Notice of Inventory Completion: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <SUBAGY>National Park Service</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[N6609; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041340; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Notice of Inventory Completion: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> National Park Service, Interior. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notice. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 15, 2026. </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice to Professor Erika Edwards, Interim Director, Yale Peabody Museum, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, email <E T="03">erika.edwards@yale.edu.</E> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Yale Peabody Museum, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Abstract of Information Available</HD> During or prior to 1868, human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed from the Turners Falls vicinity, Franklin County, Massachusetts and donated to the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University by Lucy Stoughton of Gill, Massachusetts. The human remains may have been removed by her father, Timothy Stoughton. The human remains later became part of the collections at the Yale Peabody Museum. Prior to November 13, 1915, human remains representing, at least, four individuals were removed by Edward H. Rogers from burial grounds in the Turners Falls vicinity, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Subsequently, Rogers removed human remains representing, at least, eight individuals, between 1915 and 1920, from the Turners Falls vicinity, Franklin County, Massachusetts, which he donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in May 1920. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Cultural Affiliation</HD> Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the human remains described in this notice. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Determinations</HD> The Yale Peabody Museum has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry. • There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Requests for Repatriation</HD> Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under <E T="02">ADDRESSES</E> . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation. Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 15, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Yale Peabody Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Yale Peabody Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice. <E T="03">Authority:</E> Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. <SIG> <DATED>Dated: November 17, 2025.</DATED> <NAME>Melanie O'Brien,</NAME> Manager, National NAGPRA Program. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-22884 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>