Notice2023-26608
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, 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) and the Florida Department of State have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Okaloosa County, FL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84359-84360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26608]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037002; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida
Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and Florida Department of
State, Tallahassee, 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) and the Florida Department of State have
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Okaloosa County, FL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects 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#4f3c22263b272c2e3b272a3d26212a0f2923203d262b2e223a3c2a3a22613a2923612a2b3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="295a44405d414a485d414c5b40474c694f45465b404d48445c5a4c5c44075c4f45074c4d5c">[email protected]</span></a> (primary
contact for this notice) and Kathryn Miyar, Florida Department of
State, 1001 DeSoto Park Drive. Tallahassee, FL 32301, telephone (850)
245-6319, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#660d07120e141f08480b0f1f071426020915480b1f000a09140f02074805090b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="610a00150913180f4f0c0818001321050e124f0c18070d0e130805004f020e0c">[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
and the Florida Department of State. 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 and the Florida Department of State.
Description
Both FLMNH and the Florida Department of State are jointly
submitting this notice to facilitate the rejoining of split ancestral
remains and associated funerary objects. Human remains representing, at
minimum, 25 individuals (held across both institutions) were removed
from Okaloosa County, FL. During the 1970s, several excavations were
undertaken by the Fort Walton Indian Temple Mound Museum staff and
volunteers. During 1971 and1972, the Fort Walton Indian Temple Mound
Museum volunteers intermittently excavated portions of the mound
thought to have held structures (based on post hole remnants). In 1973,
a 5'x5' unit and two trenches were excavated by Lazarus and Fornaro,
who supervised Fort Walton Indian Temple Mound Museum staff and
volunteers. In 1975-1976, Thanz supervised Fort Walton Indian Temple
Mound Museum staff and volunteers excavating units using a coordinate
system. FLMNH holds the remains of 22 ancestors listed in this notice
(Accession ANTH 81-24) and the Florida Department of State holds the
remains of three ancestors (Accession 1992.123). The 3,790 associated
funerary items (held across both institutions) include ceramics, a
shell bead, charred plant remains, faunal remains (bones and shells),
and lithics. FLMNH holds 3,711 associated funerary objects listed in
this notice (Accession ANTH 2003-4) and the Florida Department of State
holds 79 associated funerary objects (Accession 1992.123).
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, archeological, geographical, and
historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, FLMNH and the Florida Department of State have
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical
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remains of 25 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 3,790 items described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<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 Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 4, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, FLMNH and the Florida
Department of State must determine the most appropriate requestor prior
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. FLMNH and the Florida Department of State are
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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-26608 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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