Notice2023-23551
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, 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-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 Kane County, IL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73361-73362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23551]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036818; 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 Kane County, IL.
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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer R. Haas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O.
Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, telephone (414) 229-3078, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#096168687a637b497c7e64276c6d7c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e58d8484968f97a5909288cb808190">[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
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
In 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, 19 individuals
were removed from the Wild Rose Mounds (Allen) Site in Kane County, IL,
during excavations conducted by the College of Du Page. In 2009, the
human remains (1972.4.1) and associated funerary objects from these
excavations were transported to UWM. In 1984, Northwestern University
conducted a Phase I survey of the Wild Rose Mounds site, during which
they removed from the site surface pottery sherds, lithic debitage, and
a fragmentary cranial bone belonging to of an indeterminate, large
mammal. On an unknown date (possibly in 2009), these cultural materials
were transferred to UWM. The Wild Rose Mounds Site dates to the Upper
Mississippian (A.D. 1000 to 1600) and Middle Woodland (A.D. 0 to 400)
periods. The three associated funerary objects are one lot consisting
of faunal vertebrae (1972.4.2); one lot consisting of faunal remains
and lithic material (1972.4.3); and one lot consisting of pottery
sherds, lithic debitage, and faunal remains (1983.5.4).
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, the UWM has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 19 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 Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 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; 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 Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; 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; 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; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota; 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 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. The 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: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23551 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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