# Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
**AGENCY:**
National Park Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice; amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Missouri Historical Society (MHS) has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the *Federal Register* on December 19, 2025. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
**DATES:**
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects may occur on or after April 1, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
Send written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects to Brady Wolf, Missouri Historical Society, 225 S Skinker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63105, email *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
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 MHS, 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.
**Amendment**
This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation published in a notice of inventory completion in the *Federal Register* (90 FR 59539, December 19, 2025). Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in the original notice of inventory completion has not occurred.
**Determinations**
The MHS has determined that:
• There is a connection between the associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton Rancheria, California; and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California.
**Requests for Repatriation**
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects in the original notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under *ADDRESSES* . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 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 associated funerary objects described in the original notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 1, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the MHS must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The MHS is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
*Authority:* Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 20, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.