Notice2024-07352
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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Published
April 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24500-24501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07352]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037665; 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 (UWO)
has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after May 8, 2024.
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#90f6e2f9f5f1d0e5e7ffe3f8bef5f4e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee8fce7ebefcefbf9e1fde6a0ebeafb">[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 UWO,
and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, associated funerary objects
have been identified from the Progressive Rod & Gun Club Site (47-GL-
0186), Green Lake County, WI. John (Jack) Steinbring removed
individuals and the associated funerary objects during a surface survey
in 1954. After removal, John Steinbring kept them in his possession and
did not report them to Wisconsin Historical Society. In the 1960s, John
Steinbring began working at the University of Winnipeg in Canada and
brought the individuals with him. In the early 1990s, John Steinbring
retired from the University of Winnipeg and shipped the individuals and
objects back to Wisconsin when he returned. In 1994, he donated the
individuals and objects to UWO. In 2022, employees at UWO identified
the presence of human remains while inventorying the site, and
subsequently published a Notice of Inventory Completion describing the
individuals and associated funerary objects in October 2023. In
November 2023, additional associated funerary objects were identified.
The 24 associated funerary objects are one medium canid left femur
bone; one medium canid left ulna bone; one medium canid left humerus
bone; one medium canid right ulna bone; one medium canid right humerus
bone; six diagnostic grit tempered ceramic body sherds; seven
undiagnostic grit tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot of diagnostic
grit tempered rim sherds; three undiagnostic shell tempered ceramic
body sherds; one lot of grit tempered ceramic body fragments; and one
unidentifiable copper fragment.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
UWO has determined that:
<bullet> The 24 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the
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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; 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; 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 associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after May 8, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, UWO must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. UWO is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07352 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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