Notice2025-11931
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
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Published
June 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Newark Museum of Art has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27664-27665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11931]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040436; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark,
NJ
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 Newark Museum of Art has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after July 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Amber W. Germano, Senior Registrar, The Newark Museum
of Art, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#77161012051a1619183719120016051c1a020412021a16050359180510"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4d5d3d1c6d9d5dadbf4dad1c3d5c6dfd9c1c7d1c1d9d5c6c09adbc6d3">[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
Newark Museum of Art, 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, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
A human lower jawbone of unknown age was donated to the museum by
Chester Robotham and accepted into the Museum's collections December
30, 1915. According to Museum records, the ancestral remains were taken
from Ft. Pierce, FL and are listed in the Museum catalogue as Seminole.
Additionally, a donation of human bone fragments representing at
least one individual was donated to the Museum by David M. Harris in
May of 1915. These ancestral remains are of unknown age and were
excavated near an Indian shell mound in Mound Park, St. Petersburg, FL.
Both Fort Pierce and Mound Park, St. Petersburg are located within
the ancestral lands of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
The Newark Museum of Art has no record of treating these ancestral
remains with conservation methods involving toxic pesticides or other
dangerous substances. The Museum has not tested them for toxicity.
However, at the time these individuals were accessioned it was common
practice to use poisonous substances for conservation purposes.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural
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affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or
acquisition history of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Newark Museum of Art has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least two individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of
Florida; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
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:
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 human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after July 28, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, The Newark Museum of Art 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 Newark Museum of Art 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 10.10.
Dated: June 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11931 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
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