Civil & Administrative

Notice of Inventory Completion: Center for American Archeology, Kampsville, IL

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice announces the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects by the Center for American Archeology. It identifies cultural affiliations with various Native American Tribes and sets the repatriation process to begin no earlier than May 18, 2026. Affected tribes and lineal descendants are encouraged to submit requests for repatriation, prioritizing those with verifiable cultural connections.

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Key Changes

  • Completion of inventory of human remains and funerary objects
  • Identification of cultural affiliations with Native American Tribes
  • Start of repatriation process set for May 18, 2026

Obligations

What this law requires

high

The Center for American Archeology must send a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.

Center for American Archeology
disclosure
high

Affected Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations must submit written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects identified in this notice.

Indian TribesNative Hawaiian organizations
May 18, 2026 or later
reporting
high

Affected tribes and lineal descendants must submit written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Center for American Archeology.

Indian TribesNative Hawaiian organizationslineal descendants
May 18, 2026 or after
reporting
medium

Lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations not identified in this notice must show, by a preponderance of the evidence, cultural affiliation to submit requests for repatriation.

lineal descendantsIndian TribesNative Hawaiian organizations
reporting
critical

Tribes or organizations with cultural affiliation must submit written requests for repatriation of human remains and associated funerary objects to Dr. Jason L. King at the Center for American Archeology.

Indian TribesNative Hawaiian organizations
May 18, 2026 or later
reporting

Affected Parties

Native American TribesLineal descendants

Tags

NAGPRA,cultural affiliation,repatriation process