Florida Museum Catalogs Remains for Tribal Return Under Law
Published Date: 12/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of Florida’s Museum of Natural History has finished checking its collection and found human remains and artifacts linked to Native American tribes. They’re ready to return these items starting January 20, 2026, to honor cultural connections. This affects at least 90 individuals’ remains and over 15,000 objects from sites in Florida, with no costs or delays expected.
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Museum to Repatriate Native Remains
The University of Florida-Florida Museum of Natural History has identified human remains representing at least 90 individuals and 15,427 associated funerary objects from seven sites in Duval and St. Johns Counties, Florida. The museum determined these remains are affiliated with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and repatriation may occur on or after January 20, 2026.
Who Can Request Repatriation
Repatriation requests may be submitted by any of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice (Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation) or by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not named if they show by a preponderance of the evidence that they are affiliated. If competing requests are received, the University of Florida-Florida Museum of Natural History must determine the most appropriate requestor; joint requests count as a single request.
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