# 2025-19969: Temple University Returns Native American Remains: Bureaucracy Meets Ancestral Respect

2025-19969, Notice of Inventory Completion: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-11-17, effective 2025-12-17 (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-19969
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 51393
- 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

Temple University Returns Native American Remains: Bureaucracy Meets Ancestral Respect

## Summary

Temple University has finished checking and listing Native American human remains and artifacts found in Pennsylvania. They’ve confirmed these remains belong to certain Native tribes and are ready to return them starting December 17, 2025. If you want to request the return, contact Temple University soon—no money changes hands, just respect and care.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Temple University 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 available starting Dec 17, 2025: benefit, medium. Temple University identified human remains from at least five Native American individuals and two projectile points from the Schacht Site (36LU1) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (acquired 1968). Temple University determined these remains are culturally affiliated with the following tribes: Absentee…
- Who may request repatriation: benefit, low. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice may submit a written request for repatriation. Also, any lineal descendant or any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not named here may request repatriation if they show by a preponderance of the ev…
- No known hazardous treatments recorded: benefit, low. Temple University reported it has no knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous substances having been used to treat the human remains or associated funerary objects. This information is part of the inventory and may be relevant to groups considering repatriation.

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## Sources
- [2025-19969 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19969/notice-of-inventory-completion-temple-university-philadelphia-pa)
- [2025-19969 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19969.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19969 (as of 2026-06-08).