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the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. A notice of protest 

is considered filed on the date it is 

received by the State Director for 

Eastern States during regular business 

hours; if received after regular business 

hours, a notice of protest will be 

considered filed the next business day. 

Any notice of protest filed after the 

scheduled date of official filing will be 

untimely and will not be considered. A 

statement of reasons for the protest may 

be filed with the notice of protest and 

must be filed within 30 calendar days 

after the protest is filed. If a notice of 

protest against the survey is received 

prior to the date of official filing, the 

filing will be stayed pending 

consideration of the protest. A plat will 

not be officially filed until the next 

business day after all protests have been 

dismissed or otherwise resolved. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

please be aware that your entire protest, 

including your personal identifying 

information may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your comment to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

A copy of the described plat will be 

placed in the open files, and available 

to the public, as a matter of information. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. chap. 3. 

Frank D. Radford, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Eastern States. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28250 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037126; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, 

Brown University, Bristol, RI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, 

Brown University, (Haffenreffer 

Museum) 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 Brevard, 

Hillsborough, and Palm Beach Counties, 

FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Thierry Gentis, Brown 

University, Haffenreffer Museum of 

Anthropology, 300 Tower Street, Bristol, 

RI 02889, telephone (401) 863–5702, 

email thierry_gentis@brown.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 the Haffenreffer 

Museum. 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 Haffenreffer 

Museum. 

Description 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from a 

mound near Oak Lodge, Brevard 

County, FL. On an unknown date, the 

individuals were gifted to Brown 

University and later transferred to the 

Haffenreffer Museum in the 1950s. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from Lake 

Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County, FL. 

On an unknown date, the individuals 

were acquired by the Haffenreffer 

Museum. The two associated funerary 

objects are one lot of flint flakes and one 

shell. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Lake 

Worth, Palm Beach County, FL. In 1930, 

the individual was gifted by D. Stewart, 

Jr. to Brown University’s Department of 

Geology and later transferred to the 

Haffenreffer Museum in 1957. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

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 types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: geographic 

information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and it’s 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Haffenreffer Museum 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of five individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• 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. 

• 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 Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 

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 

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 January 22, 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 and associated funerary objects 

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 

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 

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88642 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28181 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037137; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: Western Washington 

University, Department of 

Anthropology, Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Western 

Washington University (WWU) has 

amended a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on April 22, 2022. This notice 

amends the minimum number of 

individuals in a collection removed 

from Skagit County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.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 WWU. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

amendments and determinations in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

WWU. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (87 FR 24196, April 22, 2022). 

Repatriation of the items in the original 

Notice of Inventory Completion has not 

occurred. In 2023, elements that were 

originally described as ‘‘unidentified’’ 

were reviewed by an osteologist. As a 

result of this review, the minimum 

number of individuals has increased 

from three to four individuals. 

From Site 45–SK–37 in Skagit County, 

WA, four individuals were removed 

(previously identified as three 

individuals). 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, WWU has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this amended notice represent the 

physical remains of four individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 

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 January 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

WWU 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. WWU 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 10.9, 10.10, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28190 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037131; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Alabama Department of Archives and 

History, Montgomery, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Alabama Department of Archives and 

History (ADAH) 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. The human 

remains were removed from Winston or 

Blount County, AL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kellie Bowers, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, the Alabama Department of 

Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100, 

624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, 

AL 36130, telephone (334) 353–4731, 

email nagpra.adah@

archives.alabama.gov. 

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 Alabama 

Department of Archives and History. 

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 Alabama 

Department of Archives and History. 

Description 

Winston or Blount County, AL 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Winston or Blount County Cave by 

members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. On October 8, 

1913, the human remains were donated 

to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4106). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 


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