[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88641-88642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28181]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037126; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 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 Brevard, Hillsborough, and Palm Beach Counties, FL.

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

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from a mound near Oak Lodge, Brevard County, 
FL. On an unknown date, the individuals were gifted to Brown University 
and later transferred to the Haffenreffer Museum in the 1950s. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from Lake Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County, 
FL. On an unknown date, the individuals were acquired by the 
Haffenreffer Museum. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of 
flint flakes and one shell.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FL. In 
1930, the individual was gifted by D. Stewart, Jr. to Brown 
University's Department of Geology and later transferred to the 
Haffenreffer Museum in 1957. 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: geographic information.

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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The two 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 Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; 
Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

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.


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    Dated: December 13, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28181 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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