[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8797-8798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02607]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031414; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: M[uuml]tter Museum of the College 
of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia has completed an inventory of human remain, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 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 M[uuml]tter Museum of the 
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 
address in this notice by March 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Lowell Flanders, Collections Manager, College of Physicians 
of Philadelphia, 19 S 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telephone 
(215) 560-8004, 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 M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. The human remains were removed from 
``Old Crow Agency,'' Big Horn County, Montana.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal

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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 
M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Crow 
Tribe of Montana.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date in the 19th century, human remains representing, 
at minimum, one individual were removed from ``Old Crow Agency'' in Big 
Horn County, Montana. Circa 1885, the human remains, consisting of a 
skull, were donated to the M[uuml]tter Museum by George McClellan, M.D. 
(1849-1913), founder of the Pennsylvania School of Anatomy and Surgery. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Tribal affiliation has been determined by the geographic location 
where the human remains were collected.

Determinations Made by the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia

    Officials of the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia have determined that:
     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), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the 
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the 
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Flandreau 
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the 
Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in 
the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as Oglala 
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie 
Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe 
of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Shakopee Mdewakanton 
Sioux Community of Minnesota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing 
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 
Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Tribes'').

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 Lowell 
Flanders, Collections Manager, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 
19 S 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telephone (215) 560-8004, 
email [email protected], by March 11, 2021. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: January 21, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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