Notice2025-23166
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, 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 University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 59168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23166]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6719; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041461; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item
that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that
has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to David Blackburn, University of Florida,
Florida Museum of Natural History, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL
32611, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3ad8284939182ac85858a8086a3858f8c918a87828e969086968ecd96858fcd868796"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f311e180f0d1e301919161c1a3f1913100d161b1e120a0c1a0a12510a1913511a1b0a">[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 the summary or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a replica cocoon rattle (Cat:
000056228; Acc: 2012-02-11). The rattle was made by Craig and Carson
Bates, members of the Sierra Miwok Tribe sometime in 1994, and later
donated to FLMNH in 2012. The rattle is made from cleaned moth cocoon
lashed with deer sinew to a goose quill. FLMNH has no prior knowledge
of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of the
cultural items.
Determinations
The FLMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice is, according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, specific ceremonial
objects needed by a traditional Native American religious leader for
present-day adherents to practice traditional Native American religion,
and have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision).
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural item described
in this notice and the Robinson Rancheria.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after January 20, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the FLMNH must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural item 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 to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: November 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23166 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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