90 FR 105 pgs. 23559-23560 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 105Pages: 23559 - 23560
Pages: 23559, 23560Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040176; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-10008 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040176; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) 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 July 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Megan Fry, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, telephone (352) 273-1921, email megan.fry@floridamuseum.ufl.edu.
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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least 14 individuals have been identified from Walkers Landing (8NA28), of Nassau County, Florida. The 22 associated funerary objects include a pink mound fill which corresponds to the Bullen publication description of the burial mound context, a shell labelled "Burial 2", as well as several faunal bones and shells. Walkers Landing (Acc. 74-43;82-13; 73-20; S-164-172; FM EAP 0115), also referred to as Walker Point, was excavated in 1971 by E. Thomas Hemmings of the Florida Museum of Natural History (Hemmings and Deagan 1973). The site had been heavily disturbed by relic hunters prior to Hemmings' excavations which were carried out under the auspices of the landowners. In addition to the burials excavated (some disturbed) fragmentary bones were found in the relic hunters' spoil. Identification of select skeletal elements was made by Adelaide K. Bullen (1973). The FLMNH undertook building wide fumigation with Vikane (sulfuryl fluoride) several times since this collection has entered the museum. No other exposure to potentially hazardous substances is known to FLMNH.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The FLMNH has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 22 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.
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Seminole Tribe of Florida and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
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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 July 3, 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 and associated funerary objects 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10008 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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