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the United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after September 22, 2023. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the Augusta Museum of 

History must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Augusta 

Museum of History is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribe identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18142 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036433; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and any Indian 

Tribe. The human remains were 

removed from unknown geographic 

locations. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Brian Daly, Vassar College, 

124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, 

NY 12604, telephone (845) 437–5310, 

email brdaly@vassar.edu. 

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, five individuals were 

removed from unknown geographic 

locations. During the 1920s, the human 

remains (7; 8; 9; 14; 24) were acquired 

by Vassar College’s Natural History and 

Social Museums. After the museums 

dissolved 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, with results 

reported on December 21, 2020. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains. In June of 2023, Vassar College 

requested that the Review Committee 

consider a proposal to transfer control of 

the human remains in this notice to the 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. The Review 

Committee, acting pursuant to its 

responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

June 2023 meeting and recommended to 

the Secretary that the proposed transfer 

of control proceed. A July 2023 letter on 

behalf of the Secretary of Interior from 

the Designated Federal Official 

transmitted the Secretary’s independent 

review and concurrence with the 

Review Committee that: 

• Vassar College consulted with every 

appropriate Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization, 

• None of the consulted and notified 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations objected to the proposed 

transfer of control, and 

• Vassar College may proceed with 

the agreed upon transfer of control of 

the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations 

Officials of Vassar College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on biological 

evidence. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of five 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

may be to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan and the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin. 

Request for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

disposition may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes 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, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after September 22, 

2023. If competing requests for 

disposition are received, Vassar College 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition 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 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 and 10.11. 


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57474 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 / Notices 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18133 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036432; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 

CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at 

Colorado College (previously the Fine 

Arts Center Taylor Museum and the 

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is no 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and any Indian Tribe. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from an unknown 

geographic location. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Michael Christiano, 

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at 

Colorado College, 30 West Dale Street, 

Colorado Springs, CO 80903, telephone 

(719) 477–4311, email mchristiano@

coloradocollege.edu. 

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 Colorado Springs 

Fine Arts Center at Colorado 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 Colorado Springs Fine 

Arts Center at Colorado College. 

Description 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown geographic location. 

Sometime prior to January 1929, the 

human remains were acquired by Dr. 

Richard Warren Corwin (1852–1929). 

Corwin was a world traveler who made 

numerous trips to various locales across 

Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. 

Corwin’s nephew, Dr. William Senger, 

inherited Corwin’s collections and 

donated them to Colorado College in 

1940 and 1943. In 1987, Colorado 

College closed the Palmer Hall Museum, 

and the collection was loaned to several 

museums, including the Fine Arts 

Center Taylor Museum. Subsequently, 

the human remains became part of the 

collection of the Fine Arts Center Taylor 

Museum and in 2016, the Fine Arts 

Center Taylor Museum merged with 

Colorado College. The human remains 

(Colorado College catalog number 11 

and 249)—two teeth—belong to a child. 

Additional teeth belonging to this 

individual (Colorado College catalog 

number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 235, 236, 

240, 242, 243, and 252) are currently 

missing from the museum’s collections, 

but upon being located, they will be 

transferred together with the human 

remains listed in this notice. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown geographic location. On April 

5, 2022, an envelope marked ‘‘July 2019 

Tooth and Bone Fragments’’ was 

discovered. The human remains (FIC 

2022.77)—a tooth—belong to an adult. 

The two associated funerary objects are 

the femur fragment of a small adult 

mammal (176; FIC 2022.75) and a 

mammalian skeletal fragment (FIC 

2022.76). 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

In June of 2023, the Colorado Springs 

Fine Arts Center at Colorado College 

requested that the Review Committee 

consider a proposal to transfer control of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice to the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Southern 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado. The Review 

Committee, acting pursuant to its 

responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

June 2023 meeting, and it recommended 

to the Secretary that the proposed 

transfer of control proceed. A July 2023 

letter on behalf of the Secretary of 

Interior from the Designated Federal 

Official transmitted the Secretary’s 

independent review and concurrence 

with the Review Committee that: 

• The Colorado Springs Fine Arts 

Center at Colorado College consulted 

with every appropriate Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization, 

• None of the consulted and notified 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations objected to the proposed 

transfer of control, and 

• The Colorado Springs Fine Arts 

Center at Colorado College may proceed 

with the agreed upon transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations 

Officials of the Colorado Springs Fine 

Arts Center at Colorado College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on biological 

evidence and museum history. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

may be to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and 

the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado. 

Request for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or non-Federally recognized 

Indian groups 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 


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