Notice2024-04664
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
March 6, 2024
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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 Jackson County, AL; Christian County, KY; McLean County, KY; Ohio County, KY; Union County, KY; Hamilton County, TN; Sevier County, TN; and Kanawha County, WV.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16020-16021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04664]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037531; 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 Jackson County, AL; Christian County, KY; McLean County, KY; Ohio
County, KY; Union County, KY; Hamilton County, TN; Sevier County, TN;
and Kanawha County, WV.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 5, 2024.
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#9ffdedf6fef1b1f9b1eceffeebf0f3feb1fcf6e9dff7fafef3ebf7b1f2f6f3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="395b4b505857175f174a49584d565558175a504f79515c58554d5117545055">[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
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Jackson County, AL. The human remains consist of a humerus
removed from the Garland's Ferry site, and a femur and humerus removed
from the William's Landing site by Clarence B. Moore. The human remains
were donated to the Army Medical Museum (today the National Museum of
Health
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and Medicine) by Clarence B. Moore in May 1915. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Christian County, KY. The human remains consist of a cranium with
no known collection history. ``MCR-64/Chr. Co, KY'' and ``KY-1964'' are
written on the cranium in black ink. The human remains were donated to
the National Museum of Health and Medicine in 2003. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from McLean County, KY. The remains consist of a femur and
tibia removed from the Austin Place site, and a radius removed from the
Calhoun site by Clarence B. Moore. The human remains were donated to
the Army Medical Museum by Clarence B. Moore in April 1916. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals were removed
from Ohio County, KY. The human remains consist of multiple skeletal
elements removed from the Indian Knoll site by Clarence B. Moore. The
human remains were donated to the Army Medical Museum by Clarence B.
Moore in 1916. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Union County, KY. The human remains consist of a partial cranium
that was collected by Sydney S. Lyon. Initially, these human remains
were donated to the Smithsonian Institution. In January 1870, they were
transferred to the Army Medical Museum. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from Hamilton County, TN. The human remains consist of a tibia
removed from Hampton Place at Moccasin Bend, and an ulna, radius, and
two tibiae removed from the Citico Mound site by Clarence B. Moore. The
human remains were donated to the Army Medical Museum by Clarence B.
Moore in 1915. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Sevier County, TN. The human remains consist of a sternum,
fibula, and tibia removed from McMahan Mound by E. Palmer in 1881.
Initially, these human remains were donated to the Smithsonian
Institution. In July 1886, they were transferred to the Army Medical
Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Kanawha County, WV. The human remains consist of a tibia removed
from Smith's Farm near Charleston by P. W. Norris. Initially, these
human remains were donated to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1904,
they were transferred to the Army Medical Museum. 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 information,
geographical information, and historical information.
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 26 individuals 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 Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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 April 5, 2024. 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 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 Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04664 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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