[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16020-16021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04664]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037531; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense 
Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine 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 Jackson County, AL; Christian County, KY; McLean County, KY; Ohio 
County, KY; Union County, KY; Hamilton County, TN; Sevier County, TN; 
and Kanawha County, WV.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after April 5, 2024.

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: 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 
National Museum of Health and Medicine. 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 National Museum of Health and Medicine.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Jackson County, AL. The human remains consist of a humerus 
removed from the Garland's Ferry site, and a femur and humerus removed 
from the William's Landing site by Clarence B. Moore. The human remains 
were donated to the Army Medical Museum (today the National Museum of 
Health

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and Medicine) by Clarence B. Moore in May 1915. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Christian County, KY. The human remains consist of a cranium with 
no known collection history. ``MCR-64/Chr. Co, KY'' and ``KY-1964'' are 
written on the cranium in black ink. The human remains were donated to 
the National Museum of Health and Medicine in 2003. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from McLean County, KY. The remains consist of a femur and 
tibia removed from the Austin Place site, and a radius removed from the 
Calhoun site by Clarence B. Moore. The human remains were donated to 
the Army Medical Museum by Clarence B. Moore in April 1916. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals were removed 
from Ohio County, KY. The human remains consist of multiple skeletal 
elements removed from the Indian Knoll site by Clarence B. Moore. The 
human remains were donated to the Army Medical Museum by Clarence B. 
Moore in 1916. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Union County, KY. The human remains consist of a partial cranium 
that was collected by Sydney S. Lyon. Initially, these human remains 
were donated to the Smithsonian Institution. In January 1870, they were 
transferred to the Army Medical Museum. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were 
removed from Hamilton County, TN. The human remains consist of a tibia 
removed from Hampton Place at Moccasin Bend, and an ulna, radius, and 
two tibiae removed from the Citico Mound site by Clarence B. Moore. The 
human remains were donated to the Army Medical Museum by Clarence B. 
Moore in 1915. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from Sevier County, TN. The human remains consist of a sternum, 
fibula, and tibia removed from McMahan Mound by E. Palmer in 1881. 
Initially, these human remains were donated to the Smithsonian 
Institution. In July 1886, they were transferred to the Army Medical 
Museum. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Kanawha County, WV. The human remains consist of a tibia removed 
from Smith's Farm near Charleston by P. W. Norris. Initially, these 
human remains were donated to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1904, 
they were transferred to the Army Medical Museum. 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: anthropological information, 
geographical information, and historical information.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the National Museum of Health and Medicine has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 26 individuals 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 Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the 
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

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 April 5, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the National Museum of Health and Medicine 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 National Museum of Health and Medicine 
is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
    This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised 
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12, 
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal 
Register and includes the required information, the National Park 
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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