90 FR 155 pgs. 39222-39223 - Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 155Pages: 39222 - 39223
Pages: 39222, 39223Docket number: [N6372; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040763; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-15395 Filed 8-13-25; 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
[N6372; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040763; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice; amendment.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) and Florida Department of State have 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 and associated funerary objects may occur on or after September 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to Megan Fry, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, email megan.fry@floridamuseum.ufl.edu (primary contact for this notice) and Téa Kaplan, Florida Department of State, 2100 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304, email tea.kaplan@dos.fl.gov.
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 Florida Department of State 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 84359, December 5, 2023). Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in the original notice of inventory completion has not occurred.
Determinations
The FLMNH and Florida Department of State has determined that:
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in the original notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 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 and Florida Department of State 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 and Florida Department of State 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.
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Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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