Notice2022-22041
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, NY
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Published
October 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York University, College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Los Angeles County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61363-61364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22041]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034591; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University, College of
Dentistry, New York, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York University, College of
Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed
from Los Angeles County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Joshua Hayes Johnson, Department of Molecular Pathobiology,
NYU Dentistry, 345 E 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone (646)
341-1016, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214b4b1714614f58540f444554"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8a2a2fefd88a6b1bde6adacbd">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 NYU
Dentistry. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by NYU Dentistry.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles
County, CA. One set of human remains (NYUCD #167) was removed by an
unknown individual at an unknown date and subsequently was acquired by
the Museum of the American Indian. A second set of human remains (NYUCD
#364) was removed by an unknown individual at an unknown date,
subsequently became part of the E.L. Hills collection, and in 1923, was
donated by Mrs. Thea Heye to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye
Foundation. A further six sets of human remains (NYUCD #70, 229, 403,
438, 452, and 475) were excavated in 1920 by Ralph Glidden as part of
an archeological expedition sponsored by the Museum of the American
Indian, Heye Foundation and the Field Museum of Natural History (NMAI
Archives, Box OC 126, Folder 27). The human remains were catalogued
into the Department of Physical Anthropology that same year. In 1956,
the eight sets of human remains were transferred to Dr. Theodore
Kazamiroff, a professor at the NYU College of Dentistry. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: archeological, biological, folkloric, geographical,
historical, kinship, linguistic, and oral traditional.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, NYU Dentistry has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and the La Jolla Band of
Luiseno Indians, California (previously listed as La Jolla Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation); Pala Band of
Mission Indians (previously listed as Pala Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of the Pala Reservation, California); Pauma Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga
Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, California; Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California; and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 10, 2022.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, NYU Dentistry must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. NYU Dentistry is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: September 27, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-22041 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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