Notice2023-26606
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
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Published
December 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) 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 Okaloosa County, FL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84353-84354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26606]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036999; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida
Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, 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 University of Florida, Florida Museum of
Natural History (FLMNH) 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 Okaloosa County, FL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Catherine Smith, University of Florida, Florida Museum of
Natural History, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, telephone
(352) 273-1921, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#daa9b7b3aeb2b9bbaeb2bfa8b3b4bf9abcb6b5a8b3bebbb7afa9bfafb7f4afbcb6f4bfbeaf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec9f818598848f8d9884899e858289ac8a80839e85888d81999f899981c2998a80c2898899">[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 FLMNH.
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 FLMNH.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Okaloosa County, FL. During the summer of 1977, FLMNH
received ancestral remains, ceramics, and a few other items from a
private donor whose father had collected them incrementally during
fishing trips in the Fort Walton area during the 1920s and 1930s. 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: geographical and
archeological.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, FLMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official
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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 January 4, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, FLMNH 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. FLMNH 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: November 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-26606 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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