[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8798-8799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02608]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031413; 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 
Rock Island Arsenal, located on Arsenal Island (originally known as 
Rock Island) in Rock Island County, Illinois.
    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 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 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'').

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History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date in the 19th century, human remains representing, 
at minimum, one individual were removed from Rock Island Arsenal, 
located on Arsenal Island (originally known as Rock Island) in Rock 
Island County, Illinois. The human remains were donated to the 
M[uuml]tter Museum sometime in the 19th century. The donor is unknown. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Tribal affiliation was determined from writing on the squamous 
portion of the temporal bone stating ``Sioux Indian prisoner . . . Died 
at Rock Island.'' Rock Island Arsenal was originally established as a 
government site in 1816, with the building of Fort Armstrong. From 
approximately 1863 to1865, it was a prison for Confederate prisoners of 
war. How this individual came to be present at the Arsenal is unclear.

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 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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