Notice2025-15975
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, NY
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Published
August 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), New York University, College of Dentistry (NYUCD) 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 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40843-40844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15975]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6444; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040854; 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), New York University, College of Dentistry
(NYUCD) 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 September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Gabriel Friedman, Senior Project Lead, Office of the
Provost, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY
10012, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d434c4a5d5f4c6d43545803484958"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84eae5e3f4f6e5c4eafdf1aae1e0f1">[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 NYUCD,
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. In 1920, the
human remains were excavated by Ralph Glidden from Santa Catalina
Island in Los Angeles County, California as part of an archaeological
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 accessioned by the
Department of Physical Anthropology of the Museum of the American
Indian that same year. In 1956, the remains were transferred to Dr.
Theodore Kazamiroff, NYUCD. A Notice of Inventory Completion published
on October 11, 2022 in the Federal Register (87 FR 61363), describes
eight Ancestors that were under the possession and control of NYUCD,
removed from Santa Catalina and acquired by NYUCD under the same
circumstances described above. These Ancestors were legally transferred
and physically returned to the Tribes in December 2022. The Ancestor
identified in this Inventory was identified in collection in February
2025.
Based on the available information, a relationship of shared group
identity can be identified reasonably between the geographical location
and the culturally affiliated Indian Tribes. Santa Catalina Island, Los
Angeles County, California is within the aboriginal and ancestral
homeland of the culturally affiliated Indian Tribes. NYUCD has no
knowledge or record of the presence of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
NYUCD has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; Pala Band of
Mission Indians; 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 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
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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 September 22, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, NYUCD 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. NYUCD is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15975 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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