Notice2026-10609

Notice of Intended Disinterment From Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery

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May 28, 2026

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Abstract

The Office of Army Cemeteries (OAC) is honoring the requests of the family members and Native American Tribes to disinter the human remains of twelve Native American students from the Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The decedent names are: Alaska Natives Mabel Stock, Edward Angalook, Lucy Spaulding, and Tummassak (Tomicock); Peter Howe, Richard Morgan, and Christine Redstone from the Fort Peck Tribes; Frances Bones from the Comanche Nation, Fannie Gibson from the Absentee Shawnee Tribe; Della Atkins from the Shoshone Paiute Tribes; Susie Davis from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; Margaret Davis from the Keewenaw Bay Indian Community. These students died between 1879 and 1918 while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for more details.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 31708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10609]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Intended Disinterment From Carlisle Barracks Post 
Cemetery

AGENCY:  Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intended Disinterment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Army Cemeteries (OAC) is honoring the requests 
of the family members and Native American Tribes to disinter the human 
remains of twelve Native American students from the Carlisle Barracks 
Post Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The decedent names are: Alaska 
Natives Mabel Stock, Edward Angalook, Lucy Spaulding, and Tummassak 
(Tomicock); Peter Howe, Richard Morgan, and Christine Redstone from the 
Fort Peck Tribes; Frances Bones from the Comanche Nation, Fannie Gibson 
from the Absentee Shawnee Tribe; Della Atkins from the Shoshone Paiute 
Tribes; Susie Davis from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 
Indians; Margaret Davis from the Keewenaw Bay Indian Community. These 
students died between 1879 and 1918 while attending the Carlisle Indian 
Industrial School. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for more 
details.

DATES: The Army intends to begin disinterment activities on September 
1, 2026. Transportation to and Reinterment in private cemeteries will 
take place as soon as practical after the disinterment. If other living 
relatives object to the disinterment of these remains, please provide 
written objection to MAJ Oluwaseun Adedeji at the email addresses 
listed below prior to July 1st, 2026. Such objections may delay the 
disinterment for the decedent in question.

ADDRESSES: Public comments or objections may be mailed to MAJ Oluwaseun 
Adedeji, OAC Project Manager, 1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, VA 22211 or 
emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b3e382a392632653b2e253f2a2c242565233a2f2a662a25286624382a6526293365282a39272238272e66292a39392a28203866243b2e392a3f222425380b2a39263265262227">usarmy.pentagon.hqda-anc-osa.mbx.carlisle-barracks-operations@army.mil</a> (preferred).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  MAJ Oluwaseun Adedeji, OAC Project 
Manager at (703) 517-6545 or the email address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OAC has received written requests for 
disinterment from the closest living descendent of each of the twelve 
individuals. OAC will disinter and facilitate the transport and 
reinterment of the remains to private cemeteries chosen by the families 
and Tribes at government expense. This disinterment will be conducted 
under the authority of Army Regulation 290-5, in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) savings 
clauses at 25 U.S. Code Sec.  3009. Additional information related to 
Native Americans buried at the Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery can be 
found at <a href="https://armycemeteries.army.mil/Cemeteries/Carlisle-Barracks-Main-Post-Cemetery">https://armycemeteries.army.mil/Cemeteries/Carlisle-Barracks-Main-Post-Cemetery</a>.

James W. Satterwhite Jr.,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-10609 Filed 5-27-26; 8:45 am]
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