Notice2023-02277
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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Published
February 3, 2023
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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 Jefferson, Kenosha, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties, WI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7453-7454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02277]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035257; 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 Jefferson, Kenosha,
Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties, 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#d3bbb2b2a0b9a193a6a4befdb6b7a6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95fdf4f4e6ffe7d5e0e2f8bbf0f1e0">[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
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by unknown individuals near Bingham's Point, by
Lake Koshkonong, in Jefferson County, WI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects, which had been removed from the surface of
the ground, date to the nineteenth century. This collection was given
to David Overstreet in the 1970s, who, in January of 2006, donated it
collection to the UWM. The two associated funerary objects are one
metal brooch and one lot of faunal bones.
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by amateur archeologist Paul Turney from the
Milford/Koester site (47-JE-44) in Jefferson County, WI. Turney removed
soil from the site containing fragmentary human remains. This
collection was transferred to the UWM in 1990, after Turney's death.
The one associated funerary object is the soil removed together with
the human remains.
On an unknown date human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed by collector Phil Sander from a house
construction site near Barnes Creek (47-KN-41) in Kenosha County, WI.
The Barnes Creek site dates to the Archaic (8000 to 500 BC), Early
Woodland Red Ocher culture (500 BC to A.D. 0), Middle Woodland (A.D. 0
to 400), Late Woodland (A.D. 900 to 1300), and Historic periods.
Archeologically, the burials are associated with the Red Ocher
component. On an unknown date, Sander gave the human remains to David
Overstreet, and in 2006, Overstreet donated them to the UWM. The two
associated funerary objects are one porcelain (or ceramic) figurine and
one piece of metal.
In 1848, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from Kenosha County, WI, when the Hasselman family were
excavating a gravel pit on their farm approximately 0.5 mile south of
Wilmot, near the Fox River. According to records from the Kenosha
Historic Society (KCHS), the family stated that a projectile point was
piercing one of the vertebrae and that pottery sherds were also found
in the pit. The human remains and associated funerary objects date from
the Archaic (8000 to 500 BC) and Middle Woodland (A.D. 0 to 400)
periods. In 1936, this collection was donated to the KCHS Museum by Dr.
B.A. Becker, and in 1988, it was transferred to the UWM. The two
associated funerary objects are one projectile point and one lot of
pottery sherds.
In June of 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by two boys at an Elm Grove construction site
near the Convent Knoll site (47-WK-0327), in Waukesha County, WI. The
site dates to the Early Woodland period (500 BC to A.D. 0). The boys
brought the human remains to Elm Grove Village Hall, and they were
eventually given to David Overstreet. In 2006, Overstreet donated the
human remains to the UWM. No associated funerary objects are present.
On July 29, 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed during the UWM Department of Anthropology's
archeological field school excavations at the Klug Island site (47-OZ-
67) in Ozaukee County, WI. This site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D.
900 to 1300), Mississippian (A.D. 1100 to 1300), and possibly Oneota
(A.D. 1100 to 1600) periods. These human remains belong to the Late
Woodland or Mississippian components. Sometime during 1988, the human
remains and associated funerary objects were transported to the UWM.
The two associated funerary objects are one trumpeter swan tibiotarsus
and one projectile point.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Winnebago County, WI. In 1964, G. Richard
Peske (Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh) completed excavations at the
Lasley's Point site (47-WN-0096/47-WN-0008), and it is believed these
human remains were removed during those excavations. This site dates to
the Oneota Lake Winnebago Phase (A.D. 1300 to 1600). At an unknown
date, these human remains were transferred to the UWM. No associated
funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by an unknown individual from the Kregel Site
(47-WN-211) in Winnebago County, WI. The site dates to the Oneota Lake
Winnebago Phase (A.D. 1300 to 1600). In the early 2000s, a private
cultural resources management firm transferred this collection to the
UWM as part of a larger donation. The one associated funerary object is
a lot comprised of lithics and ceramics.
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
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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 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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
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: January 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02277 Filed 2-2-23; 8:45 am]
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