[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61363-61364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22041]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034591; 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), the New York University, College of 
Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) 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. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed 
from Los Angeles County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 10, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Joshua Hayes Johnson, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, 
NYU Dentistry, 345 E 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone (646) 
341-1016, email [email protected].

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 NYU 
Dentistry. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by NYU Dentistry.

Description

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, eight 
individuals were removed from Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles 
County, CA. One set of human remains (NYUCD #167) was removed by an 
unknown individual at an unknown date and subsequently was acquired by 
the Museum of the American Indian. A second set of human remains (NYUCD 
#364) was removed by an unknown individual at an unknown date, 
subsequently became part of the E.L. Hills collection, and in 1923, was 
donated by Mrs. Thea Heye to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye 
Foundation. A further six sets of human remains (NYUCD #70, 229, 403, 
438, 452, and 475) were excavated in 1920 by Ralph Glidden as part of 
an archeological 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 catalogued 
into the Department of Physical Anthropology that same year. In 1956, 
the eight sets of human remains were transferred to Dr. Theodore 
Kazamiroff, a professor at the NYU College of Dentistry. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: archeological, biological, folkloric, geographical, 
historical, kinship, linguistic, and oral traditional.

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Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, NYU Dentistry has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and the La Jolla Band of 
Luiseno Indians, California (previously listed as La Jolla Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation); Pala Band of 
Mission Indians (previously listed as Pala Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Pala Reservation, California); Pauma Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 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 and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 10, 2022. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, NYU Dentistry must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. NYU Dentistry 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 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: September 27, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-22041 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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