Notice2023-15097
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Published
July 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 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 Santa Barbara, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45915-45916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15097]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036180; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: M[uuml]tter Museum of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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 M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia 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 Santa Barbara, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kate Quinn, Executive Director, M[uuml]tter Museum and
Historic Medical Library, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S
22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telephone (215) 399-2336, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#177c66627e79795774787b7b7270727871677f6e647e747e76796439786570"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b203a3e2225250b282427272e2c2e242d3b2332382228222a25386524392c">[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
M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice,
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including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records held by the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed Santa Barbara, CA. Records indicate that these
human remains were removed from a burial mound at the Santa Barbara
Mission. On or before 1872, the human remains were in the possession of
Dr. Thomas M. Logan of San Francisco, CA. The human remains were
donated to the Mutter Museum at an unknown date (Dr. Logan died in
1876). The human remains (number 1167.00) consist of a skull. 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: archeological, geographical,
and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American 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 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California.
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 August 17, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia 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. The M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia 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 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15097 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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