# 2026-11700: Museum Finds Human Remains Eligible for Return

2026-11700, Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2026-06-11, effective 2026-07-13; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11700
- As of: 2026-06-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-11700
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 91 FR 35547
- Published: 2026-06-11
- Effective: 2026-07-13
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-18

## In one line

Museum Finds Human Remains Eligible for Return

## Summary

The American Museum of Natural History has finished checking its collection and found human remains and a bone tool linked to Native American tribes. Starting July 13, 2026, these items can be returned to the tribes that they belong to. If you want to request the return, you can contact the museum directly—just a heads-up, some items might need careful handling due to past pesticide use.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History 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

- Museum Identifies Remains for Repatriation: benefit, low. The American Museum of Natural History completed an inventory and identified human remains of one Native American individual and one associated bone awl that are culturally affiliated with a list of Indian Tribes. The museum links these items to a burial site (11PK9, "Thompson Farm") in Pike County…
- Handling Warning: Pesticide Residues: benefit, low. The museum notes that, in the past, it applied potentially hazardous pesticides to collection items and its records do not identify which objects or chemicals were treated. People who handle these human remains or objects should follow the advice of industrial hygienists or medical personnel with t…
- Who May Request Repatriation: benefit, low. Written requests for repatriation may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations listed in this notice, or by any lineal descendant or tribe not listed who shows by a preponderance of the evidence that they are entitled. If competing requests arrive, the A…

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## Sources
- [2026-11700 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11700/notice-of-inventory-completion-american-museum-of-natural-history-new-york-ny)
- [2026-11700 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11700.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11700 (as of 2026-06-18).