[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11136]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. 
Department of Defense, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed 
Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the U.S. Department of Defense, 
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of 
Pathology (formerly the Army Medical Museum), Washington, DC.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by National 
Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Tonkawa 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    In 1868, human remains representing one individual were collected 
near Fort Cobb in Washita River, Caddo County, OK, by Dr. Palmer of the 
Smithsonian Institution. In 1869, the remains were transferred to the 
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of 
Pathology. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    A logbook entry from the Smithsonian Institution indicates that the 
remains are of a female Tonkawa Indian ``massacred by Indian with 
tomahawk.'' Biological evidence is consistent with the logbook entry. 
The Army Medical Museum accession records also indicate that the 
individual is a Tonkawa Indian.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the National 
Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains 
listed above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the National Museum of Health and 
Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology also have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native 
American human remains and the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Tonkawa Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Lenore Barbian, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Anatomical 
Collections, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces 
Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Building 54, 
Washington, DC 20306-6000, telephone (202) 782-2203, before June 4, 
2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians 
of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: April 11, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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