Notice2023-02281
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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from unknown locations in WI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7458-7459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02281]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035259; 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 no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were
removed from unknown locations in WI.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains 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#781019190b120a380d0f15561d1c0d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="583039392b322a182d2f35763d3c2d">[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 the UWM.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown location in WI, by Paul Turney, and donated to UWM in
1990 after his death. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from an unknown location in WI, by unknown individual(s). At an
unknown date, these human remains were transferred to the UWM, where
they became part of the Neal Tappen teaching collection. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from unknown
geographic locations in Wisconsin, all of which is the aboriginal land
of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to
identify the aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission or the United States Court of Claims, a treaty, an Act of
Congress, and an Executive Order.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the UWM has determined
that:
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<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land 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; Cayuga Nation;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; 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; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 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; Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma; 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; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
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; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six
component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth
Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Oglala
Sioux Tribe; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation;
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Prairie
Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian
Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-
Cayuga Nation; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota;
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North
Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin;
The Osage Nation; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after March 6, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, UWM must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the
human remains 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 and
10.11.
Dated: January 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02281 Filed 2-2-23; 8:45 am]
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