# 2026-08764: Peabody Museum to Return 40 Ancestors to Illinois Tribes

2026-08764, Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 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: 2026-08764
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 91 FR 24290
- 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

Peabody Museum to Return 40 Ancestors to Illinois Tribes

## Summary

Harvard’s Peabody Museum has finished checking its collection and found 40 Native American ancestors from Illinois. These remains are linked to specific tribes, like the Absentee-Shawnee and Chippewa Cree. Starting June 4, 2026, tribes can request to have these remains returned, honoring their heritage with no cost involved.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- 40 Native ancestors identified: benefit, medium. The Peabody Museum identified human remains representing at least 40 Native American individuals from sites in Schuyler County, Illinois. The remains were recovered from the Hagan Mound Group (11SC365), Rebmon Mound Group (11SC13), and Rose Mound Group (11SC1074), collected in 1928 and donated to t…
- Repatriation requests allowed starting June 4, 2026: benefit, medium. The museum will accept written repatriation requests for these remains on or after June 4, 2026. Requests may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice, or by a lineal descendant or other tribe/NHO that shows by a preponderance of the…

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## Sources
- [2026-08764 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/05/2026-08764/notice-of-inventory-completion-peabody-museum-of-archaeology-and-ethnology-harvard-university)
- [2026-08764 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-05/pdf/2026-08764.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08764 (as of 2026-06-08).