Notice2025-14376
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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Published
July 30, 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35921-35922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14376]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6378; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040665; 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 a cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 29, 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#b9dfcbd0dcd8f9ccced6cad197dcddcc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a7c68737f7b5a6f6d756972347f7e6f">[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, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified and were removed
from the Sandhill Site (47-JU-0428), Juneau County, WI. In 1966, G.
Richard Peske, then instructor at Wisconsin State University--Oshkosh
(WSU-O), now University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO), was called to a
mound site by Chuck Spindler. Peske's incomplete field notes from
August 24, 1966, record that someone had dug into the top of the
conical mound, ``looking for pots'' and ``uncovering a burial.'' Peske
and Spindler conducted four shovel tests around the mound, while also
recovering cultural material and human remains from the mound. The five
associated funerary objects are one graver, two lots of undecorated
grit tempered body sherds, one lot of mammal bone, and one lot of
debitage. UWO has no knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the human remains or associated funerary
objects.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, three individuals have been reasonably identified and were
removed from the Grignon #1 (47-WN-0118) and Grignon #2 (47-WN-0119)
sites, Winnebago County, WI. This site complex was originally
investigated by G. Richard Peske in 1966. Later, in the 1970s when Dr.
Alaric Faulkner reported the site to the Wisconsin Historical Society,
he separated the location into two components which included a village
site (Grignon #1 47-WN-0118/BWN-0193) and burial site (Grignon #2 47-
WN-0119/BWN-0153). In 2024, collections held by the University of
Wisconsin Milwaukee that were removed from Grignon #1 and #2 were
legally transferred to the UWO to be included in the repatriation
process, per tribal guidance. The 54 associated funerary objects are
one lot of ceramics (missing); one post contact Kaolin pipe
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fragment; four lots of faunal remains; two lots of shell; one turtle
shell; one lot of charcoal; one lot of glass; five lots of decorated
grit tempered body sherds; three lots of undecorated grit tempered body
sherds; five lots of decorated grit tempered rim sherds; one lot of
undecorated grit tempered rim sherds; six lots of lithics; one lot of
lithic debitage; one lot of lithic debitage and pottery sherds; one
projectile point; two lots of post-contact ceramics; one post-contact
Kaolin pipe; six lots of decorated shell tempered body sherds; eight
lots undecorated shell tempered body sherds; one lot of decorated shell
tempered rim sherds; and two lots of undecorated shell tempered rim
sherds. UWO has no knowledge or record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the human remains or associated funerary
objects.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified and were removed
from the Dowling #1 site (47-WN-0141), Winnebago County, WI. The
Dowling #1 site was located as part of the 1972 Middle Fox River Valley
Survey, administered by Dr. Alaric Faulkner (University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh Assistant Professor) and J.D. Volkman. During a survey of the
site, Volkman recovered a collection of lithics, as well as the remains
of a human femur. The two associated funerary objects are one chipped
stone biface and one lot of debitage. UWO has no knowledge or record of
any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human remains or
associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains and associated funerary objects described
in this notice.
Determinations
UWO has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 61 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 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 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 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:
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 August 29, 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 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: July 15, 2025.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14376 Filed 7-29-25; 8:45 am]
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