Notice2025-04361
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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Published
March 18, 2025
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 90, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12563-12564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04361]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039472; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh,
Oshkosh, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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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 April 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma
Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone (920) 424-1365, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c3a2e35393d1c292b332f3472393829"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08692898581a095978f9388ce858495">[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
A single box containing biface fragments was discovered at the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh with documentation that read,
``Riverside Site. 20-ME-1 Menominee County, Michigan. 7 Horstone biface
fragment. Gift from Robert Hruska. Date of donation unknown. No
accession number.'' The Riverside Site (20-ME-0001) was excavated
jointly by the Oshkosh Public Museum (OPM) and Milwaukee Public Museum
(MPM) between 1961 and 1963. The excavation was led by Robert Hruska of
OPM and Robert Ritzenthaler of MPM. Most of the site collections were
donated to the MPM by the OPM on September 26, 1968. The Riverside
Cemetery site has evidence of occupation dating from the Late Archaic
(2550-300 B.C.) through the Late Woodland Period (A.D. 500-1100). The
bifaces held by UWO, known as Hornstone Bifaces, were an extremely
common funerary object at the Riverside Site. Large caches of these
bifaces were recorded by Hruska in his excavations. The seven
associated funerary objects are seven chipped-stone biface fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location, expert opinion, oral tradition, and archaeological evidence
of the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
UWO has determined that:
<bullet> The seven 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 Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin.
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 April 17, 2025. 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: February 4, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04361 Filed 3-17-25; 8:45 am]
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