[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33584-33585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11037]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Intended Disinterment

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intended disinterment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Army Cemeteries (OAC) is honoring the requests 
of the family members to

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disinter the human remains of five Native American students from the 
Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The decedent 
names are: Edward Upright from the Spirit Lake Tribe, Amos LaFramboise 
from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Beau 
Neal from the Northern Arapaho Tribe, Edward Spott from the Puyallup 
Tribe and Launy Shorty from the Blackfeet Nation. These students died 
between 1880 and 1910 while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial 
School. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for 
more details.

DATES: The Army intends to begin disinterment activities on September 
11, 2023. Transportation to and reinterment in private cemeteries will 
take place as soon as practical after the disinterment. If other living 
relatives object to the disinterment of these remains, please provide 
written objection to Captain Travis Fulmore at the email addresses 
listed below prior to July 1st, 2023. Such objections may delay the 
disinterment for the decedent in question.

ADDRESSES: Objections from family members and public comments can be 
mailed to Captain Travis Fulmore, OAC Project Manager, 1 Memorial 
Avenue, Arlington, VA 22211 or emailed to [email protected] (preferred).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Travis Fulmore, OAC Project 
Manager, at 703-695-3570, or [email protected] (preferred).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OAC has received written requests for 
disinterment from the closest living descendent of each of the five 
individuals. OAC will disinter and facilitate the transport and 
reinterment of the remains to private cemeteries chosen by the families 
at government expense. This disinterment will be conducted under the 
authority of Army Regulation 290-5, in accordance with the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation (NAGPRA) savings clauses at 
25 U.S. Code 3009. Individually marked graves located within the 
Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery do not constitute ``holdings or 
collections'' of the Army (Sec.  3003(a)) nor does NAGPRA (Sec.  3002) 
require the Army to engage in the intentional excavation or exhumation 
of a grave.
    Additional information related to Native Americans buried at the 
Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery can be found at https://armycemeteries.army.mil/Cemeteries/Carlisle-Barracks-Main-Post-Cemetery.

James W. Satterwhite, Jr.,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-11037 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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