Notice2023-02276
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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Published
February 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Brown County, WI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7457-7458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02276]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035254; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Brown County, WI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer R. Haas, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, telephone (414)
229-3078, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ee868f8f9d849cae9b9983c08b8a9b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="177f7676647d655762607a39727362">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 UWM.
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
inventory or related records held by UWM.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Brown County, WI, during the 1978 and 1979 investigations at the
McGuire/Beaumier Farm site (47-BR-60) by a private cultural resource
management firm as part of a survey project of the Green Bay coastal
corridor. The site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D. 900 to 1300),
Oneota (A.D. 1100 to 1600), and/or Historic Native American periods.
This collection was transferred to UWM sometime between 2000 and 2010.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Brown County, WI,
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during the 1978 and 1979 investigations at the Bordeleau site (47-BR-
222) by a cultural resource management firm as part of a survey project
of the Green Bay coastal corridor. The site dates to the Woodland (500
BC to A.D. 1300), Oneota (A.D. 1100 to 1600), and/or Historic Native
American periods. This collection was transferred to UWM sometime
between 2000 and 2010. The one associated funerary object is one rolled
copper bead.
In October of 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, five
individuals were removed from the Astor site (47-BR-0243) in Brown
County, WI, during Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center
excavations for the South Adams Street Development Project. The site
dates to the Middle to Late Archaic (4500 to 500 BC) and/or Oneota
(A.D. 1100 to 1600) periods. (The site also has Middle Woodland (A.D. 0
to 400) and Late Woodland (A.D. 900 to 1300) components, but the
burials are believed to be associated with the site's Oneota and/or
Middle to Late Archaic occupation.) This collection was transferred to
UWM in the early 2000s. The two associated funerary objects are two
lots containing shell-tempered pottery sherds, lithic debitage, fire-
cracked rock, faunal material, and historic items.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: geographical, archeological, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UWM has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three objects described in this notice 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.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice 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.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 6, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, UWM 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. UWM is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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: January 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02276 Filed 2-2-23; 8:45 am]
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