Notice2022-12113
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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June 7, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34716-34718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12113]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034000; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh,
Oshkosh, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has completed an inventory
of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and
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present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh. 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 the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh at the
address in this notice by July 7, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne Frie, University of
Wisconsin--Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone
(920) 424-1365, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4523372c20240530322a362d6b202130"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5a3b7aca0a485b0b2aab6adeba0a1b0">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Reigh Site (47-WN-0001) in
Winnebago County, WI.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Montana; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Fond du Lac Band; Mille Lacs Band; White
Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
(previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Oneida Nation
(previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Onondaga
Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin;
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and one non-federally recognized Indian
group, Brothertown Indian Nation.
An invitation to consult was extended to the Cayuga Nation;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana
(previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin;
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake
Band); Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Oneida Indian Nation
(previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York); Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk
Indians of New York); Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Seneca Nation of
Indians (previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
Nation (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Spirit
Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; The
Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage Tribe); Tonawanda Band of
Seneca (previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New
York); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
Tuscarora Nation; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Yankton Sioux Tribe
of South Dakota; and two non-federally recognized Indian groups, the
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; and the Grand River Band
of Ottawa Indians.
Hereafter, all Indian Tribes and groups listed in this section are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups.''
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Reigh Site (47-WN-0001) in Winnebago
County, WI. The first reports of disturbed burials at this location
date back to the 1890s. In 1953, the land on which the site was located
was quarried as a source of sand and gravel, which resulted in the
discovery of burials by the B.F. Miller Excavating Company. Over time,
the Oshkosh Public Museum, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Wisconsin Archaeological
Survey sent fieldworkers to the site; excavations continued for several
years.
In the early 1990s, the human remains
(47WN0001_UNKNOW.0001.HR.0001a through 47WN0001_UNKNO.0001.HR.0003a)
were encountered in a storage container
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labeled with the site name and Smithsonian codification number. The
human remains belong to an individual of undetermined sex, whose age is
estimated to be between 8.6 years and 12.4 years. The burials at this
site date to the Middle Archaic Stage (calibrated ca. 5000-1700 B.C.)
and the Old Copper Industry (calibrated ca. 5000-1000 B.C.).
Previously, the identification of a Middle Archaic tradition was
premised on the side-notched bifaces found in some of the burials,
specifically the Reigh side-notched knives and projectile points. More
recently, a radiocarbon date from this site provided a calibrated one
sigma range of 2350-1740 B.C. No known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is a lot of fragmentary animal bones
(47WN0001_UNKNOW.0001.FA.0001).
Determinations Made by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Officials of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh have determined
that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice is 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.
<bullet> 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 Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (hereafter
referred to as ``The Tribes'').
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 Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin--
Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901 telephone (920) 424-1365,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbddc9d2dedafbceccd4c8d395dedfce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82e4f0ebe7e3c2f7f5edf1eaace7e6f7">[email protected]</span></a>, by July 7, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may
proceed.
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is responsible for notifying
The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 25, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-12113 Filed 6-6-22; 8:45 am]
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