Notice2025-23146
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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Published
December 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida 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 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59194-59195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23146]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6745; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041464; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology,
University of South Florida, Tampa, 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 Department of Anthropology, University
of South Florida 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 January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Department of Anthropology,
University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, SOC 107, Tampa, FL
33620-8100, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8dcd8c4ddcbc3c0c9c0c6e8dddbce86cdccdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2c6c2dec7d1d9dad3dadcf2c7c1d49cd7d6c7">[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
Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida 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. No
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associated funerary objects are present. The remains were excavated
from the Trenner Site (8PI2250) in Pinellas County, FL, in 2009 under
the supervision of Jeff Moates, then the Director of the Central and
West Central Regions of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN)
(hosted by the University of South Florida). FPAN had been asked to
assist with investigations being conducted by a Scout troop in Weaver
Park, in the city of Dunedin. The remains were identified during a
recent re-inventory of materials collected from the excavation. The
Trenner site is assumed to date to the late precolonial Safety Harbor
period (ca. 1,000 to 500 years before present), based on ceramic types
represented. We are not aware of the presence of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat any of the human remains.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida have
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of
Florida; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
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 January 20, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Department of Anthropology,
University of South Florida 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 Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida
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 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23146 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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