[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9907-9908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03239]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035341; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Seminole Tribe of Florida, 
Clewiston, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Seminole Tribe of Florida has completed 
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were 
removed from an unknown location within the state of Florida.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after March 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Paul Backhouse, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, 
Seminole Tribe of Florida, 30290 Josie Billie Highway, PMB 1004, 
Clewiston, FL 33440, telephone (863) 983-6549 Ext. 12244, email 
[email protected].

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 
Seminole Tribe of Florida. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Seminole 
Tribe of Florida.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from an unknown county in Florida. On October 1, 2018, the 
human remains were anonymously mailed to the Seminole Tribe of Florida 
Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO), where they were immediately 
transferred to the Seminole Police Department. Due to the apparent age 
of the human remains, soil staining, taphonomic damage, dental wear, 
and a note accompanying the human remains stating they had been removed 
from a Florida archeological site, the human remains were determined to 
be those of Native American individuals. No known

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individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Cultural affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, biological, 
geographical, and historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; 
Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after March 17, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Seminole Tribe of Florida must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. The Seminole Tribe of Florida is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 
identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: February 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03239 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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