Notice of Inventory Completion: S'edav Va'aki Museum – Human Remains and Funerary Objects Repatriation (Phoenix, AZ)

The S'edav Va'aki Museum (formerly Pueblo Grande Museum), operated by the City of Phoenix, Arizona, has formally completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects held in its collections, as required under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This federal law mandates that museums and federal agencies identify, inventory, and repatriate Native American cultural items to lineal descendants and culturally affiliated tribes. Following the inventory process, the museum has determined that a cultural affiliation exists between the human remains and associated funerary objects in its possession and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. This determination is a prerequisite for initiating the formal repatriation process under NAGPRA. The completion of this inventory triggers a statutory 30-day notice period during which federally recognized tribes or individuals claiming affiliation may formally request repatriation of the identified items. No transfer of the human remains or funerary objects may occur until this notice period has elapsed and proper repatriation procedures are followed. This notice is published in the Federal Register and represents a legally significant step in the ongoing federal effort to return ancestral remains and sacred objects to Indigenous communities, consistent with NAGPRA's protections enacted in 1990.

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