Notice2025-23177
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, 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 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 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59169-59170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23177]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6707; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041467; 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 January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the 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#d8beaab1bdb998adafb7abb0f6bdbcad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="294f5b404c48695c5e465a41074c4d5c">[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
In 1930, J.P. Schumacher and others associated with the Neville
Public Museum excavated one of the burial mounds located at the site
now known as the Shoemaker's Point Mounds and Cemetery (47-DR-0043),
Door County, WI. The mounds were known to archaeologists since at least
the beginning of the 20th century and were excavated by various
individuals, including Schumacher, in many campaigns. Schumacher's 1930
excavation into the mound removed ``several bundle burials'' and one
Ancestor laying in an extended position with a stone pipe in their
right hand and iron ``trade'' knife in their left hand. Additionally,
six iron ``trade'' arrow points were found in the burial. In 1930, the
Neville Public Museum accessioned a ``limestone pipe, a lithic
projectile point, four iron trade points, and an iron trade knife''
from Schumacher's excavation. No Ancestral remains are mentioned in
these accession records, though are referenced in later records. In
1940, the Neville Public Museum transferred possession of these
funerary items and at least two sets of Ancestral remains to the Door
County Museum, at which point they were put on display. At an unknown
point between 1961-1980, Carol Mason, affiliated with the University of
Wisconsin--Fox Valley, acquired the funerary objects, though no records
exist to explain exactly which items and if the associated Ancestral
remains were also acquired. UWO took possession of the funerary objects
when UWO absorbed the previously-named University of Wisconsin--Fox
Valley in 2018. They were identified and transferred to UWO main campus
in 2022. While the Ancestor who these objects belonged to were once
held by the Neville Public Museum and the Door County Museum, their
current whereabouts remain unknown. There are five associated funerary
objects present. Of those five associated funerary objects, one is
missing. The
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five associated funerary objects are one stone pipe, one lithic
projectile point, one iron trade point, one iron trade knife, and one
lot of iron trade points (missing).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
UWO has determined that:
<bullet> The five 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 connection between the 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; 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 20, 2026. 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 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.
Dated: November 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23177 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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