82_FR_48448 82 FR 48249 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD

82 FR 48249 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 199 (October 17, 2017)

Page Range48249-48250
FR Document2017-22434

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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024050; 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 no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day 
Indian Tribes or

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Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 November 
16, 2017.

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 National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver 
Spring, MD. The human remains were removed from the Three Rivers 
Landing on the Tombigbee River (site 1WN76), Washington County, AL.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee 
Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Mississippi Band of 
Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch 
Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida 
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The 
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 
Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; 
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1905, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the Three Rivers Landing on the Tombigbee River (site 
1WN76), Washington County, AL, by Clarence B. Moore, during an 
archeological investigation of burial mounds. Artifacts were present at 
the time of excavation, but were not retained with the human remains. 
The human remains were donated to the Army Medical Museum by Clarence 
B. Moore in 1905. The date of the site associated with the human 
remains is approximately A.D. 200 to 1540. The remains consist of a 
partial femur and an innominate bone. Age could not be identified. Sex 
is female based on morphological features of the innominate bone. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Determinations Made by the National Museum of Health and Medicine

    Officials of the National Museum of Health and Medicine have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on: Osteological evidence, 
collection history, artifacts, and association with prehistoric 
archeological sites.
     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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 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 
November 16, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Choctaw 
Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
    The National Museum of Health and Medicine is responsible for 
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 22, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-22434 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                objects to the Indian Tribes or Native                  of indeterminate sex. No known                        Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle
                                                Hawaiian organizations stated in this                   individuals were identified. The four                 Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
                                                notice may proceed.                                     associated funerary objects are 2                     North Dakota; and the White Earth Band
                                                DATES: Representatives of any Indian                    ceramic sherds, 1 chert flake, and 1 lot              of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
                                                Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                   of faunal remains.                                    Minnesota (hereafter referred to as The
                                                not identified in this notice that wish to                                                                    Aboriginal Land Tribes).
                                                                                                        Determinations Made by the Wisconsin
                                                request transfer of control of these                                                                            • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
                                                                                                        Historical Society
                                                human remains and associated funerary                                                                         disposition of the human remains and
                                                objects should submit a written request                    Officials of the Wisconsin Historical              associated funerary objects may be to
                                                with information in support of the                      Society have determined that:                         The Aboriginal Land Tribes.
                                                                                                           • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                request to the Wisconsin Historical                                                                           Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                                                                        human remains described in this notice
                                                Society at the address in this notice by
                                                                                                        are Native American based on                            Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                                November 16, 2017.
                                                                                                        Wisconsin Historical Society records,                 Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin                     burial location, archeological context,               identified in this notice that wish to
                                                Historical Society, 816 State St.,                      oral histories, and skeletal analysis.                request transfer of control of these
                                                Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)                         • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               human remains and associated funerary
                                                264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@                          human remains described in this notice                objects should submit a written request
                                                wisconsinhistory.org.                                   represent the physical remains of six                 with information in support of the
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                    individuals of Native American                        request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
                                                here given in accordance with the                       ancestry.                                             Historical Society, 816 State St.,
                                                Native American Graves Protection and                      • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
                                                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    the four objects described in this notice             264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
                                                3003, of the completion of an inventory                 are reasonably believed to have been                  wisconsinhistory.org, by November 16,
                                                of human remains and associated                         placed with or near individual human                  2017. After that date, if no additional
                                                funerary objects under the control of the               remains at the time of death or later as              requestors have come forward, transfer
                                                Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,                  part of the death rite or ceremony.                   of control of the human remains and
