50118 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 168 / Thursday, August 30, 2007 / Notices 

The Pa cxapu band of the Weyiiletpuu 

(Cayuse) wintered in the area presently 

known as the City of Walla Walla. The 

Weyiiletpuu had fishing sites and 

summer camps along the Walla Walla 

River. Oral histories identify the area as 

where the Weyiiletpuu, Imatalamlama, 

and Waluulapam live, and also 

identified many burial places of their 

ancestors within the valley and city 

limits of Walla Walla. Descendants of 

the Weyiiletpuu, Imatalamlama, and 

Waluulapam are members of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon. 

Officials of the Augusta Museum of 

History have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the two cultural 

items described 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of an Native American individual. 

Officials of the Augusta Museum of 

History also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the unassociated funerary objects and 

the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Tribes that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the 

unassociated funerary objects should 

contact Misty Tilson, Registrar, Augusta 

Museum of History, 560 Reynolds St., 

Augusta, GA 30901, telephone (706) 722 

– 8454, before October 1, 2007. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary objects to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 

Oregon may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Augusta Museum of History is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 8, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Safety 

Harbor Museum of Regional History, 

Safety Harbor, FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

in the control of Safety Harbor Museum 

of Regional History, Safety Harbor, FL. 

The human remains were removed from 

Pasco 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 objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Safety Harbor 

Museum of Regional History 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians of Florida; Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; and Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations). 

In 1925, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from a farm near Elfers, Pasco 

County, FL, by a private land owner. 

The daughter of the land owner donated 

the human remains to an unnamed 

museum in Oldsmar, FL. Subsequently, 

the human remains were delivered by 

that museum to the Safety Harbor 

Museum of Regional History. In 2003, 

the human remains were found in the 

Safety Harbor Museum of Regional 

History’s collection. Eight pottery 

sherds found with the human remains 

are reasonably believed to be associated 

funerary objects. No known individual 

was identified. 

Museum records indicate that the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from ‘‘Indian 

Mound – Feb. 7, 1925, Elfers, Fla.’’

Based on dental morphology, the human 

remains are believed to be Native 

American. The associated funerary 

objects date to the Weeden Island Period 

(A.D. 200 – 900). The Tocobaga tribe 

inhabited the central Florida region 

during the Weeden Island Period. 

Although most of the Tocobaga perished 

within 200 years after the arrival of the 

Spanish explorers in the early part of 

the 16th century, it is reasonably 

believed that those that did survive 

assimilated into what became known as 

the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes. 

Historical and archeological evidence 

establish that Seminole and Miccosukee 

people have been residents in central 

and southern Florida for several 

hundred years. The Seminole and 

Miccosukee are represented today by 

the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of 

Florida; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; 

and Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, 

Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & 

Tampa Reservations). 

Officials of the Safety Harbor Museum 

of Regional History have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Safety Harbor Museum 

of Regional History also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the eight objects described 

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. Lastly, officials of the Safety 

Harbor Museum of Regional History 

have determined that, 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 and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; 

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 

Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 

Reservations). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Walter Bowman, 

Assistant Office Manager, Safety Harbor 

Museum of Regional History, 329 

Bayshore Blvd. South, Safety Harbor, FL 

34695, telephone (727) 726–1668, before 

October 1, 2007. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians of Florida; Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; and Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations) may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Safety Harbor Museum of Regional 

History is responsible for notifying 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; 

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 

Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 

Reservations) that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 8, 2007 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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