Notice2025-22897
Notice of Inventory Completion: The New York Public Library, New York, NY
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Published
December 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The New York Public Library 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 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58264-58265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22897]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6622; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041352; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The New York Public Library, 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), The New York Public Library 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 January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Deborah Straussman, The New York Public Library, 476
Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddb9b8bfb2afbcb5aea9afbca8aeaeb0bcb39db3a4adb1f3b2afba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f29697909d80939a818680938781819f939cb29c8b829edc9d8095">[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
New York Public Library, 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. United States
Sanitary Commission records, Statistical Bureau archives, Manuscripts
and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.MssCol 18780. Box
117; Lock of hair belonging to Philip Konjockoty, identified as a 109-
year-old Seneca Indian, examined on November 9, 1865. No known
hazardous
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substances. Reportedly collected by the United States Sanitary
Commission. Donated by the United States Sanitary Commission to the
Astor Library, 1879. Astor Library, Lenox Library and Tilden Trust
combined in 1895 to become The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox
and Tilden Foundations.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains.
Determinations
The New York Public Library 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 connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Seneca Nation of Indians.
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 January 15, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, The New York Public Library 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 New York Public Library
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: November 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22897 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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