# 2025-15853: Museum Catalogs Ancestral Remains for Tribal Return in Oklahoma

2025-15853, Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 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: 2025-15853
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40640
- 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

Museum Catalogs Ancestral Remains for Tribal Return in Oklahoma

## Summary

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 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 are ready to be returned to their rightful communities. If you’re part of these groups, keep an eye out for how and when the museum will make these important returns.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNOMNH), 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

- Museum Identifies Native Remains for Return: benefit, low. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History completed an inventory and found human remains and associated funerary objects that are culturally affiliated with certain Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Those remains and items are ready to be returned to the affiliated tr…

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## Sources
- [2025-15853 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/20/2025-15853/notice-of-inventory-completion-sam-noble-oklahoma-museum-of-natural-history-university-of-oklahoma)
- [2025-15853 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-20/pdf/2025-15853.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15853 (as of 2026-06-08).