[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 88645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28180]



[[Page 88645]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037125; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Haffenreffer Museum of 
Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol, RI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, 
Brown University (Haffenreffer Museum) 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 an area near Phoenix, AZ, and an unknown 
geographic location, AZ.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Thierry Gentis, Brown University, Haffenreffer Museum of 
Anthropology, 300 Tower Street, Bristol, RI 02889, telephone (401) 863-
5702, 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 
Haffenreffer Museum. 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 the 
Haffenreffer Museum.

Description

    Between 1917 and 1935, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an area near Phoenix, AZ, during 
archeological excavations. On an unknown date, the individual became 
part of Rudolph Haffenreffer's collection. At the time of removal, it 
was uncertain if this collection included human remains. In 2012, 
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology staff determined that one of the 
bones is human. The five associated funerary objects are one lot of 
faunal bone fragments; one Glycymeris shell bracelet; one lot of shell 
fragments; one lot of Puebloan pottery sherds; and one lot of lithics.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from an unknown geographic location, AZ. On an unknown date, Rudolf 
Haffenreffer acquired the individual. The two associated funerary 
objects are one buffware cremation urn and one lot of charcoal.

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: geographic information, archaeological information, and 
oral tradition.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and it's implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Haffenreffer Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The seven objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at 
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Ak-Chin Indian Community; Gila 
River Indian Community of Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt 
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona; and the 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

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 January 22, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Haffenreffer 
Museum 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. The Haffenreffer Museum 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: December 13, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Prog.
[FR Doc. 2023-28180 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P