Notice2023-23546
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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Published
October 25, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 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 Winnebago, WI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73372-73373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23546]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036803; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 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 Winnebago, WI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma
Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone (920) 424-1365, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94f2e6fdf1f5d4e1e3fbe7fcbaf1f0e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcdaced5d9ddfcc9cbd3cfd492d9d8c9">[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 the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. 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 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Description
In 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals
were removed from the Nile Roeder Site (47-WN-0197) in Winnebago,
Winnebago County, WI, after being inadvertently found during
construction. The principal investigator, Dr. Alaric Faulkner,
performed a salvage excavation under the auspices of the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh. The 104 associated funerary objects are one bone
flesher; one deer scapula hoe; one antler pressure flaker; one antler
tool; one antler awl; one large mammal tooth fragment; one bear canine;
one canid canine; one mussel shell; one fish otolith; one equid
incisor; one lot of turtle shell fragments; one bear tooth fragment;
one lot consisting of bird bones; one lot consisting of fish bones; two
naiad shells; two lots consisting of naiad shells; two unidentified
mammal bones; one lot consisting of unidentified small mammal bones;
one unidentified large/medium mammal bone; one cord paddled and
punctuated, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherd; three lots consisting of
cord paddled, grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; one cord impressed,
grit-tempered ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting of cord paddled
and dentated, grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; three lots consisting
of cord impressed, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one lot consisting
of cord impressed, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one decorated,
grit-tempered ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting of decorated,
grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting of dentate, grit-
tempered ceramic body sherds; two diagnostic, grit-tempered ceramic rim
sherds; one incised, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherd; five lots
consisting of undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot
consisting of undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; two
undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one decorated, shell-
tempered ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting of decorated, shell-
tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting of diagnostic, shell-
tempered ceramic rim sherds; one impressed, shell-tempered ceramic rim
sherd; one lot consisting of impressed and dentated, shell-tempered
ceramic rim sherds; one lot consisting of incised, shell-tempered
ceramic body sherds; one undecorated, shell-tempered ceramic rim; one
lot consisting of cord impressed, shell-tempered ceramic body sherds;
one lot consisting of impressed and trailed, shell-tempered ceramic rim
sherds; three lots consisting of impressed, shell-tempered ceramic rim
sherds; one impressed, trailed, and dentated shell-tempered ceramic rim
sherd; one lot consisting of trailed and dentated, shell-tempered
ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting of trailed and punctuated,
shell-tempered ceramic rim sherds; four lots consisting of trailed,
shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; six lots consisting of undecorated,
shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; one trailed and punctuated, shell-
tempered ceramic rim sherd; one lot consisting of trailed, shell-
tempered ceramic rim sherds; four lots consisting of undecorated,
shell-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one cord paddled, shell-tempered
ceramic rim sherd; two corner notched, expanding stem projectile
points; three fire cracked rocks; one hammerstone; one anvil stone; one
biface projectile point; one biface tool fragment; six lots consisting
of lithic debitage; one lithic drill; one lot consisting of lithic
drills; one groundstone anvil; two lithic preforms; one side-notched
projectile point; one lithic hafted knife; one shell-tempered clay disc
fragment; one lot consisting of cuprous metal; and one soil matrix
sample.
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 type of information was used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 104 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 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band
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of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 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 Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; 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; Otoe-Missouria Tribe
of Indians, 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; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 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; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota.
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 November 24, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh 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. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 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: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23546 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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