Notice of Inventory Completion: School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 12778-12779 [2025-04610]

Download as PDF 12778 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 52 / Wednesday, March 19, 2025 / Notices the consultation. Dr. Gregory D. Lattanzi, was brought onto the project to help with the NAGPRA repatriation process. Dr. Lattanzi has been in talks with National NAGPRA in Washington DC on the consultation and repatriation process. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039560; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the School District of Philadelphia has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation. DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: Hannah Girer-Rosenkrantz, Esq., Deputy General Counsel, Compliance & Diverse Initiatives, The School District of Philadelphia, Office of General Counsel, 440 North Broad Street, Suite 313, Philadelphia, PA 19130, telephone (215) 400–6019, email hgirerrosenkrantz@philasd.org. 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 School District of Philadelphia, 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. SUMMARY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Abstract of Information Available Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In June of 2021 a staff member of the Philadelphia Central High School (School District of Philadelphia) was cleaning out a classroom and closet. In the closet there was a box which was brought down and opened. Upon opening, the staff member identified the human cranium and immediately notified the president of the high school. The president then notified the legal office for the Philadelphia School District. The legal team of the School District reached out to Temple University Department of Anthropology where they conducted initial identification on this individual, however they could not continue with VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Mar 18, 2025 Jkt 265001 Consultation Invitations to consult were sent to the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo de Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; The Osage Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Cultural Affiliation The following types of information about the cultural affiliation of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological, archaeological, historical, other relevant information, including historical label affixed to human remains. The information, including the results of consultation, identified: 1. The Colorado River Tribe as an earlier group connected to the human remains. 2. The Colorado River Tribe as an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the human remains. 3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be reasonably traced through time. Determinations The School District of Philadelphia has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the human remains in this notice has been identified. • No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified. 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 any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 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. Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the School District of Philadelphia must determine the most E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 52 / Wednesday, March 19, 2025 / Notices appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The School District of Philadelphia is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. Dated: February 19, 2025. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025–04610 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039572; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice. DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by March 19, 2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human remains. ADDRESSES: Siikauraq Whiting Superintendent, Kobuk Valley National Park, P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, telephone (907) 385–7036, email siikauraq_whiting@nps.gov. 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 Superintendent, KOVA, and additional information on the human remains in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the related records. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Mar 18, 2025 Jkt 265001 Based on the information available, human remains representing at least two individuals have been reasonably identified. Repatriations associated with the intended exhumation of human remains at the Igliqtiqsuiġvigruaq site (XBM–00047) occurred in 2014. An additional 11 fragments of human remains were identified in 2023 at the same site located along the Kobuk River in Kobuk Valley National Park, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK. The human remains in this notice are associated with human remains that were included in a Notice of Intended Disposition published in the Anchorage Daily News on August 6th and 13th, 2013; in the Arctic Sounder on August 15th, 2013 (pg 12); and in the Arctic Sounder on August 22nd, 2013 (pg 13). All of the human remains are stored at the Alaska Regional Curatorial Center (ARCC) at the NPS Regional Office in Anchorage, AK. Determinations Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park, Kotzebue, AK ACTION: Abstract of Information Available KOVA has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • The Native Village of Kiana has priority for disposition of the human remains described in this notice. Claims for Disposition Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by March 19, 2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by: 1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 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 they have priority for disposition. Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are received, KOVA must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. KOVA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties. PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12779 Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. Dated: February 19, 2025. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025–04614 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039604; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 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. The human remains were collected at the Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@ fas.harvard.edu. 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 PMAE, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. SUMMARY: Abstract of Information Available Based on the information available, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was collected at the Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was recorded as being E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039560; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: School District of Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, PA

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 School District of Philadelphia has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after April 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Hannah Girer-Rosenkrantz, Esq., Deputy General Counsel, 
Compliance & Diverse Initiatives, The School District of Philadelphia, 
Office of General Counsel, 440 North Broad Street, Suite 313, 
Philadelphia, PA 19130, telephone (215) 400-6019, 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 the 
School District of Philadelphia, 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. In June of 2021 
a staff member of the Philadelphia Central High School (School District 
of Philadelphia) was cleaning out a classroom and closet. In the closet 
there was a box which was brought down and opened. Upon opening, the 
staff member identified the human cranium and immediately notified the 
president of the high school. The president then notified the legal 
office for the Philadelphia School District. The legal team of the 
School District reached out to Temple University Department of 
Anthropology where they conducted initial identification on this 
individual, however they could not continue with the consultation. Dr. 
Gregory D. Lattanzi, was brought onto the project to help with the 
NAGPRA repatriation process. Dr. Lattanzi has been in talks with 
National NAGPRA in Washington DC on the consultation and repatriation 
process.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; 
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of 
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; 
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, 
Arizona and California; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Confederated Salish 
and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 
of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; 
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Fort 
Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; Fort Sill Apache 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 
Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the 
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, 
& Utah; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian 
Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of 
Paiutes); Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 
Pueblo de Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Quechan Tribe of the 
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Rosebud Sioux Tribe 
of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; San Juan Southern 
Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 
of the Fort Hall Reservation; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern 
Ute Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 
Dakota; The Osage Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Wichita and Affiliated 
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: anthropological, 
archaeological, historical, other relevant information, including 
historical label affixed to human remains. The information, including 
the results of consultation, identified:
    1. The Colorado River Tribe as an earlier group connected to the 
human remains.
    2. The Colorado River Tribe as an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization connected to the human remains.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be 
reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    The School District of Philadelphia has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

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 
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 
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.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the School District of Philadelphia must 
determine the most

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appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The School District of Philadelphia is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal 
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: February 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04610 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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