Notice2023-03239
Notice of Inventory Completion: Seminole Tribe of Florida, Clewiston, FL
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Published
February 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Seminole Tribe of Florida 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 an unknown location within the state of Florida.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9907-9908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03239]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035341; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Seminole Tribe of Florida,
Clewiston, FL
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 Seminole Tribe of Florida 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 an unknown location within the state of Florida.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Paul Backhouse, Tribal Historic Preservation Office,
Seminole Tribe of Florida, 30290 Josie Billie Highway, PMB 1004,
Clewiston, FL 33440, telephone (863) 983-6549 Ext. 12244, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b7b4a5e47494a484043445e584e6b584e465f5942494e05484446"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="633302160f010200080b0c1610062310060e17110a01064d000c0e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Seminole Tribe of Florida. 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 Seminole
Tribe of Florida.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from an unknown county in Florida. On October 1, 2018, the
human remains were anonymously mailed to the Seminole Tribe of Florida
Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO), where they were immediately
transferred to the Seminole Police Department. Due to the apparent age
of the human remains, soil staining, taphonomic damage, dental wear,
and a note accompanying the human remains stating they had been removed
from a Florida archeological site, the human remains were determined to
be those of Native American individuals. No known
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individuals were 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: anthropological, biological,
geographical, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The Seminole Nation of 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 March 17, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Seminole Tribe of Florida 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 Seminole Tribe of Florida 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03239 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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