[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 141 (Friday, July 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45397-45398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18465]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the Ocala National Forest, USDA Forest Service, 
Tallahassee, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
the Ocala National Forest, USDA Forest Service, Tallahassee, FL. This 
notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by USDA Forest 
Service professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; the Seminole Nation of 
Oklahoma; and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, 
Brighton, Hollywood and Tampa Reservations.
    In May 1990, human remains representing a minimum of eight 
individuals were found in a collapsed maintenance shed at Silver Glen 
Springs, part of the Ocala National Forest. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The Silver Glen Springs was acquired by the USDA Forest Service on 
May 11, 1990. These human remains were discovered prior to the 
enactment of NAGPRA, and are believed to have been collected from the 
surrounding area of the maintenance shed during private ownership of 
the land. The Silver Glen Springs site and surrounding area has been 
identified as a large, deeply stratified aboriginal occupation site. 
Based on site location and dental morphology, these individuals have 
been identified as Native American from the pre-contact period.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the USDA 
Forest Service have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent

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the physical remains of a minimum of eight individuals of Native 
American ancestry. In accordance with the recommendations of the NAGPRA 
Review Committee following the April 2-4, 2000 meeting in Juneau, AK, 
officials of the USDA Forest Service have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is no relationship of shared group identity that 
can reasonably be traced between these Native American human remains 
and any present-day Indian tribe or group, and the disposition of these 
Native American human remains will be to the Miccosukee Tribe of 
Indians of Florida. This notice has been sent to officials of the 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; the Seminole Nation of 
Oklahoma; and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, 
Brighton, Hollywood and Tampa Reservations. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Rhonda Kimbrough, Heritage 
Program Manager, National Forests in Florida, 325 John Knox Road, Suite 
F-100, Tallahassee, FL 32303, telephone (850) 942-9373, before August 
21, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Miccosukee Tribe of 
Indians of Florida may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.

    Dated: June 22, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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