Notice2022-24226
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
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Published
November 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine 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 the vicinity of Waimea in Kauai County, HI.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034808; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense,
Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver
Spring, MD
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 U.S. Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine 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 the vicinity of Waimea in Kauai County, HI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola, Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest Glen,
2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone (301) 319-3353,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0567776c646b2b632b767564716a69642b666c73456d606469716d692b686c69"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a7868737b74347c34696a7b6e75767b3479736c5a727f7b766e727634777376">[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
National Museum of Health and Medicine. 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 National Museum of Health and Medicine.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the vicinity of Waimea in Kauai County,
HI. The human remains consist of an adult cranium that was collected by
Valdemar Knudsen. Initially, these human remains were donated to the
Smithsonian Institution. In February of 1869, they were transferred to
the Army Medical Museum (today the National Museum of Health and
Medicine). The cranium exhibits a healed depression fracture to the
frontal bone. No known individual was identified. 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 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: anthropological,
geographical, historical, and archival.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the National Museum of Health and Medicine has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Native Hawaiian organization Hui Iwi Kuamo'o.
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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after December 7, 2022. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the National Museum of Health and Medicine
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 National Museum of Health and Medicine is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Native Hawaiian organization
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: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24226 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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