[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 44705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11095]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037950; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, 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), HistoryMiami Museum (HM) has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Natalia Crujeiras, HistoryMiami Museum, 101 West Flagler 
Street, Miami, FL 33130, telephone (305) 375-1492, 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 HM and 
additional information on the determinations in this notice, including 
the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related 
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 188 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 1,105 
associated funerary objects include pottery, shell, shell beads, bone, 
bone tools and beads, faunal bone, and lithic material. The funerary 
materials in this inventory include materials excavated throughout 
south Florida. As the repository for archaeological materials found in 
Miami-Dade County, items were acquired directly from archeologists or 
through general museum donation. The materials are culturally 
affiliated to the Tequesta people, through the Seminole Tribe of 
Florida. No known hazardous material exists within the collection.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    HM has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 188 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The approximately 1,105 objects described in this notice 
are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the 
Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 20, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received HM 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. HistoryMiami is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11095 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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