Notice2023-01844
Notice of Inventory Completion: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Published
January 30, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Vassar College 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. The human remains were removed from Maui County, HI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5913-5914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01844]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035192; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Vassar College 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. The human remains were removed from Maui
County, HI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Brian Daly, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue,
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, telephone (845) 437-5310, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#66041402070a1f2610071515071448030213"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b09190f0a07122b1d0a18180a19450e0f1e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Vassar
College. 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 Vassar
College.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from Maalaea, Maui County, HI. During the 1920s, these human
remains (030 Box; 380 Box; 577; Mandible 9) were acquired by Vassar
College's Natural History and Social Museums. Following the Museums'
dissolution in the 1960s, the human remains were acquired by the
Anthropology and Biology Departments. Human remains located in the
Biology and Anthropology Department teaching collections were examined
for visual and statistical markers of Native American affinities, and
the results were reported on December 21, 2020. On October 3, 2022,
Uluwehi K. Cashman identified the individuals listed in this notice as
Native Hawaiians from the Island of Maalaea, Maui, Hawaii. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: anthropological,
archeological, biological, geographical, historical, kinship,
linguistic, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Vassar College has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Hui Iwi Kuamo'o.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 1, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, Vassar College 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. Vassar College is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Native Hawaiian organization identified in this notice.
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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: January 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-01844 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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