[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45915-45916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15097]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036180; 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 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice. The human remains were removed from Santa Barbara, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 17, 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 (215) 399-2336, 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,

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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.

Description

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed Santa Barbara, CA. Records indicate that these 
human remains were removed from a burial mound at the Santa Barbara 
Mission. On or before 1872, the human remains were in the possession of 
Dr. Thomas M. Logan of San Francisco, CA. The human remains were 
donated to the Mutter Museum at an unknown date (Dr. Logan died in 
1876). The human remains (number 1167.00) consist of a skull. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical, 
and historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 
Reservation, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations 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.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after August 17, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the M[uuml]tter Museum of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation 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 Tribe 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15097 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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