Notice of Intended Disinterment From Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery
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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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<html> <head> <title>Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2026)</title> </head> <body><pre> [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] [[Page 31708]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 3711-02-P </pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body> </html>
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