[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)] [Notices] [Pages 12788-12789] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-04618] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039600; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: Jami C. Powell, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum of Art, 6 East Wheelock Street, Hanover, NH 03755, telephone (603) 646-2822, 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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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, one individual have been identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of semi- melted beads. This ancestor was removed by anthropologist Robert A. McKennan in 1929-30 during field research studying the Tanana and Chandalar people of the Upper Tanana River, Alaska, and was subsequently donated to the Dartmouth College Museum. The ancestor was removed ``near the mouth of the Nabesna River'' in Southeast Fairbanks County in Alaska. According to McKennan, the ancestor was said to be of ``Upper Yukon men'' and had likely died prior to 1870, when cremation ceased in the area. 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 and associated funerary objects described in this notice. Determinations The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College has determined that:The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. The one object described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and Northway Village. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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. [[Page 12789]] Dated: February 25, 2025. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025-04618 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P