                                                WI. The human remains and associated                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a                 associated funerary objects to The
                                                funerary objects were removed from                      relationship of shared group identity                 Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
                                                Potato Lake Mounds, Rusk County, WI.                    cannot be reasonably traced between the                 The Wisconsin Historical Society is
                                                  This notice is published as part of the               Native American human remains and                     responsible for notifying The Aboriginal
                                                National Park Service’s administrative                  associated funerary objects and any                   Land Tribes and the Forest County
                                                responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       present-day Indian Tribe.                             Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
                                                U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).                     • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or                   Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
                                                The determinations in this notice are                   Executive Orders indicate that the land               Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
                                                the sole responsibility of the museum,                  from which the Native American human                  and the Upper Sioux Community,
                                                institution, or Federal agency that has                 remains and associated funerary objects               Minnesota, that this notice has been
                                                control of the Native American human                    were removed is the aboriginal land of                published.
                                                remains and associated funerary objects.                the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
                                                                                                        Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad                   Dated: September 5, 2017.
                                                The National Park Service is not
                                                                                                        River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills               Melanie O’Brien,
                                                responsible for the determinations in
                                                                                                        Indian Community, Michigan; Bois                      Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                this notice.
                                                                                                        Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota               [FR Doc. 2017–22431 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                Consultation                                            Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa                   BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                  A detailed assessment of the human                    Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
                                                remains was made by the Wisconsin                       Reservation, Montana; Fond du Lac
                                                Historical Society professional staff in                Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                consultation with representatives of                    Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the
                                                                                                        Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;                  National Park Service
                                                Forest County Potawatomi Community,
                                                Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of                           Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,                        [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024050;
                                                Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of                      Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of                 PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the                   Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
                                                Lac du Flambeau Reservation of                          Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of                    Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
                                                Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of                    Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the                 Department of Defense, Defense
                                                Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux                          Lac du Flambeau Reservation of                        Health Agency, National Museum of
                                                Community, Minnesota.                                   Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of                   Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
                                                                                                        Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,                       AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                History and Description of the Remains                  Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the                      ACTION:   Notice.
                                                   In 1914, human remains representing,                 Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
                                                at minimum, six individuals were                        Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota                      SUMMARY:    The U.S. Department of
                                                removed from Potato Lake Mounds (47–                    Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Minnesota                  Defense, Defense Health Agency,
                                                RU–0013) in Rusk County, WI. The then                   Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Red Cliff                  National Museum of Health and
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                                                landowner donated the remains to the                    Band of Lake Superior Chippewa                        Medicine, has completed an inventory
                                                Wisconsin Historical Society in 1916                    Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of                of human remains, in consultation with
                                                and 1918, but there is no documentation                 Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw                  the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
                                                as to where they were found at the site.                Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;                    Hawaiian organizations, and has
                                                The human remains represent six                         Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa                    determined that there is no cultural
                                                individuals—two juveniles, one adult                    Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa                  affiliation between the human remains
                                                female, one adult male, and two adults                  Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix                       and any present-day Indian Tribes or


