Notice2023-15101
Notice of Inventory Completion: Connecticut Office of State Archaeology, Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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Published
July 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (CSMNH) 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 Hennepin County, MN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15101]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036184; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Connecticut Office of State
Archaeology, Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, 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 Connecticut State Museum of Natural
History (CSMNH) 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
Hennepin County, MN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jacqueline Veninger-Robert, University of Connecticut,
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3023, Storrs, CT 06269, telephone (860)
486-6953, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#016b60627074646d686f642f77646f686f6664734174626e6f6f2f646574"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96fcf7f5e7e3f3fafff8f3b8e0f3f8fff8f1f3e4d6e3f5f9f8f8b8f3f2e3">[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 the
CSMNH. 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 CSMNH.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from Hennepin County, MN. In the 1880s, a resident of
Colebrook, Connecticut purchased an island in Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin
County, Minnesota, to construct a sporting lodge. During construction,
a burial mound was disturbed, and the human remains of at least five
individuals and a ceramic vessel were exhumed and brought back to
Connecticut. More than 100 years later, these human remains and this
ceramic vessel were given to the Colebrook Historical Society by the
Colebrook resident's descendants, and in 2014, the human remains and
associated funerary objects were transferred to the Connecticut Office
of State Archaeology (OSA). Forensic examination conducted in 2014
determined that the fragmentary human remains belong to two adults, two
juveniles, and one infant. The two associated funerary objects are one
lot consisting of ceramic vessel fragments and one mineral fragment.
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 type of information was used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the CSMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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 Lower Sioux Indian Community
in the State of Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State
of Minnesota; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; and
the Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota.
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
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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 August 17, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the CSMNH 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 CSMNH 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.
Dated: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15101 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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