Notice2025-23154
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology, Madison, WI
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Published
December 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-Madison Department of Anthropology has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59200-59201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23154]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6704; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041450; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Anthropology, Madison, 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-Madison
Department of Anthropology has completed an inventory of human remains
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Elizabeth Leith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Anthropology, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4919598919d809cb4839d8797da919081"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff9a9e939a968b97bf88968c9cd19a9b8a">[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
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology, 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
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individual
was removed from Hughes County, South Dakota, in 1940 by an unknown
individual. Traditional knowledge and archaeologists have both
acknowledged a long occupation by the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara
Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes) in this geographic location. There is
no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 20, 2026. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Anthropology must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of
Anthropology is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
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Dated: November 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23154 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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