# 2026-08757: State Museum to Send New Jersey Native Remains Back to Tribes

2026-08757, Notice of Inventory Completion: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2026-05-05, effective 2026-06-04 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-08757
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 91 FR 24273
- Published: 2026-05-05
- Effective: 2026-06-04
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

State Museum to Send New Jersey Native Remains Back to Tribes

## Summary

The State Museum of Pennsylvania has finished checking its collection and found Native American human remains and special burial items from sites in New Jersey. These items are linked to Native tribes and can be returned starting June 4, 2026. If you’re part of a tribe or interested, you can ask the museum to send these remains and objects back.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), State Museum of Pennsylvania 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 June 4, 2026: benefit, low. The State Museum of Pennsylvania says the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice may be returned starting on June 4, 2026. To request repatriation, you can send a written request to Cherilyn Gilligan, PHMC, State Museum of Pennsylvania, 400 North Street, Harrisburg,…
- Who Can Request Repatriation: benefit, low. Repatriation requests may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice, or by a lineal descendant or other tribe/organization that shows by a preponderance of the evidence they are a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated. Competing…
- Items Identified: Nine Individuals, 14 Lots: benefit, low. The PHMC identified human remains representing at least nine Native American individuals and 14 lots of associated funerary objects from multiple archaeological sites in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (including Davenport, Zierdt, Herring, Kutztown Boro Farm, Sandts Eddy, Zimmerman, and Pike County si…
- Tribes Identified as Culturally Affiliated: benefit, low. The PHMC determined a cultural affiliation between the human remains/objects and the Delaware Nation (Oklahoma), Delaware Tribe of Indians, and the Stockbridge Munsee Community (Wisconsin). These named tribes are identified as affiliated parties in this notice.

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## Sources
- [2026-08757 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/05/2026-08757/notice-of-inventory-completion-pennsylvania-historical-and-museum-commission-state-museum-of)
- [2026-08757 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-05/pdf/2026-08757.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08757 (as of 2026-06-08).