Notice2025-04170
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
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Published
March 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Miami 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 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12339-12340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04170]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039428; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Miami, Coral
Gables, 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 Miami 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 April 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Traci Ardren, Interim Department Chair, University of
Miami, Anthropology Department, 5202 University Drive, Merrick Building
Room 102, Coral Gables, FL 33146, telephone (305) 284-2535, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3d7c2d1c7d1c6cde3cecac2ceca8dc6c7d6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8dcc9daccdacdc6e8c5c1c9c5c186cdccdd">[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
University of Miami, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is
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not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, 30 individuals have been
identified; a total of 474 skeletal elements were documented. No
associated funerary objects are present. The human remains were
salvaged from the submerged spring basin and adjacent wetland deposits
at the Little Salt Spring Site in Sarasota County, Florida (sites 8SO18
and 8SO79, respectively); the site is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. Limited underwater archaeological test excavations
occurred sporadically at the site from 1975 and continued into the
early 2000s. Based on radiocarbon testing, human remains date to the
archaeologically documented Archaic Period culture of the southeastern
United States, and specifically that of the middle Archaic in Florida.
The human remains are currently housed at the Department of
Anthropology at the University of Miami. There is no known presence of
any potentially hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains.
Determinations
The University of Miami has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 30 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains 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 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 16, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the University of Miami 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 University of Miami 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: January 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04170 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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