Notice2025-04610
Notice of Inventory Completion: School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Published
March 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the School District of Philadelphia has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12778-12779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04610]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039560; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: School District of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
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 School District of Philadelphia has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Hannah Girer-Rosenkrantz, Esq., Deputy General Counsel,
Compliance & Diverse Initiatives, The School District of Philadelphia,
Office of General Counsel, 440 North Broad Street, Suite 313,
Philadelphia, PA 19130, telephone (215) 400-6019, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a323d33283f282835293f3431283b342e201a2a3233363b293e7435283d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c646b657e697e7e637f6962677e6d6278764c7c6465606d7f6822637e6b">[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 the
School District of Philadelphia, 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In June of 2021
a staff member of the Philadelphia Central High School (School District
of Philadelphia) was cleaning out a classroom and closet. In the closet
there was a box which was brought down and opened. Upon opening, the
staff member identified the human cranium and immediately notified the
president of the high school. The president then notified the legal
office for the Philadelphia School District. The legal team of the
School District reached out to Temple University Department of
Anthropology where they conducted initial identification on this
individual, however they could not continue with the consultation. Dr.
Gregory D. Lattanzi, was brought onto the project to help with the
NAGPRA repatriation process. Dr. Lattanzi has been in talks with
National NAGPRA in Washington DC on the consultation and repatriation
process.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona;
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Salish
and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana;
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort
Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; Fort Sill Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico,
& Utah; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo de Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Quechan Tribe of the
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Rosebud Sioux Tribe
of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; San Juan Southern
Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
of the Fort Hall Reservation; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern
Ute Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; The Osage Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological,
archaeological, historical, other relevant information, including
historical label affixed to human remains. The information, including
the results of consultation, identified:
1. The Colorado River Tribe as an earlier group connected to the
human remains.
2. The Colorado River Tribe as an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization connected to the human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The School District of Philadelphia has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the School District of Philadelphia must
determine the most
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appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The School District of Philadelphia is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04610 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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