Notice2025-04194
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12350-12351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04194]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039410; 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan Fry, NAGPRA Coordinator, 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#214c4446404f0f47535861474d4e534845404c545244544c0f54474d0f444554"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04696163656a2a62767d4462686b766d60656971776171692a7162682a616071">[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
FLMNH, 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 not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least two individuals have been
identified at San Juan del Puerto Mission (8DU53). There are no
associated funerary objects present. The site is located on a late
sixteenth and early seventeenth century Spanish-Timucuan Indian (Mocama
province) Franciscan mission. The site was excavated in the 1970's in
Duval County, Florida. The Ancestors
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constitute two isolated bone fragments (a maxilla and a patella)
(MNI=2). The maxilla was surface collected from the marsh, east of the
main road. No contextual information is available for the patella,
although both elements were found at least 30 meters south of the
excavated area. The FLMNH undertook building wide fumigation with
Vikane (sulfuryl fluoride) several times since this collection has
entered the museum. No other exposure to potentially hazardous
substances is known to FLMNH.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The FLMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Seminole Tribe of Florida and The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation.
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 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. The FLMNH 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 23, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04194 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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