Notice2025-11942
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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Published
June 27, 2025
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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 human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27668-27670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11942]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040429; 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 human remains and associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after July 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Adrienne Frie,
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593f2b303c38192c2e362a31773c3d2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6204100b07032217150d110a4c070617">[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 its inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least one individual have been
reasonably identified. The three associated funerary objects are one
lot of faunal material and two unmodified natural stones. In the Spring
of 2018, the Mason Collection was accepted into the UWO Archaeology Lab
on the main campus. The human remains were in a commingled lot of
faunal remains and were never used for teaching. No geographic location
information about this individual is available. UWO has no knowledge or
record of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human
remains and associated funerary objects.
Human remains representing, at least, eight individuals have been
reasonably identified. While investigating the UWO main campus teaching
collection for all NAGPRA related material, these individuals were
identified. These elements were flagged as NAGPRA relevant because they
are soil-stained and could have come from a Native American
archeological site. These elements could have lost provenience because
they were pulled from their original site bins to create a teaching
collection, never properly returned to their boxes after examination,
or were turned over to UWO and never properly accessioned. UWO has no
knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous substances used to
treat the human remains.
Human remains representing, at least, eight individuals have been
reasonably identified. UWO took possession of individuals when the
University absorbed the previously-named University of Wisconsin--Fox
Valley in 2018 (now Fox Cities campus). They were identified and
transferred to UWO main campus in 2022. The individuals were commingled
and contained no
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geographic information. UWO has no knowledge or record of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human remains.
Human remains representing at least one individual have been
reasonably identified. UWO took possession of the individual when the
University absorbed the previously named UWO-Fond du Lac, now UWO Fond
du Lac campus, in 2018. The individual was identified and transferred
to UWO main campus in 2022. The individual was commingled and contained
no geographic information. UWO has no knowledge or record of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human remains
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to 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; Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
UWO also invited non-federally recognized Indian groups:
Brothertown Indian Nation; Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians; and the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians.
Between February 2021 and December 2024, UWO held bi-monthly
intertribal consultations. The following Indian Tribes participated in
at least one intertribal consultation: 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; 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;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Montana; 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; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band
of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Winnebago Tribe
of Nebraska and the non-federally recognized Indian group Brother Town
Indian Nation.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are
available: biological. The information, including the results of
consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains or associated funerary objects.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
UWO has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three 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> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains
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and associated funerary objects in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice may occur on or after July
28, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UWO 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. UWO is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any
consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11942 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
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