Notice2024-09411
Notice of Inventory Completion: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol, RI
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Published
May 1, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[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: 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2d6cacbc7d0d0dbfdc5c7ccd6cbd1e2c0d0cdd5cc8cc7c6d7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c382425293e3e35132b292238253f0c2e3e233b2262292839">[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
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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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