Notice2024-12078
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
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Published
June 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of New Hampshire (UNH) 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 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47602-47603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12078]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038019; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of New Hampshire,
Durham, NH
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 University of New Hampshire (UNH) 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 July 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire, COLA Dean's
Office, Murkland Hall Rm 110, Durham, NH 03824, telephone (603) 862-
2062, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54193d373c3138317a103d38383b3a14213a3c7a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c11353f34393039721835303033321c29323472393829">[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
University of New Hampshire, 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, four individuals have been reasonably identified. On an unknown
date, the human remains were acquired by Laurence Crosbie (Crosby), a
teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA), which is located in Exeter,
New Hampshire. Sometime in the 1980s, the individuals were received by
the University of New Hampshire (UNH) from Phillips Exeter Academy.
Crosbie frequently collected in the New England area and was active in
the New Hampshire Archaeological Society (which he co-founded), the
Massachusetts Archaeological Society, and the Connecticut
Archaeological Society. Based on the available information, the
individuals were likely removed from the coastal New England region.
UNH has no knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous substances
being used to treat the human 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 in this notice.
Determinations
The University of New Hampshire 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe; Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe; Mi'kmaq Nation (previously listed as Aroostook Band of Micmacs);
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut; Narragansett Indian Tribe;
Passamaquoddy Tribe; Penobscot Nation; Shinnecock Indian Nation; and
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
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 July 3, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the University of New Hampshire 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 University of New Hampshire 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: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12078 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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