Notice2025-15395
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
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Published
August 14, 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) and Florida Department of State have amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2023. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39222-39223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15395]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6372; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040763; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Florida,
Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and Florida
Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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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) and Florida Department of State have amended a
notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on
December 5, 2023. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects may occur on or after September 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to Megan Fry, University of Florida,
Florida Museum of Natural History, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL
32611, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#016c6466606f2f67737841676d6e736865606c747264746c2f74676d2f646574"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97faf2f0f6f9b9f1e5eed7f1fbf8e5fef3f6fae2e4f2e2fab9e2f1fbb9f2f3e2">[email protected]</span></a> (primary contact for this
notice) and T[eacute]a Kaplan, Florida Department of State, 2100 West
Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0a4b5b1febbb1a0bcb1be90b4bfa3feb6bcfeb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57233236793c36273b36391733382479313b79303821">[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 Florida Department of State 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.
Amendment
This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register
(88 FR 84359, December 5, 2023). Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in the original notice of inventory
completion has not occurred.
Determinations
The FLMNH and Florida Department of State has determined that:
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in the original notice and the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in the original 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 and associated funerary objects
described in the original notice to a requestor may occur on or after
September 15, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are
received, the FLMNH and Florida Department of State 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 and
Florida Department of State is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
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: July 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15395 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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