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Database of Human Remains from the United States

The searchable database below contains basic catalog information for ancestral human remains, removed from locations within the United States, who have not yet been culturally affiliated.

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires museums and Federal agencies to compile and submit inventories of the human remains and associated funerary objects within their possession and control. Given that the majority of this information is publicly available through the National Park Service's NAGPRA online database, the Field Museum has chosen to provide additional access here to tribes, nations, and communities who may be interested in repatriating human remains.