[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 41117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16113]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N6467; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040887; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Florida, Florida 
Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, 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 University of Florida, Florida Museum of 
Natural History (FLMNH), 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 22, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
in this notice to Megan Fry, University of Florida, Florida Museum of 
Natural History, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, 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 
FLMNH, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Brothers Site (8SO31) is a shell midden first discovered in 1973 
when it was partially destroyed by dredging the canal adjacent to the 
Myakka River. A surface collection was conducted in 1975 by W.A. 
Cockrell. The two Ancestors found were turned over to Col. William 
Royal, who subsequently deposited them with the State Division of 
Archives. The collection is associated with various accessions (2003-
10, 12, 13, 14) that went to Arizona State University (ASU) from other 
institutions across the state of Florida. This collection had ties to 
the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, but all parties 
concerned agreed to transfer all these collections to the Florida 
Museum of Natural History in 2003. There are no associated funerary 
objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    The FLMNH has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the Seminole 
Tribe of Florida.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after September 22, 2025. If competing 
requests for repatriation are received, the FLMNH 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 FLMNH 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: August 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-16113 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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