# 2025-11150: Buffalo Bill Museum to Return Sioux Double Ball

2025-11150, Notice of Intended Repatriation: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, CO, 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/2025-11150
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11150
- Title: Notice of Intended Repatriation: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, CO
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 25632
- 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

Buffalo Bill Museum to Return Sioux Double Ball

## Summary

The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave in Golden, Colorado, plans to return a special cultural item called a double ball to Native American tribes starting July 17, 2025. This item, linked to the Sioux people and donated by a friend of Buffalo Bill, honors Native heritage and respects their traditions. No money changes hands, but this repatriation shows respect and care for Native culture.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave 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

- Double Ball Identified for Repatriation: benefit, low. The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave has identified one object of cultural patrimony—a double ball (catalog T2023.1.1)—that it says has a cultural affiliation with the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. The museum intends that repatriation of this item may occur…
- Who May Request Repatriation and Process: 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. Requests must be sent to Rebecca Jacobs at the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave…

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## Sources
- [2025-11150 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11150/notice-of-intended-repatriation-buffalo-bill-museum-and-grave-golden-co)
- [2025-11150 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11150.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11150 (as of 2026-11-03).