Notice2025-08027
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
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Published
May 8, 2025
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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 associated funerary objects and has 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19510-19511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08027]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040078; 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
associated funerary objects and has 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan Fry, 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#761b131117185810040f36101a19041f12171b030513031b5803101a58131203"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335e5654525d1d55414a73555f5c415a57525e464056465e1d46555f1d565746">[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, 429 individuals have been
identified from the Palmer Burial Mound/Historic Spanish Point (8SO2/
8SO2a), in Sarasota County, Florida. The 1,319 associated funerary
objects include pottery fragments, shells, lithics, botanicals, glass,
and faunal bone.
Excavations were carried out at the Palmer Burial Mound in 1959,
1960, and 1962 by Ripley P. and Adelaide Bullen of the Florida Museum
of Natural History (Bullen and Bullen 1976:35-47). Their report
indicates the site is of the Manasota Weeden Island culture dating ca.
A.D. 250-750. Accession 4193 included excavations by Ripley P. and
Adelaide Bullen in 1959-1960; at least 205 identified Ancestor burials,
including burials with multiple individuals co-interred, three dog
burials, and cultural belongings. Acc 4336 occurred in 1962 as a
continuation of museum excavations of Palmer Burial Mound (8SO2a). This
excavation produced at least 143 Ancestor burials, two dog burials, and
an alligator burial, and cultural belongings. An additional accession
(FM EAP 53), Marquardt and affiliates in 1991, under contract with
Archaeological Consultants Incorporated (ACI) and funded by the Spanish
Point State Park and a State of Florida Education Grant, excavated at
the Palmer Site. However, that excavation did not include burial
contexts and there were no Ancestors present. In total, five sites were
excavated: (1) Hill Cottage Midden (Archaic 2500-1000 BC), (2) Shell
Ridge, (3) Shell Midden (200 BC-A.D. 150), (4) Burial Mound, (5) North
Creek Area middens.
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 and associated funerary objects described in
this notice to be associated with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Determinations
The FLMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 429 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 1,319 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 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 and
associated funerary objects 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.
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Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 9,
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 and associated
funerary objects 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: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08027 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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