[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32601-32602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14099]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18272; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP15.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Everglades National Park has completed an inventory of human remains 
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to Everglades National 
Park. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Everglades National Park at the address in this 
notice by July 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Pedro Ramos, Superintendent, Everglades National Park, 40001 
State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034, telephone (305) 242-7713, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Everglades National Park, 
Homestead, FL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Everglades National Park in Monroe, Collier, and Dade 
Counties, FL.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the Superintendent, Everglades National Park.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Everglades 
National Park professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the Seminole Tribe of Florida 
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)).

History and Description of the Human Remains

    In 1956, human remains representing, at minimum, 17 individuals 
were removed from a small key island in Monroe County, FL. The human 
remains were removed from the site by collectors and donated to the 
Miami Science Museum in the 1960s. In 2004, the Miami Science Museum 
donated the human remains to Everglades National Park. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a key island in Monroe County, FL. The human remains 
were collected by park staff from a shell midden after hurricane 
damage. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual, were removed from a key island in Monroe County, FL. The 
human remains were collected during a general surface survey along the 
southwest and eastern side of the key conducted by park staff. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual, were removed from a key island in Monroe County, FL. The 
human remains were removed during a park-sponsored survey on the key's 
western end. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual, were removed from a small key island in Collier County, FL. 
The human remains were removed from an unknown provenience during a 
park-sponsored survey. No known

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individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a large key island in Monroe County, FL. The human 
remains were collected from an unknown provenience by park staff. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, 
were removed from a small key island in Monroe County, FL. The human 
remains were removed during a park-sponsored site survey from a 
mangrove marsh on the east side of the island. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, 
were removed from a large key island in Collier County, FL. The human 
remains were removed by park staff from a small burial mound at the 
site. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, 
were removed from a key island in Monroe County, FL. The human remains 
were removed from an unknown provenience during a survey by park staff. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a mound in Monroe County, FL. The human remains were 
removed during a park-sponsored excavation. No known individuals were 
identified. The 192 associated funerary objects are 15 metal fragments, 
4 metal vessel fragments, 1 indeterminate nail fragment, 1 Cane Patch 
Incised sherd, 112 Glades Plain sherds, 7 Glades Incised sherds, 20 
Glades Red sherds, 2 Fort Drum Punctated sherds, 2 Sanibel Incised 
sherds, 1 Weeden Island Plain sherd, 9 St. Johns Plain sherds, 3 
Goodland Plain sherds, 4 untyped ceramic sherds, 2 unfired clay 
fragments, 6 pieces of drilled bone, 1 worked bone, and 2 worked 
shells.
    In 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a hammock in Dade County, FL. The human remains were 
removed from an excavated posthole test during an archeological site 
survey. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    In 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a tree island in Monroe County, FL. The human remains 
were removed from a posthole test during an archeological site survey. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, 
were removed from a key in Monroe County, FL. The human remains were 
collected from a southwest beach on the key and sent to the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for assessment. The human remains were 
then transferred to the Smithsonian Institution where they were 
assessed and determined to be non-historic. In 1985, the human remains 
were returned to Everglades National Park. Professional staff at 
Everglades National Park has determined that the human remains are 
Native American. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Cultural affiliation of the human remains described above could not 
be determined due to uncertain provenience, lack of culturally 
affiliated historic artifacts, and/or the antiquity of the human 
remains.

Determinations Made by Everglades National Park

    Officials of Everglades National Park have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on archeological provenience 
with Native American sites and the antiquity of the human remains.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 30 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 192 objects 
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony. The National Park Service intends 
to convey the associated funerary objects to the tribes pursuant to 16 
U.S.C. 18f-2.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed is the aboriginal land of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and 
the Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 
Reservations)).
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the Seminole Tribe of Florida 
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)).
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Miccosukee 
Tribe of Indians and the Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed 
as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Pedro 
Ramos, Superintendent, Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, 
Homestead, FL 33034, telephone (305) 242-7713, email 
[email protected], by July 9, 2015. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and 
the Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 
Reservations)) may proceed.
    Everglades National Park is responsible for notifying the 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the Seminole Tribe of Florida 
(previously listed at the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)) that this notice 
has been published.

     Dated: May 6, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-14099 Filed 6-8-15; 8:45 am]
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