# 2025-11149: Peabody Essex Museum Plans Return of a Hawaiian Adze Blade

2025-11149, Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-06-17, effective 2025-07-17 (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11149
- As of: 2026-11-03
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11149
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 25641
- 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

Peabody Essex Museum Plans Return of a Hawaiian Adze Blade

## Summary

The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, plans to return a special Hawaiian adze blade to the Native Hawaiian group Protect Keopuka Ohana starting July 17, 2025. This item is super important to their culture and history. No costs or hazards are involved, just a respectful handover of this treasured artifact.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Peabody Essex Museum to Return Hawaiian Adze: benefit, low. The Peabody Essex Museum intends to repatriate one adze blade (an object of cultural patrimony) from Mauna Kea Quarry to the Native Hawaiian organization Protect Keopuka Ohana. The repatriation may occur on or after July 17, 2025, and the museum reports no record of potentially hazardous substances…
- Who May Request the Artifact: benefit, low. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization may submit a written request for repatriation if they show by a preponderance of the evidence that they are a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated. Repatriation may occur on or after July 17, 2025; if competing requests are…

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## Sources
- [2025-11149 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11149/notice-of-intended-repatriation-peabody-essex-museum-salem-ma)
- [2025-11149 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11149.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11149 (as of 2026-11-03).