# 2025-15850: Newark Museum Unlocks Native Remains for Tribal Return

2025-15850, Notice of Inventory Completion: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-08-20 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15850
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40645
- Published: 2025-08-20
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Newark Museum Unlocks Native Remains for Tribal Return

## Summary

The Newark Museum of Art has finished checking its collection and found that some human remains and funeral items belong to Native American tribes or Native Hawaiian groups. This means these items will be officially returned to the right communities. If you’re part of these groups, now’s the time to connect with the museum to learn more or claim these important cultural items.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Newark Museum of Art has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Repatriation of Native Remains and Items: benefit, medium. Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Newark Museum of Art completed an inventory and found human remains and associated funerary objects that are affiliated with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The museum will return those remains and items…

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## Sources
- [2025-15850 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/20/2025-15850/notice-of-inventory-completion-the-newark-museum-of-art-newark-nj)
- [2025-15850 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-20/pdf/2025-15850.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15850 (as of 2026-06-08).