[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23482-23483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10783]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025515; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Florida Department of State, 
Division of Historical Resources, Tallahassee, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Florida Department of State, Division of Historical 
Resources, 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 a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary 
object and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
Lineal descendants or 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 object should submit a written request to the Florida 
Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and 
associated funerary object to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or 
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 object should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Florida Department of State, Division of 
Historical Resources at the address in this notice by June 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Kathryn Miyar, Florida Department of State, Mission San Luis 
Collections, 2100 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304, 
telephone (850) 245-6301, email [email protected].

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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 Florida Department 
of State, Division of Historical Resources, Tallahassee, FL. The human 
remains and associated funerary object were removed from the FCI Borrow 
site, Jackson County, FL.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary object. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Florida 
Department of State, Division of Historical Resources professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta 
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of 
Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee 
Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the 
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida 
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); The Muscogee 
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and Thlopthlocco 
Tribal Town. The Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians and Original 
Miccosukee Simanolee Nation of Aboriginal People, non-federally 
recognized Indian groups, were also consulted.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the FCI Borrow site in Jackson County, FL. The human 
remains of an infant (approx. one year of age) were encountered during 
a fill mining excavation at the county-owned FCI Borrow pit. A Jackson 
County Sheriff's officer was called, and he removed the human remains 
and one associated funerary object (a shell pendant) from the site 
prior to notifying the Department of State. Turquoise green glass beads 
were also noted as being present in the infant burial, but they 
crumbled when an attempt was made to remove them, and were, therefore, 
left in situ and not collected. Archaeologist B. Calvin Jones was sent 
by the Department of State to investigate the site. During his 
investigation, he collected a small amount of additional material from 
the site's surface including the human remains belonging to an adult 
(aged as approx. 20+ years of age). Jones transferred the skeletal 
remains of these two individuals and the associated funerary object to 
the Florida Department of State collections in 1974, but they were not 
formally cataloged until 1993. No known individuals were identified. 
The associated funerary object recovered from the infant burial is a 
single shell pendant (Accession #93.163.01.01).
    The site has been identified by Archaeologist B. Calvin Jones as 
the location of a Native American reservation designated by the 1823 
Treaty of Moultrie Creek. The political situation at the time of the 
treaty was unsettled, and Tribes present during the treaty meetings 
were described in historic accounts as Apalachicola, northern division 
of the Seminole, Miccosukee, and Lower Creek. Some of the tribal 
leaders recorded as present during these meetings included Neamathla, 
Tuskihadjo, Emathlochee, Econchatomico, Yellow Hair, Mulatto King, and 
John Blount. Descendants of these groups now are members of several 
Indian Tribes, including the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal 
Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously 
listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe 
of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, 
Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); The Muscogee 
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and Thlopthlocco 
Tribal Town, (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

Determinations Made by the Florida Department of State, Division of 
Historical Resources

    Officials of the Florida Department of State, Division of 
Historical Resources have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains the associated funerary object and The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 object should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Kathryn Miyar, Florida Department of State, 
Mission San Luis Collections, 2100 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, 
FL 32304, telephone (850) 245-6301, email 
[email protected], by June 20, 2018. After that date, if 
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary object to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources 
is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: April 30, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-10783 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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