Notice2025-20117
Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
November 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry Museum of the American West (Southwest Museum Collection) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51788-51789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20117]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6597; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041310; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American
West, Los Angeles, CA
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 Autry Museum of the American West
(Southwest Museum Collection) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Karimah Richardson,
M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of Anthropology and Repatriation
Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage
Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b30293238333a293f2834351b2f333e3a2e2f29227534293c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7318011a101b120117001c1d33071b16120607010a5d1c0114">[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
Autry Museum of the American West, 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. The three associated funerary objects are one lot of
matrix, one unmodified stone fragment and one lot of charcoal. On
September 1st, 1960, Los Angeles Sherriff's Office found human remains
in Palmdale, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, CA (17.C.102/662.G).
A Sherriff Sergeant brought the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Southwest Museum (now part of the Autry Museum) on
September 3rd, 1960, and donated them to the museum as they were
archaeological in context. Antelope Valley is the shared ancestral
territory of the Serrano and Tataviam people. Morongo Band of Mission
Indians, California; Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation and two non-
federally recognized tribes (San Fernando Band of Mission Indians; and
Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians) claim cultural affiliation
to the human remains and associated funerary objects.
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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Morongo
Band of Mission Indians, California and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel
Nation (previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission 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
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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December
18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
Autry Museum of the American West must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human
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remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The Autry Museum of the American West 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: September 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-20117 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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