[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 35208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09411]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037836; 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), the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, 
Brown University (Haffenreffer Museum) 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after May 31, 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, 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.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. On an unknown 
date, the individual was removed from an unknown location, possibly in 
New Mexico by Robert Gal during a surface collection. On an unknown 
date, the individual was donated to the Haffenreffer Museum of 
Anthropology. In 2019, when the Haffenreffer Museum was relocating the 
individual to a restricted area, the provenience information for 
``possibly New Mexico'' was found on a piece of paper with the 
individual. The Haffenreffer Museum of has no knowledge or record of 
any potentially hazardous substances being used to treat the human 
remains. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. On an unknown 
date, the individual was removed from Clear Creek, New Mexico by Edmund 
B. Delabarre, a professor at Brown University. In 1961, the individual 
was donated to the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. The 
Haffenreffer Museum of has no knowledge or record of any potentially 
hazardous substances being used to treat the human remains. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The Haffenreffer Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Cheyenne and 
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort McDowell 
Yavapai Nation, Arizona; 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; Ohkay Owingeh, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of 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; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos 
Reservation, Arizona; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Tonto Apache Tribe of 
Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 
Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, 
Arizona; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 
Reservation, New Mexico.

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:
    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 May 31, 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 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 and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: April 23, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-09411 Filed 4-30-24; 8:45 am]
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