Notice2025-15851
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
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Published
August 20, 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 no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40644-40645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15851]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6427; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040834; 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 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 September 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Amber Woods Germano, Senior Registrar, The Newark
Museum of Art, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccadaba9bea1ada2a38ca2a9bbadbea7a1b9bfa9b9a1adbeb8e2a3beab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e0f090b1c030f00012e000b190f1c05031b1d0b1b030f1c1a40011c09">[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
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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, one individual has been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. On an unknown
date, a human mandible with no teeth of one individual was received and
housed at The Newark Museum of Art. ``Indian jaw'' is written on the
side of the mandible. A number, 001.0136, was found with the remains
when it was discovered in the collection. No information is on file
regarding the use of hazardous substances.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin. The Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin responded yes to the
Museum's request for consultation on this matter and consulted jointly,
with the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin taking the lead.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographic. The
information, including the results of consultation, identified:
<bullet> No earlier group connected to the human remains.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected
to the human remains.
<bullet> 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 Newark Museum of Art 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 September 19, 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 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: August 5, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15851 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
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