[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19984-19985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06910]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035569; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia 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. The human remains were removed from New Jersey.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after May 4, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Kate Quinn, Executive Director, M[uuml]tter Museum and 
Historic Medical Library, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S 
22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telephone (267) 807-1924 Ext. 
1924, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records held by the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia.

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Description

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, six 
individuals were removed from New Jersey. The human remains consist of 
a skull (F1996.135) belonging to one individual; two mandibles 
(F1996.132, F1996.133) belonging to two individuals; occipital 
fragments (F1996.134) belonging to one individual; and skull fragments 
(F1996.136, F1996.137) belonging to two individuals. The original 
collector of these human remains was Dr. Matthew Cryer, M.D., D.D.S. 
Whether Dr. Cryer removed these human remains himself or acquired them 
from another person or entity is unknown. On December 23, 1938, Dr. 
Cryer donated these human remains to the Mutter Museum. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from known geographic locations. Historical documents and 
consultation information demonstrate that these locations are the 
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following 
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a treaty.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the M[uuml]tter Museum 
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     Based on the Treaty of Fort Pitt, signed on September 17, 
1778, the area from which the human remains described in the notice 
were removed is the aboriginal land of the Lenape people, who are 
represented by the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 
Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES 
(see above). Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after May 4, 2023. If competing requests for 
disposition are received, the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the 
human remains are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 
10.11.

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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