80 FR 17485 - Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, FL; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 62 (April 1, 2015)

The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Gulf Islands National Seashore has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on June 18, 2001. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. 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 objects should submit a written request to Gulf Islands National Seashore. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17485-17486]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07414]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17620; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department 
of the Interior, National Park Service, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 
Gulf Breeze, FL; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Gulf Islands National Seashore has corrected an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on June 18, 2001. This 
notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of 
associated funerary objects. 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 objects should submit a written request to Gulf 
Islands National Seashore. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects 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 objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Gulf Islands National Seashore at the address 
in this notice by May 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Daniel R. Brown, Superintendent, Gulf Islands National 
Seashore, 1801 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563, telephone 
(850) 934-2600, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 
Gulf Breeze, FL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Naval Live Oaks Reservation, Santa Rosa 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 
Superintendent, Gulf Islands National Seashore.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (66 FR 32841-32842, June 18, 2001). 
Re-examination of remains revealed fewer individuals than published. 
Additional funerary objects were also located and identified during 
tribal consultation. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 32841-32842, June 18, 2001), 
paragraph four, sentence one is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

Between 1964-1965, human remains representing five individuals were 
recovered during excavations at the Naval Live Oaks Reservation 
Cemetery site.

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 32841-32842, June 18, 2001), 
paragraph four, sentence three is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

The 84 associated funerary objects are 1 copper disc fragment, 1 
iron fragment, 1 flint chip, 2 Mississippi Plain vessel fragments, 1 
untyped vessel fragment, 64 Pensacola Incised vessel fragments, and 
14 Moundville Incised vessel fragments.

    In the Federal Register (66 FR 32841-32842, June 18, 2001), 
paragraph six, sentences one and two are corrected by substituting the 
following sentences:

Based on the above-mentioned information, the superintendent of Gulf 
Islands National Seashore has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of five

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individuals of Native American ancestry. The superintendent of Gulf 
Islands National Seashore also has determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 84 objects listed above 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.

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 objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Daniel R. Brown, Superintendent, Gulf Islands 
National Seashore, 1801 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563, 
telephone (850) 934-2600, email [email protected], by May 1, 2015. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Jena Band of Choctaw 
Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi 
Band of Choctaw 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 Choctaw Nation 
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of 
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe may 
proceed.
    Gulf Islands National Seashore is responsible for notifying the 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 
of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of 
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw 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)); Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The 
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole 
Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian 
Tribe; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 17, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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