Notice2025-10602
Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce Museum, Inc., Greenwich, CT
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Published
June 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Bruce Museum has completed an inventory of an associated funerary object and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24654-24655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10602]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040332; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce Museum, Inc., Greenwich, 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 Bruce Museum has completed an inventory
of an associated funerary object and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice
may occur on or after July 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary object in this notice to Kirsten J. Reinhardt, Collections
Registrar and NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce Museum, Inc., 1 Museum Drive,
Greenwich, CT 06830, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#016a7364686f69607365754163737462646c747264746c2f6e7366"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f49f86919d9a9c95869080b49686819791998187918199da9b8693">[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
Bruce Museum, 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
One associated funerary object was recovered from an ``old'' Native
American grave located on the bank of the Connecticut River near
Middletown, in Middlesex County, CT in 1870. It was donated to the
Bruce Museum in 1919 by Elias Cornelius Benedict. The known historical
presence of the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe
of Indians of Connecticut, in the area now known as the State of
Connecticut, combined with the established tribal history and
archaeological information, provides a reasonable basis upon which the
Bruce Museum has made the determination that the Mashantucket Pequot
Indian Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut have
established, with acceptable evidence, cultural affiliation with one
AFO having been removed from near the Town of Middletown in Middlesex
County, CT. No treatment with hazardous material has been performed.
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 associated funerary object
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Bruce Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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.
<bullet> There is a connection between the associated funerary
object described in this notice and the Mashantucket Pequot Indian
Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object
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 associated funerary object described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 11, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, the Bruce Museum must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Bruce 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10602 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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