Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 88647 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037119; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Fort Matanzas National 

Monument, Saint Augustine, FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Fort Matanzas National 

Monument (FOMA) 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 St. Johns 

County, FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Gordon Wilson, 

Superintendent, Fort Matanzas National 

Monument, 8635 A1A South, Saint 

Augustine, FL 32080, telephone (904) 

829–6506, email Gordon_Wilson@

nps.gov. 

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 

superintendent, FOMA. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

FOMA. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from St. Johns County, FL, in 1947, 

when Superintendent C.R. Vinten and 

two employees of the park visited 

historically significant sites near Fort 

Matanzas. The human remains were 

removed from a disturbed burial 

mound. 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: oral tradition and 

expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, FOMA has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

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 January 22, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

FOMA 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. FOMA 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 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28175 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037135; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of Georgia, 

Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, 

GA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Georgia, Laboratory of 

Archaeology intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Dade County, GA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Amanda Thompson, 

University of Georgia, Laboratory of 

Archaeology, 1125 Whitehall Road, 

Athens, GA 30605, telephone (706) 542– 

8737, email arobthom@uga.edu. 

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 University of 

Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology. 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 summary or related records held 

by the University of Georgia, Laboratory 

of Archaeology. 

Description 

The 2,991 unassociated funerary 

objects cultural items were removed 

from sites 9DD25 and 9DD57 in Dade 

County, GA. 

The first site is 9DD25 in Dade 

County, GA, located near Trenton, GA, 

a few hundred yards east of Lookout 

Creek and several miles south of the 

junction of Lookout Creek and the 

Tennessee River was excavated during a 

University of Georgia (UGA) field school 

in 1973, by Joseph R. Caldwell and 

Richard W. Jefferies. All eight of the 

mounds at the Tunacunnhee site were 

tested during the 1973 field season, with 

a total area of 8,000 ft. uncovered during 

excavation. The collection was then 


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