Notice2025-22882
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base, Eglin, FL
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Published
December 16, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) 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 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58267-58268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22882]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6607; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041338; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Air
Force, Eglin Air Force Base, Eglin, 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 U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force,
Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) 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 January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Catherine Nolan,
NAGPRA Specialist Eglin AFB, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South
Cass Avenue, EVS-Building 240 6D22, Lemont, IL 60439, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f3c3e2b373a2d36313a713130333e31716c1f2a2c713e3971323633"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0b3b1a4b8b5a2b9beb5febebfbcb1befee390a5a3feb1b6febdb9bc">[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
Eglin AFB, 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, one individual have been
identified.
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The 43 associated funerary objects are 33 ceramic sherds, five shell,
four charred plant fragments, and one lithic flake. This ancestor and
their funerary belongings were originally removed during a survey of
Basin Bayou West (8WL13) by Lazarus and Burger in 1958, though they
were only aware of the cultural items at the time. They were originally
curated at the Fort Walton Indian Temple Mound Museum but were
transferred in 1981 to the University of Florida-Florida Museum of
Natural History (FLMNH). The FLMNH encountered the ancestor amongst
faunal remains during a requested systematic osteological review of
holdings as part of ongoing NAGPRA efforts. FLMNH notified Eglin AFB of
the federal holding with subsequent transfer in August 2024. The site
(8WL13) is recognized as primarily an Early Weeden Island burial mound.
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.
Determinations
The Eglin AFB has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 43 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 Miccosukee
Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of
Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January
15, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
Eglin AFB 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 Eglin AFB 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: November 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22882 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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