[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61145-61146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16708]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038352; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Stamford Museum & Nature Center, 
Stamford, CT

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 Stamford Museum & Nature Center 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 August 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Roanne Wilcox, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, 39 
Scofieldtown Road, Stamford, CT 06903, telephone (203) 977-6543, 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 
Stamford Museum & Nature Center 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 eight individuals have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individuals 
were removed from the Everglades and Collier County in Florida by Dr. 
Ralph Ives and donated to the Stamford Museum in 1941. No hazardous 
substances were used to treat the remains.

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 Stamford Museum & Nature Center has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains and the 
Seminole Tribe of Florida.

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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after August 29, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Stamford Museum & Nature Center must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint

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repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The Stamford Museum & Nature Center 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: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16708 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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