# 2025-19955: Tennessee Lists and Prepares Return of Native American Remains

2025-19955, Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-11-17, effective 2025-12-17 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19955
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-19955
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 51386
- Published: 2025-11-17
- Effective: 2025-12-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Tennessee Lists and Prepares Return of Native American Remains

## Summary

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has finished listing human remains and artifacts found in Davidson County, Tennessee. These remains belong to Native American tribes, and starting December 17, 2025, they can be returned to the tribes. This process respects Native heritage and involves no costs or hazards to the public.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects from Davidson County, Tennessee 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 available to listed tribes: benefit, medium. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation completed an inventory of human remains representing at least 238 individuals and 449 associated funerary objects from Davidson County, Tennessee. The TDEC-DOA determined a cultural affiliation with eight named tribes and states that repatria…
- No public hazard from remains: benefit, low. The notice explicitly states that there is no known exposure to hazardous substances or treatments for the human remains and associated funerary objects described. Members of the public are not reported to face any health hazards from these materials.

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## Sources
- [2025-19955 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19955/notice-of-inventory-completion-tennessee-department-of-environment-and-conservation-division-of)
- [2025-19955 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19955.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19955 (as of 2026-06-08).