[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5913-5914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01844]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035192; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 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), Vassar College 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 removed from Maui 
County, HI.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after March 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Brian Daly, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, 
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, telephone (845) 437-5310, 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 Vassar 
College. 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 Vassar 
College.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were 
removed from Maalaea, Maui County, HI. During the 1920s, these human 
remains (030 Box; 380 Box; 577; Mandible 9) were acquired by Vassar 
College's Natural History and Social Museums. Following the Museums' 
dissolution in the 1960s, the human remains were acquired by the 
Anthropology and Biology Departments. Human remains located in the 
Biology and Anthropology Department teaching collections were examined 
for visual and statistical markers of Native American affinities, and 
the results were reported on December 21, 2020. On October 3, 2022, 
Uluwehi K. Cashman identified the individuals listed in this notice as 
Native Hawaiians from the Island of Maalaea, Maui, Hawaii. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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: anthropological, 
archeological, biological, geographical, historical, kinship, 
linguistic, oral traditional, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, Vassar College has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Hui Iwi Kuamo'o.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after March 1, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, Vassar College 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. Vassar College is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Native Hawaiian organization identified in this notice.

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    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: January 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-01844 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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