[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22252-22253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08767]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031767; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, 
Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver 
Spring, MD

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, 
National Museum of Health and Medicine has completed an inventory of 
human remains, 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 National 
Museum of Health and Medicine. 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 
National Museum of Health and Medicine at the address in this notice by 
May 27, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola, Curator of Anatomical Division, 
National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest Glen, 
2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone (301) 319-3353, 
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 U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, 
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD. The human 
remains were removed from near Fort Cameron, Beaver County, UT.
    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 National 
Museum of Health and Medicine professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of 
Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and 
Shivwits Band of Paiutes [previously listed as Paiute Indian Tribe of 
Utah (Cedar City Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem 
Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of 
Paiutes)] and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, 
Utah (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1874, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a site near Fort Cameron in Beaver County, UT. The 
human remains consist of the humerus of an adult male between 30-40 
years old. The humerus exhibits a healed fracture of the humeral head. 
The human remains were collected and donated to the Army Medical Museum 
(today the National Museum of Health and Medicine) by U.S. Army 
Assistant Surgeon Frederick W. Elbrey in September 1874. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Written correspondence from collector Assistant Surgeon Elbrey 
describes the human remains as belonging to a ``Pah Ute Indian from a 
grave near Fort Cameron, U.T.'' Fort Cameron is near Beaver, in Beaver 
County, Utah. Geographical evidence suggests this individual was part 
of the local band known as the Beaver band or Kwi-um'-pus band. The 
Beaver band intermarried with the nearby Kanosh, or Pahvant Ute band, 
and descendants of the Kanosh band are found today among the Paiute 
Tribe of Utah and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 
Reservation, Utah.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health 
Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine

    Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, 
National Museum of Health and Medicine 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

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a written request with information in support of the request to Mr. 
Brian F. Spatola, Curator of Anatomical Division, National Museum of 
Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone (301) 319-3353, email 
[email protected], by May 27, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National 
Museum of Health and Medicine is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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