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                                                Native Hawaiian organizations.                          of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal                   may be to The Choctaw Nation of
                                                Representatives of any Indian tribe or                  Town; Mississippi Band of Choctaw                     Oklahoma.
                                                Native Hawaiian organization not                        Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
                                                                                                                                                              Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                identified in this notice that wish to                  (previously listed as the Poarch Band of
                                                request transfer of control of these                    Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole                     Representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                human remains should submit a written                   Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the            Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                request to the National Museum of                       Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big                 identified in this notice that wish to
                                                Health and Medicine. If no additional                   Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa                  request transfer of control of these
                                                requestors come forward, transfer of                    Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The                    human remains should submit a written
                                                control of the human remains to the                     Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation                  request with information in support of
                                                Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian                        of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)                     the request to Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
                                                organizations stated in this notice may                 Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians;                  Curator of Anatomical Division,
                                                proceed.                                                The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;                      National Museum of Health and
                                                DATES: Representatives of any Indian                    Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-                     Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
                                                tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                   Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the United                   Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
                                                not identified in this notice that wish to              Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in                 MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,
                                                request transfer of control of these                    Oklahoma (‘‘The Tribes’’).                            email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil, by
                                                human remains should submit a written                                                                         November 16, 2017. After that date, if
                                                                                                        History and Description of the Remains                no additional requestors have come
                                                request with information in support of
                                                the request to the National Museum of                      In 1905, human remains representing,               forward, transfer of control of the
                                                Health and Medicine at the address in                   at minimum, one individual were                       human remains to The Choctaw Nation
                                                this notice by November 16, 2017.                       removed from the Three Rivers Landing                 of Oklahoma may proceed.
                                                                                                        on the Tombigbee River (site 1WN76),                    The National Museum of Health and
                                                ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
                                                                                                        Washington County, AL, by Clarence B.                 Medicine is responsible for notifying
                                                Curator of Anatomical Division,
                                                                                                        Moore, during an archeological                        The Tribes that this notice has been
                                                National Museum of Health and
                                                                                                        investigation of burial mounds. Artifacts             published.
                                                Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
                                                                                                        were present at the time of excavation,                Dated: August 22, 2017.
                                                Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
                                                                                                        but were not retained with the human
                                                MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,                                                                           Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                        remains. The human remains were
                                                email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil.                                                                           Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                        donated to the Army Medical Museum
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–22434 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        by Clarence B. Moore in 1905. The date
                                                here given in accordance with the                       of the site associated with the human                 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                Native American Graves Protection and                   remains is approximately A.D. 200 to
                                                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    1540. The remains consist of a partial
                                                3003, of the completion of an inventory                 femur and an innominate bone. Age                     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                of human remains under the control of                   could not be identified. Sex is female
                                                the National Museum of Health and                                                                             National Park Service
                                                                                                        based on morphological features of the
                                                Medicine, Silver Spring, MD. The                        innominate bone. No known individuals                 [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024106;
                                                human remains were removed from the                     were identified. No associated funerary               PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                Three Rivers Landing on the Tombigbee                   objects are present.
                                                River (site 1WN76), Washington County,                                                                        Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                AL.                                                     Determinations Made by the National                   Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
                                                   This notice is published as part of the              Museum of Health and Medicine                         WI
                                                National Park Service’s administrative                     Officials of the National Museum of
                                                responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                                                                             AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                                                                        Health and Medicine have determined
                                                U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).                  that:                                                 ACTION:   Notice.
                                                The determinations in this notice are                      • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                the sole responsibility of the museum,                                                                        SUMMARY:    The Wisconsin Historical
                                                                                                        human remains described in this notice
                                                institution, or Federal agency that has                                                                       Society has completed an inventory of
                                                                                                        are Native American based on:
                                                control of the Native American human                                                                          human remains, in consultation with
                                                                                                        Osteological evidence, collection
                                                remains. The National Park Service is                                                                         the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
                                                                                                        history, artifacts, and association with
                                                not responsible for the determinations                                                                        Hawaiian organizations, and has
                                                                                                        prehistoric archeological sites.
                                                in this notice.                                            • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               determined that there is no cultural
                                                                                                        human remains described in this notice                affiliation between the human remains
                                                Consultation                                                                                                  and any present-day Indian Tribes or
                                                                                                        represent the physical remains of one
                                                  A detailed assessment of the human                    individual of Native American ancestry.               Native Hawaiian organizations.
                                                remains was made by the National                           • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a                 Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                                Museum of Health and Medicine                           relationship of shared group identity                 Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                professional staff in consultation with                 cannot be reasonably traced between the               identified in this notice that wish to
                                                representatives of the Absentee-                        Native American human remains and                     request transfer of control of these
                                                Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;                   any present-day Indian tribe.                         human remains should submit a written
                                                Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas                           • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or                   request to the Wisconsin Historical
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                                                (previously listed as the Alabama-                      Executive Orders, indicate that the land              Society. If no additional requestors
                                                Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-                    from which the Native American human                  come forward, transfer of control of the
                                                Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee                         remains were removed is the aboriginal                human remains to the Indian Tribes or
                                                Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;                  land of The Choctaw Nation of                         Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
                                                Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern                   Oklahoma.                                             this notice may proceed.
                                                Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern                          • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),              DATES: Representatives of any Indian
                                                Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band                    the disposition of the human remains                  Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization


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ActionNotice.
DatesRepresentatives 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
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