# 2026-08761: Harvard Museum Identifies Remains and Jar for Tribal Return

2026-08761, Notice of Inventory Completion: Warren Anatomical Museum Collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 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: 2026-08761
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Warren Anatomical Museum Collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 91 FR 24283
- 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

Harvard Museum Identifies Remains and Jar for Tribal Return

## Summary

Harvard’s Warren Anatomical Museum has finished checking its collection and found human remains linked to Native American tribes near Lake Superior. Starting June 4, 2026, these remains and a special glass jar can be returned to the tribes. This means respectful repatriation is on the way, with no costs for the tribes involved.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) and Warren Anatomical Museum collection in the Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University (CHoM) have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have 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, medium. If you are an identified Indian Tribe or a lineal descendant, the human remains (an unborn fetus) and one associated glass specimen jar collected prior to 1874 from the area near Lake Superior, Michigan, may be repatriated beginning June 4, 2026. Written requests must be sent to the Peabody Museum/…
- Museum Finds Cultural Affiliation With Specific Tribes: benefit, medium. Harvard’s Peabody Museum and Warren Anatomical Museum determined the remains and associated jar are culturally affiliated with the following Indian Tribes: Bay Mills Indian Community; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; Hannahville Indian Community; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community; La…
- Who May Request and How Competing Claims Are Handled: benefit, low. Repatriation requests may be submitted by any one or more of the tribes listed in this notice, or by any lineal descendant or tribe/organization not listed that proves cultural affiliation by a preponderance of the evidence. If competing requests are received, the Peabody Museum and Warren Anatomic…

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## Sources
- [2026-08761 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/05/2026-08761/notice-of-inventory-completion-warren-anatomical-museum-collection-center-for-the-history-of)
- [2026-08761 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-05/pdf/2026-08761.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08761 (as of 2026-06-08).