Notice2025-15396

Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL

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Published
August 14, 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 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]
[Page 39218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15396]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N6373; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040764; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Florida, 
Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, 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) has 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 may occur on or after 
September 15, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
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#80ede5e7e1eeaee6f2f9c0e6eceff2e9e4e1edf5f3e5f5edaef5e6ecaee5e4f5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed80888a8c83c38b9f94ad8b81829f84898c80989e889880c3988b81c3888998">[email&#160;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.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation 
published in a notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register 
(88 FR 84353, December 5, 2023). Repatriation of the human remains in 
the original notice of inventory completion has not occurred.

Determinations

    The FLMNH has determined that:
    <bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described 
in the original notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band 
of Creek Indians; and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 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 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.

    Dated: July 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15396 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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