[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32780-32781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14565]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028223; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 
Memphis, TN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Memphis Pink Palace Museum has completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
should submit a written request to the Memphis Pink Palace Museum. If 
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Memphis Pink 
Palace Museum at the address in this notice by August 8, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Louella Weaver, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central 
Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111, telephone (901) 636-2325, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN. The human 
remains were removed from DeSoto County, MS.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of the Native American human remains. The National Park Service 
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Memphis 
Pink Palace Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of The Chickasaw Nation.

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime prior to 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Lake Cormorant in DeSoto County, MS. In 
1972, the human remains, an ulna, were given to the Pink Palace Museum 
by an unknown donor (label 1972.27.7). No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Memphis Pink Palace Museum

    Officials of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American, as the land from which they were 
removed was formerly the tribal land of The Chickasaw Nation.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
The Chickasaw Nation.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Chickasaw Nation.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Louella Weaver, Memphis Pink Palace 
Museum, 3050 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111, telephone (901) 636-
2325, email

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[email protected], by August 8, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
    The Memphis Pink Palace Museum is responsible for notifying The 
Chickasaw Nation that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 14, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-14565 Filed 7-8-19; 8:45 am]
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