuals that are culturally affiliated with the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma and the Delaware Tribe of Indians. The remains were removed before 1868 by Dr. Gouverneur Emerson from a mound near Dover, Kent Co…
- Repatriation Available Starting July 17, 2025: benefit, low. The notice states that repatriation of the human remains may occur on or after July 17, 2025. Tribes or eligible requestors may receive the remains beginning on that date.
- Who Can Request Repatriation: benefit, low. The Yale Peabody Museum allows written repatriation requests from (1) any of the named Indian Tribes in the notice (the Delaware Nation and the Delaware Tribe of Indians) and (2) any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not named in the notice that proves cultural affili…
- How to Submit a Repatriation Request: benefit, low. Written requests for repatriation must be sent to Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, or by email to [email protected]. Requests must be in writing and will be considered for repatriation on or after July 17, 2025.
- Competing and Joint Repatriation Requests: mixed, low. If the museum receives competing requests for repatriation, it must determine the most appropriate requestor before repatriation. Requests made jointly are treated as a single request and not as competing requests.

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## Sources
- [2025-11144 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11144/notice-of-inventory-completion-yale-peabody-museum-yale-university-new-haven-ct)
- [2025-11144 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11144.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11144 (as of 2026-11-03).