Notice2024-04096
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tyndall Air Force Base, Bay County, FL
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Published
February 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Tyndall Air Force Base (Tyndall AFB) 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 Bay County, FL.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14717-14718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04096]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037483; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tyndall Air Force Base, Bay
County, 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), Tyndall Air Force Base (Tyndall AFB) 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 Bay County, FL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Jose Cintron, Chief, Environmental Element, 325th CES/
CEIE, Tyndall AFB, 103 Mississippi Road (Building 36233), Tyndall AFB,
FL 32403, telephone (850) 283-2713, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#660c09150348050f08121409084857261315480700480b0f0a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d47425e48034e4443595f4243031c6d585e034c4b03404441">[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
Tyndall AFB. 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 Tyndall AFB.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Bay County, FL. The human remains were presumably, based
on available information and professional analysis, removed from the
Davis Point Site either located either as site 8BY07 or 8BY09, on
federal property by an anonymous individual prior to the construction
of the Pelican Point Golf Course sometime in the 1950s--1960s. In 2022,
the Florida Division of Historical Resources (DHR) discovered the
inventory containing the human remains which was received as a
collection from the Archaeological Landscapes, Technical Assistance
Service and Contracts Program based at Southeastern Archaeological
Center in 2018. The three individuals range between 35 and 50+ years of
age. 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: archaeological information,
geographical information, historical information, other relevant
information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Tyndall AFB 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 Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains described by
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 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Tyndall AFB 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. Tyndall AFB 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.
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Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04096 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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