Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 88645 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037125; 

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), the 

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 an area near 

Phoenix, AZ, and an unknown 

geographic location, AZ. 

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 

Between 1917 and 1935, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an area 

near Phoenix, AZ, during archeological 

excavations. On an unknown date, the 

individual became part of Rudolph 

Haffenreffer’s collection. At the time of 

removal, it was uncertain if this 

collection included human remains. In 

2012, Haffenreffer Museum of 

Anthropology staff determined that one 

of the bones is human. The five 

associated funerary objects are one lot of 

faunal bone fragments; one Glycymeris 

shell bracelet; one lot of shell fragments; 

one lot of Puebloan pottery sherds; and 

one lot of lithics. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown geographic location, 

AZ. On an unknown date, Rudolf 

Haffenreffer acquired the individual. 

The two associated funerary objects are 

one buffware cremation urn and one lot 

of charcoal. 

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, archaeological information, 

and oral tradition. 

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 two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The seven 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 Ak-Chin Indian 

Community; Gila River Indian 

Community of Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’Odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

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 

10.14. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Prog. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037132; 

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 

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 Elmore County, AL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

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, 


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