[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87808-87809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27803]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037100; 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 College of Dentistry) has completed an inventory of 
human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were 
removed from Queens, Dutchess, and Bronx Counties, NY.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after January 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Joshua H. Johnson, NYU College of Dentistry, 345 East 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 
College of 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 College of 
Dentistry.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Rockaway in Queens County, NY. The human remains of one individual 
were excavated at an unknown date by an unknown individual. The human 
remains have a label adhered to them that contains the number ``999.'' 
J. Carton Brevoost donated the human remains to the Museum of American 
Indian, and they were catalogued into the Department of Physical 
Anthropology at the Museum of American Indian in 1921. In 1956, the 
human remains were transferred to NYU College of Dentistry. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Burr Reynolds Farm in Poughquag, Long Island, Dutchess County, NY. 
The human remains of one individual were excavated at an unknown date 
by an unknown individual. No donor is listed. The human remains are not 
catalogued in the ledger of the Department of Physical Anthropology at 
the Museum of the American Indian, but a label with the object 
identifies the locality and states that the human remains were donated 
in the winter of 1940-1941. In 1956, the human remains were transferred 
to the NYU College of Dentistry. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Weir Creek Mound, Throgg's Neck, Bronx County, NY. The human 
remains were excavated at an unknown date by an unknown individual. 
E.O. Sugden donated the human remains to the Museum of American Indian, 
and they were catalogued into the Department of Physical Anthropology 
at the Museum of American Indian in 1920.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic 
locations. These locations are the

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aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following 
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: treaties and 
expert testimony.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, NYU College of 
Dentistry has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after January 18, 2024. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, NYU College of Dentistry must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. NYU College of Dentistry is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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 and Sec.  
10.11.

    Dated: December 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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