Notice2024-07357
Notice of Inventory Completion: Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL
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Published
April 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Florida Department of Transportation 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 24504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07357]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037670; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Florida Department of
Transportation, 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 Florida Department of Transportation 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Marshall, Florida Department of Transportation, 605
Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399, telephone (850) 414-4316, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f5bf909b9b9c939087dbb89487869d949999b5919a81db8681948190db9399db8086"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="09436c6767606f6c7b2744687b7a61686565496d667d277a7d687d6c276f65277c7a">[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
Florida Department of Transportation, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, six individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. Excavations were conducted in 1992 prior
to a FDOT bridge replacement project along SR A1A on Matanzas Inlet in
St. Johns County Florida. Fourteen burials were identified during the
original project and pathological analysis was conducted by Dr. Lisa
Hoshower from the University of Florida. It was believed that all of
the associated remains had been repatriated in 1997, however an ongoing
collections and curation project at FDOT has identified additional
remains from six of the fourteen burials that were separated from the
original collection and, therefore, not repatriated.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Florida Department of Transportation has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects 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 authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 May 8, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Florida Department of Transportation 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 Florida Department of Transportation is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07357 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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